Over 300 business, industry, education and government leaders serve on Board of Directors for the state organization and regional GYSTC’s. In addition to all school superintendents of participating school systems, there are business and industry executives, college, university and technical college presidents and faculty, school curriculum and RESA (Regional Educational Service Agencies) directors and government officials serving on regional GYSTC boards of directors and bringing their advice, wisdom, work and resources to further science, math and technology (STEM) education for Georgia’s children and their teachers.
GYSTC State Board of Directors
| Chairman | Ms. Tanya Blalock
Georgia Power Company
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| Vice Chair | Mr. Don Barbour
AT&T
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| Secretary | Dr. Kathryn Hornsby
Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG)
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| Treasurer |
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| Executive Director | Ms. Betsy Green
Georgia Youth Science & Techology Centers, Inc.
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Dr. Daniel S. Papp
Kennesaw State University
Dr. Judy Awong-Taylor
Georgia Gwinnett College
Mr. Don Cargill
J.D. Cargill & Associates
Mr. Bob Cucchi
State Action, Inc.
Ms. Blair Marks
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Ms. Genelle Betterson
IBM
Mr. H. Boyd Pettit, III
H. Boyd Pettit, Attorney at Law
Mr. James Sheahan
Siemens Foundation (retired)
Mr. Tom Varney
Siemens Energy and Automation
Dr. Dorothy Zinsmeister
Board of Regents, University System of Georgia
Mr. Richard Moore
AGL Resources
Ms. Nedra Wakefield
Georgia Department of Labor
Executive Directorate
GYSTC Directors Emeriti
Mr. Jim Thompson
Founding Member
President Emeritus GYSTC (deceased)
Ms. Beverly Golden
Founding Member
Southern Polytechnic State University (deceased)
Dr. Stephen R. Cheshier
President
Southern Polytechnic State University (retired)
Dr. Arthur Dunning
The University of Georgia
Mr. Charlie B. Seymour
Atlanta Gas Light Company (retired)
Mr. Dwight H. Evans
Southern Company (retired)
Mr. William P. Johnson
Georgia Department of Education (retired)
Mr. M. Euel Wade, Jr.
Southern Company (retired)
Mr. Richard Circle
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (retired)
Mr. O. Ben Harris
Georgia Power Company
Dr. Bob Moore
Southern Regional Education Board
Dr. Helen Parker
U.S. Department of Labor
Mr. Ron Robinson
American Real Estate Investment Company
Mr. Warren Ragsdale
BellSouth Telecommunications (retired)
Regional GYSTC Boards of Directors
GYSTC has established thirteen Regional Centers across the state that provide staff development workshops and programs for teachers as well as assemblies, activities and camps for students. The programs of each Regional Center are defined by local school system needs.
Chattahoochee-Flint GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Ms. Joyce Carreker
CEO, Visions for Sumter
Etowah GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Ms. Sharysse Henderson
Georgia Highlands
Flint River Valley GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Stephen Syfrett
Thronateeska Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Gordon GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Dr. Priscilla G. Doster
Heart of Georgia YSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Will Peterson
Woolrich, Inc. (retired)
Magnolia Midlands GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Kenny Griffin
Georgia Power Company
Middle Georgia YSTC at Museum of Aviation Board of Directors Co-Chairs
Mr. Jimmy Autry
North Georgia Mountains YSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Ron Ingram
Georgia Power Company
Northeast GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Ms. Jan Pearce
Rabun County Schools
Oconee River GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Paul Chambers
AT&T
Shenandoah GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Peter Ludlow
Georiga Department of Labor
Southwest GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Dr. Steve Golladay
Joseph E. Jones Ecological Research Center
West GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Sammy McClure
Educator (retired)