1960-64
John B. Prince (BBA ’64) of Tifton was honored with the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the South Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is president and owner of Prince Automotive Group.
1965-69
Richard Cebula (MA ’68) of Jupiter, Fla., was selected as Top Professor of the Year in Finance by the International Association of Top Professionals. He is a professor of finance and the BJ Walker/Wells Fargo Endowed Chair of Finance at the University of Jacksonville, and an associate for the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.
1970-74
Harold ‘Gally’ Gallivan (MBA ’70) of Travelers Rest, S.C., was named to the board of directors of Hollingsworth Funds, a community-wide funder for Greenville County (S.C.). He is a SVP of wealth management at UBS.
Bruce Akins (BBA ’72) of Barnesville was honored with the Golden Eagle Award by the Flint River Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is CEO of Akins Farm & Home.
Tommy David (BBA ’72) of Statesboro was reappointed to the state board of the Technical College System of Georgia. He is a former chairman of the board at Ogeechee Technical College and was a trustee and past president of the Ogeechee Technical College Foundation.
Roger Harris (BBA ’73) of Athens was named to the list of “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” by Accounting Today. He is president and COO of Padgett Business Services.
1975-79
Elmore Alexander (MA ’75, PhD ’78) of Sherborn, Mass., retired as dean of the Ricciardi College of Business at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts after a 40-year career in higher education. He was named Dean Emeritus by the university.
Luke Morgan (BBA ’75) of Douglas received the 2017 Volunteer of the Year award from the Georgia Economic Developers Association. He retired from the Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority after serving as chair for 23 years.
Charlotte Nash (BBA ’75) of Lawrenceville was named to the board of directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority. She is chair of the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners and retired from the Gwinnett County government following nearly 28 years of service. Nash sits on the board of managers for the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia and the Atlanta Regional Commission.
Jim Watson III (MBA ’75) of Clarkesville retired after 33 years in banking, having spent the last five years with Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Cindy Crotty (BBA ’78) of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was appointed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich to an eight-year term on the University of Akron board of trustees. She is EVP and regional president for the Northeast Ohio market for Peoples Bank.
Kessel D. Stelling Jr. (BBA ’78) of Marietta was named to the Academy of Richmond County Hall of Fame. He graduated from the academy in 1974. He has served as chairman of Synovus Financial Corp. since 2012, its CEO since September 2010 and president since February 2010.
Keith Winn (AB ’78) of Newnan was named vice chairman to the board of trustees of MedShare, a humanitarian aid organization. He is founder and managing member of XM Advisory LLC. Recently retired from USAA, he was a SVP of member experience who devoted his 30-year career to leading financial services businesses.
Paul W. Williams (BBA ’79) of Cordele was appointed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle to serve as vice chair of the State Charter School Commission of Georgia. He is VP of external affairs and advancement at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
1980-84
Mark Goldenberg (BBA ’80) of Vernon Hills, Ill., joined Tektronix as Americas channel development manager. He was previously with Honeywell Industrial Safety, where he served as a channel marketing manager.
Susan Gordon (BBA ’80) of San Antonio, Texas, was named the Contreras Family Executive-in-Residence for Risk Management at the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University. She works as principal at Deerfield Risk and Compliance Solutions LLC.
Mark D. Tenenbaum (BBA ’80) of Plano, Texas, is marketing director, education vertical at Academic Partnerships in Dallas. He is also president of DFW Dawgs, the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the UGA Alumni Association.
Dan Smith (BBA ’83) of Cumming was named COO of Smith & Howard, a CPA firm providing assurance, tax, accounting and advisory services. He previously served as the firm’s director of finance.
Bill Walker (BBA ’82, MAcc ’83) of Macon is the author of “Chicago Pits,” a story about a man involved with the Chicago commodities business. He is an independent writer with Skywalker Publishing.
Charlie Fiveash (BBA ’83) of Atlanta was named senior director and managing broker at Lee & Associates, a commercial real estate brokerage, management, and appraisal services firm. He was previously VP at AMB Property Corp.
1985-89
John C. Helmken II (BBA ’85) of Savannah was elected for a second term on the board of trustees of the Ossabaw Island Foundation. He is the Georgia market president at South State Bank.
John Hall (BBA ’86) of Macon was elected to serve as 2018-2019 chairman of the board of directors of the Georgia Bankers Association. He is president and CEO of American Pride Bank.
Brandt Herndon (BBA ’86) of Savannah was named CEO of the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority. He was previously VP of business development for the Savannah Economic Development Authority.
William ‘Billy’ Huger III (AB ’86) of Atlanta was appointed managing director of Monarch Private Capital Advisors, where he will assist in the development of strategic investment initiatives for corporate investors. Prior to MPC, he was a partner with Voyager Management LLC.
David Ragland (BBA ’86, MAcc ’86) of Atlanta wrote “Retirement Made Simple (yes, really.).” The book tackles the often overwhelming and sometimes scary process of financially preparing for and living successfully in retirement. He is CEO of IRC Wealth, a private asset management company.
Erik van Houwelingen (MBA ’87, PhD ’92) of Gorinchem, Netherlands, was appointed head of European sales for Dimensional’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom, Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. He has been working as an independent consultant for Dimensional since 2017, and was a member of the board of directors and chairman of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP investment committee, the Dutch government’s pension fund.
Julie Clement (BBA ’89) of Apollo Beach, Fla., was named chief people officer at Vology, a managed IT services provider. She previously worked at Greenway Health, where she served more than two years as VP of solutions consulting.
Bill Mayher (BBA ’89) of Jacksonville, Fla., was appointed COO of Ascension St. Vincent’s Medical Group at St. Vincent’s HealthCare. He has served in various leadership positions with Ascension Health since 1996. He was also recently elected treasurer of the Jacksonville Humane Society board of directors.
1990-94
Kevin Curtin (BBA ’90) of Atlanta was named to the board of directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority. He is the assistant vice president of legislative affairs at AT&T and a former chairman of the Government Affairs Council for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and sits on the chamber’s board of directors.
Traci Jenks (BBA ’90) of Jacksonville, Fla., was named president of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville for the 2018-19 term. She is a senior director with commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield and specializes in office leasing and sales. She has been involved with Rotary for 10 years.
Mark Kimball (AB ’91) of Germantown, Tenn., was named CEO of Erlanger Murphy Medical Center. He was previously COO at NorthCrest Medical Center.
Brent Reece (BBA ’92) of Dahlonega was named director of risk management and advocacy at Sterling Seacrest Partners. He previously was VP and COO of risk and patient safety at MagMutual Insurance Co.
Christopher Bailey (BBA ’93, MAcc ’94) of Acworth was named to the board of directors and elected treasurer of the NW Metro Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. He is a partner with Nichols, Cauley & Associates LLC.
Rebecca Lerner (BBA ’93) of Brooklyn, N.Y., was named to Forbes’ “America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors for 2018.” She is a managing director and wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
Danette Beck (BBA ’94) of New Rochelle, N.Y., was named national construction practice leader at USI Insurance Services. She comes to USI from Marsh, where she was the west zone construction practice leader.
Greg Becker (MBA ’94) of Jupiter, Fla., joined Newmark Knight Frank Valuation & Advisory as senior managing director and market leader for Florida and the Caribbean. He previously served as EVP at CBRE.
Wendy Brannen (BBA ’94) of Washington, D.C., was named director of policy communication at the American Soybean Association. She previously served as executive director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission in California.
Richard Cherry (BBA ’94) of Fishers, Ind., was named CTO of the Year by the Indianapolis Business Journal, which honors technology leaders for helping their organizations advance and innovate. He is CIO of Defenders Inc., a provider for home-security firm ADT Security.
Rob Hays (BBA ’94) of Cumming celebrated 20 years with Hennessy Automobile Co. He is the controller for three dealerships, Hennessy Lexus of Gwinnett, Hennessy Lexus of Atlanta and Hennessy Porsche. Rob and his wife Kelly McHugh Hays (ABJ ’93) live in Forsyth County with their three children.
John A. Isakson (MA ’94) of Atlanta was promoted to CFO of Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., a company that acquires and operates multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. He previously served as the company’s chief capital officer. He also serves as CEO of Main Street Apartment Homes LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the company.
Matt McLelland (BBA ’94) of Lookout Mountain, Tenn., joined the improvement team at Covenant Transport Services in the role of innovation strategist. He comes to Covenant from Kenco Group, where he pioneered innovations in logistics and transportation services.
Steve Reagin (BBA ’94) of Dacula was named EVP and chief lending officer at Signature Bank of Georgia. He previously worked as market president at Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia.
Camille Russo (BBA ’94) of Savannah was named executive director of statewide development at Junior Achievement of Georgia. She previously worked as an associate VP of development and marketing at THA Group.
Alicia Vaughn (BBA ’94) of Dalton was named the Catoosa County manager. She previously served for six years as the Whitfield County CFO.
1995-99
Stephen Freeman (BBA ’95) of Raleigh, N.C., was named VP of real estate development at NexCore Group. He was previously VP of operations, properties at HHHunt Corp.
David Thornton (BBA ’95) of Fortson is a corporate jet captain for Synovus Financial Corp. He was previously a corporate jet captain for Johnson and Lindley LLC.
Jennifer Anderton (BBA ’96) of Atlanta was named an account executive with On Location, a provider of labor and management services for exhibits, events and environments. She joins On Location after several years as a national account executive with Zenith LaborNet.
Carol Coppola (BBA ’96) of Savannah joined Ameris Bank as a VP and commercial banker. She most recently served as commercial relationship manager for SunTrust Bank in Savannah.
Aaron Edelheit (BBA ’96) of Santa Barbara, Calif., wrote “The Hard Break: The Case for a 24/6 Lifestyle,” a book making a business case for the Sabbath and taking breaks from work life. He is CEO of Mindset Capital.
Jennifer Galloway (BBA ’96) of Tampa, Fla., joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as counsel in the banking and financial services practice group.
Brent Hartman (BBA ’96) of Alpharetta was named managing director of the construction services group at Alliant Insurance Services. Prior to joining Alliant, he was an EVP in the construction and real estate division for Willis Towers Watson.
Paxton Poitevint (BBA ’97) of Bainbridge was named president/CEO of Southwest Georgia Farm Credit. He has worked at Farm Credit for the past 14 years in a variety of capacities, including COO and chief relationship manager.
Allison Beldick (BBA ’98) of Atlanta is a senior mortgage banker with Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. She previously was a senior mortgage consultant with First Fidelity Funding and Mortgage Corp.
Charlie Bethel (BBA ’98) of Atlanta was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia by Gov. Nathan Deal. He served as a judge on the Court of Appeals of Georgia and previously represented the 54th District in the Georgia State Senate and served as an alderman for Dalton.
Allison Godwin (BBA ’98) of Bainbridge was named human resources manager-corporate secretary at Southwest Georgia Farm Credit. She began her career at Farm Credit as an accountant and from there went on to assistant controller in the finance and operations department.
David Pittman (BBA ’98) of Brookhaven was named EVP of Strategic Blueprint, an independent registered investment adviser firm under the umbrella of SFA Partners. He was previously a regional and divisional sales director at FS Investments.
Teddy Russell (BBA ’98) of Atlanta was appointed to the Atlanta-region Transit Link Authority by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. He is co-owner and president of Russell Landscape Group.
Lisa C. Tolliver (BBA ’98) of Atlanta is the community development manager with Bank OZK. She previously worked as an assistant compliance officer at SunTrust.
Andy Wardner (BBA ’98) of Atlanta joined Hospitality Ventures Management Group as director of acquisitions and financial analysis. He previously worked for Paramount Lodging Advisors, where he was responsible for brokering hotel transactions.
2000-04
Shaun Bank (BBA ’01) of Atlanta is a finalist for Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Small Business Person of the Year in the early-stage entrepreneur category. He is co-founder and Atlanta managing director of ImagineX Consulting. Under his leadership, ImagineX was also recognized as a 2018 Great Place to Work by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Michael Hobbs (BBA ’01) of Statesboro was named audit manager at Hancock Askew & Co. LLP. He has been with the company for seven years.
Matt Sawhill (BBA ’01) of Statesboro was appointed to the executive board of trustees for the Ogeechee Technical College Foundation. He is an area manager for Georgia Power Co., responsible for external affairs in 11 counties throughout Southeast Georgia.
Derek Walters (AB ’01) of New York City was elected partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He is a partner in the corporate department, practicing in the derivatives and structured products group. He advises a broad range of clients on equity derivatives and other structured transactions, including convertible bonds, margin loans, over-the-counter derivatives and structured products. His practice encompasses transaction execution as well as product development and regulatory compliance.
Jon Ostenson (BBA ’02, MBA ’06) of Brookhaven is co-founder and CEO of 10Xfive. 10Xfive drives accelerated growth for its clients through teams in the areas of digital marketing, media buying, creative, an inbound/outbound call center, ‘special operations,’ and technology. Jon and his wife celebrated the birth of their third child, Hayes Collier Ostenson, on June 9.
Otis A. Brumby III (BBA ’03) of Marietta was named chairman of the board of directors for WellStar Health System. He is president of Times-Journal Inc., which publishes three daily and more than 30 weekly community newspapers and magazines in suburban Atlanta and Northwest Georgia.
Josh Covett (BBA ’03) of Atlanta was named to the board of trustees of MedShare, a humanitarian aid organization. He is a market leader for Movement Mortgage, a national retail mortgage lender. He has been involved with MedShare in various capacities as a donor and volunteer leader, including chairing the Southeast Regional Council.
John Loftis (AB ’03) of Athens was named a SVP and Oconee County market executive for First American Bank & Trust. He joined First American in 2015 as a VP and commercial lender in the Athens market.
Will McGough (BBA ’03) of Watkinsville was named chief investment officer of Stadion Money Management’s retirement investment strategies. He has previously served as a SVP, portfolio manager and senior research analyst at Stadion.
Charlie Culverhouse (AB ’04) of Cartersville was named a client advisor for Sterling Seacrest Partners. He previously spent more than eight years in leadership roles in property claims for Travelers Insurance. He was also selected as a participant in the 2018-2019 class of Leadership Bartow with the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce.
Brett Power (AB ’04) of Alpharetta joined Johns Creek Financial as chief investment strategist and financial advisor. He previously was a financial consultant with Fidelity Investments.
2005-09
Nathan Hardeman (BBA ’05) of Mixco, Guatemala, is the founder of Engadi Ministries, a program that helps troubled youth in Guatemala.
Derek Kramer (MBA ’05) of Dallas, Texas, was named VP and chief digital officer at American Electric Power. He was previously EVP and CIO for Service King Collision Repair Centers.
William Liles (BBA ’05) of Nashville, Tenn., and his wife, Bethany, welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth ‘Townsend’ Liles in July. He was also recognized in the Nashville Business Journal’s “Power Leaders in Finance” and as one of “America’s Top Next Generation Advisors” by Forbes. He is a financial advisor with The Liles Group at Baird Private Wealth Management.
Adam McMullin (MBA ’05) of Raleigh, N.C., was named CEO of FDS Inc., a company providing pharmacy data warehousing and other data services to the health care industry. Previously he was chairman and CEO of Voalte, a health care communication technology company.
Shawn Vincent (MBA ’05) of Augusta was appointed president of Trinity Health Illinois and CEO of Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Ill. He previously served as COO at Augusta University Health.
Andrew Dill (BBA ’06) of Atlanta is director of government relations at Lockheed Martin and will represent the company on the board of governors for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and board of directors for USO of Georgia.
Chris Foreman (BBA ’06) of Albany was named partner with Watson Spence law firm. He has been with Watson Spence since 2014, focusing on civil litigation, including the defense of corporate clients, commercial litigation, and catastrophic injury litigation.
Samuel Evans (BBA ’07) of Roswell was named a senior manager at Hancock Askew & Co. LLP. He previously served as an audit manager at the company.
John Voynich (MAcc ’07) of Midland was named partner at Robinson Grimes & Co. He has been with the firm for 11 years.
Brooke Adams (BBA ’08) of Charlotte, N.C., joined Levine Leichtman Capital Partners as a director, responsible for establishing and managing its Charlotte office. Prior to joining LLCP, she was a VP at Carousel Capital.
Steven Faust (MBA ’08) of Pflugerville, Texas, is the founder of Austin H.U.M.A.N., a nutritional distribution platform utilizing healthy vending machines and micro-markets. He was featured on the cover of Vending Times magazine.
Adam Kazinec (BBA ’08) of Atlanta is a financial adviser at his own practice within Prudential Financial.
Mary Murphy (BBA ’08) of Arlington, Va., was promoted to a VP in the capital investments group at ASB Real Estate Investments. She joined ASB after working as an underwriting and production analyst for Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.
Andrew Pinson (BBA ’08) of Atlanta was named solicitor general for the state of Georgia. He will oversee the office’s appellate and multi-state litigation in state and federal courts. He previously served as deputy solicitor general.
Gabe Shaukat (BBA ’08) of Foster City, Calif., was named to the board of directors at Userzoom Technologies Inc. He is VP at Sunstone Partners.
Frederic Behrens (BBA ’09) of Hoboken, N.J., was named a director and wealth advisor at Round Table Wealth Management, a global wealth and investment management firm. He previously served as an international investment advisor at Thun Financial Advisors.
Jeff Grimes (BBA ’09, MAcc ’09) of Atlanta joined The Siegfried Group LLP as a manager in the Atlanta office. He was previously a manager at EY.
Hillyer Jennings (BBA ’09) of London, England, launched HydralIVe, a business specializing in IV hydration, cryotherapy and massage therapy. IV hydration utilizes a minimally-invasive procedure to intravenously deliver fluids, medications, vitamins, and other nutritional supplements into the bloodstream to provide relief for a multitude of ailments associated with the accumulative effects of dehydration. With his younger brother, Camp, he partnered with Kyle Davis (BSFR ’06), who opened an IV shop in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to franchise a branch of HydralIVe in Athens. His investor group includes Terry graduates Drew Murray (BBA ’10) and Alex Brown (BBA ’09).
Harrison Powell (BBA ’09) of Atlanta is producing the movie “Welcome to Pine Grove!” that is filming in metro Atlanta and starring Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn and “Godfather” icon James Caan. He is VP of development for Giving Films.
2010-14
Corley Audorff (MBA ’10) of Cumming was named a director in the senior housing and healthcare group of PGIM Real Estate Finance. He previously worked at Monticello Asset Management, where he was a managing director focusing on bridge loan originations.
Jessica Goldich (BBA ’10) of Atlanta was recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2017 Atlanta Woman of the Year Award and was named LLS National Woman of the Year. She also raised the most funds through her campaign for blood cancer research. She is production manager for New Image Dental Laboratory.
Caroline Sydow (BBA ’10) of Savannah joined Legare + Bailey + Hinske as an associate of its Mount Pleasant team. She will focus on individual and corporate tax planning, compliance and consulting for L+B+H clientele. She previously served as a senior tax associate with Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.
Laura Ann Howell (BBA ’11) of Winchester, Tenn., was promoted to COO of Reliance Partners, a commercial insurance agency. She was previously SVP overseeing operations at Reliance.
Chadwick Langway (BBA ’12) of Big Canoe was named an account manager at Vero Software, a manufacturing solutions provider. He will manage the Southeast accounts for the company’s Edgecam, Surfcam and WorkNC metal-cutting solutions. He most recently worked as a regional sales manager for PCRUZ USA.
Jorge Sandrini (MBA ’12) of Atlanta is COO of TEN Spring Water, which is celebrating its fifth year in operation. TEN Spring Water is sourced from pure springs and is now available in more than 5,000 brick-and-mortar stores.
Gerald Carter (MBA ’13) of Tucker founded DiversityPhotos.com, an e-commerce stock photography marketplace created to pair creatives and businesses with images that look like the audience they need to communicate with. He is also a developer and commercial photographer with Flame Media.
David Steven Holmes (BBA ’13) of New York City accepted a position as executive assistant to the president of the Nonesuch Record Label, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He was also named the label’s SVP of A&R. He was previously an account assistant at Flood Bumstead McCready & McCarthy.
Kaitlin Theobald (BBA ’13) of Atlanta became a certified financial planner. She is the director of client operations with Sherrill & Hutchins Financial Advisory.
Jon Dabney (MBA ’14) and Charles Harris (MBA ’14) of Atlanta are the owners of the sporting apparel company ROCKETSPORTS-1, an online store providing high-quality performance apparel and accessories for men and women. As sports and leisure enthusiasts, the duo tweaked and iterated their products based on customer feedback to improve their line. The company has a new line of sneakers and are working on transitioning into retail in spring 2019.
Jimmy Knoll (BBA ’14) of Atlanta is a southeast sales manager at Anchor Plastics Inc. He previously was an outside sales representative with Calsak Plastics.
Conner Reed (BBA ’14) of Nashville, Tenn., is a national account manager for Georgia-Pacific. He previously served as a regional manager-industrial supply for the company.
2015-
Robb Hoover (MBA ’15) of Brookhaven was named a VP, relationship manager at Fifth Third Bank. Previously he served as a VP of corporate and institutional banking at PNC Bank.
Maddison Smith (BBA ’16) of San Francisco, Calif., was named an investment associate at Sumeru Equity Partners, a growth-focused technology investment firm. Prior to joining SEP, she worked in the consumer retail group at Barclays Investment Bank in New York.
Fredo Avelar (BBA ’17) of Charlotte, N.C., is working with The Vanguard Group.
J.P. Fenn (BBA ’17) of Austin, Texas, is a technical recruiter for Google.
Guy Minick (BBA ’17) of Savannah was named a commercial real estate professional to Bull Realty’s national industrial group. Previously he was on Bull Realty’s business development team.
Hannah Surrett (BBA ’17) of Cartersville is the marketing and promotions coordinator for the Cartersville Downtown Development Authority.
Joe De La Paz (MBA ’18) of Cornelius, N.C., was promoted to VP, on-premise at the Constellation Brands beer division. He previously worked as VP/general manager within the southeast business unit.