2026 OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: DeWana Fields
Chair-Elect: Michelle McBroom
Past Chair: Bronwyn Ragan-Martin
Secretary / Treasurer: Angie Wilson
Vice Chair, Outreach: Katherine Speight
Vice Chair, Workforce Development: Kim Mitchell
Vice Chair, Event Coordination: Julie Jarrett
STANDING MEMBERS (voting)
Susanne Reynolds, Director, Early County Development Authority
Travis Wimbush, Mayor, Blakely
Hank Jester, Chairman, Early County Com.
Billy Lanford, First State Bank
Kaylyn Rawlings, Five Star Credit Union – Blakely
Stacy Ingram, Birdsong Peanut Co.
2026 - 2028 DIRECTORS
Term Ending 2026
Pranell Freeman
Mac Gordon
Kimberly Mitchell
Andrew Sheffield
Angie Wilson
TERM ENDING 2027
Collin Brown
Michael Owens
Shanice Richards
Katherine Speight
Tyler Willis
TERM ENDING 2028
Nicole Carpenter
Jan Barron
Michelle McBroom
Bronwyn Ragan-Martin
Julie Jarrett
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS (non-voting)
Matt Dalrymple, SGA Headmaster
Lori Haddock, Director ABAC at Blakely
William Price, Early County Sheriff
Lauren Bryant, Supt. Kolomoki Mounds State Park
Jerome Brackins, Sr, Mayor Arlington
Jimmy Copp, Interim
Ginger Cushing, CEO Primary Care of SW GA
Kaye Hall, Blakely Home Town
Morris Hayes, Mayor, Damascus
Melanie Rogers, Mayor, Jakin
Freddie Powell Sims, State Senator
Gerald Greene, State Representative
Dr. Jennifer Brown, EC Board of Ed
Stephanie Chandler, Early County Administrator
Jerome Brackins, Mayor, Arlington