Board of Directors

The GBA Board of Directors sets policy and long-range goals for the Association.

The Executive Committee is made up of the Chairman, Chairman Elect, Vice Chairman, Secretary Treasurer and Immediate Past Chairman, all of whom are elected statewide. The Board appoints a President and Chief Executive Officer who serves at the pleasure of the Board and is a member of the Executive Committee.

Each of the three GBA Groups annually elects one member to serve a three-year term. Each year, the incoming GBA Chairman of the Board appoints an At Large member to the Board to serve a three-year term.

There also are three designated positions on the Board: Leadership GBA Chairman, GBA Services, Inc. Chairman, and Community Bankers Committee Chairman. Each serves a one-year term.

Associate members elect a representative to the Board who serves a three-year term. And, the Association’s General Counsel attends all Board meetings but does not serve as a member.

For information on how to serve on a GBA board or committee, click here.

Name
Chairman Mr. C. Rhodes McLanahan First American Bank & Trust Company P.O. Box 1688 Athens, GA 30603 (706) 354-5093
Chairman-elect Mr. Brad E. Barber First National Bank P.O. Box 10 Bainbridge, GA 39818 (229) 246-3185
Vice Chairman Mr. Philip G. Williams The Claxton Bank P.O. Box 247 Claxton, GA 30417 (912) 739-5660
Secretary/Treasurer Mr. Timothy M. Perry The Citizens Bank of Georgia 651 Veterans Memorial Blvd Cumming, GA 30040-2711 (678) 513-9225
President Mr. J. Joseph Brannen Georgia Bankers Association 50 Hurt Plaza, S.E. Suite 1050 Atlanta, GA 30303-2960 (404) 420-2026
North Group Mr. Charles M. DeWitt Tandem Bank 2356 Main St Tucker, GA 30084 (770) 281-9630
North Group Mr. Jamie C. Tallent River City Bank 228 N 2nd Ave SW. Rome, GA 30165 (706) 236-3551
North Group Mr. David K. Voyles Pinnacle Bank P.O. Box 430 Elberton, GA 30635 (706) 425-2264
Central Group Mr. Samuel W. Beall Bank of Dudley P.O. Box 4098 Dublin, GA 31040 (478) 277-1500
Central Group Mr. John C. Childs, Jr. Exchange Bank 250 West Hancock Street Milledgeville, GA 31061 (478) 452-4531
Central Group Mr. Steven Walker Jordan, Jr. Bank of Monticello P.O. Box 29 Monticello, GA 31064-0029 (706) 468-6418
Central Group Mr. William R. Stump, Jr. Community Bank & Trust-West Georgia P.O. Box 1489 LaGrange, GA 30241 (706) 885-0917
South Group Mr. A. Parrish Clark, Jr. Guardian Bank P.O. Box 3340 Valdosta, GA 31604-3340 (229) 316-4190
South Group Ms. Susan V. Moss Planters and Citizens Bank P.O. Box 449 Camilla, GA 31730-0449 (229) 336-5271
South Group Mr. R. Brent Sammons Altamaha Bank and Trust Company PO Box 489 Vidalia, GA 30475-0489 (912) 538-9153
South Group Mr. Donald J. Torbert, Jr. Southeastern Bank P.O. Box 455 Darien, GA 31305 (912) 437-7143
At Large Mr. William F. Easterlin, III Queensborough National Bank & Trust Company, Inc. P.O. Box 467 Louisville, GA 30434 (478) 625-2000
At Large Mr. Michael T. Lee Ameris Bank 3020 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA 31602 (229) 671-8751 (direct)
At Large Mr. Alfred McRae Bank of America 3455 Peachtree RD NE Atlanta, GA 30326 (404) 494-7132
Chair, GBA Services, Inc. Mr. Gregory H. Eiford TC Federal Bank P.O. Box 1197 Thomasville, GA 31799 (229) 226-3221
Chair, Community Bankers Committee Mr. Richard Allen Basinger, Jr. Northeast Georgia Bank P.O. Box 765 Lavonia, GA 30553-0765 (706) 356-4444
Chair, Leadership GBA Mr. Thomas Kelly Smith First National Bank of Griffin P.O. Drawer F Griffin, GA 30224-0045 (678) 510-5105
Associate Member Representative Ms. Marjorie Huckabee Carter McNair, McLemore, Middlebrooks & Co., LLC P.O. Box One Macon, GA 31202 (478) 746-6277
General Counsel Mr. Jonathan S. Hightower Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP 191 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 849 Atlanta, GA 30303 (770) 282-5112