BOARD OF DIRECTORS ORGANIZATION

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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 education for Georgia’s children and their teachers

GYSTC State Board of Directors

Interim Chair	Mr. Richard Moore
	AGL Resources
Vice Chair	Open
Secretary	Ms. Nedra Wakefield
	Ga. Dept. of Labor
Treasurer	Ms. Tanya Blalock
	Georgia Power Company
President/CEO	Ms. Debbie Day
	GYSTC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Don Barbour
AT&T

Mr. Don Cargill
J.D. Cargill & Associates

Mr. Bob Cucchi
State of Georgia

Dr. Harlon Crimm
Chattahoochee Technical College

Mr. Fred Kiehle
Georgia Dept. of Technical & Adult Education

Ms. Blair Marks
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Dr. Gail Marshall
Georgia Science Teachers Association

Ms. Kathy Mooney
KMK Consulting

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, Univ. System of Georgia

Executive Directorate

Mr. Michael Vollmer
Commissioner
GA Department of Adult
and Technical Education

Mr. Michael D. Garrett
President & CEO
Georgia Power Company

Dr. Kathy Cox
Superintendent
Georgia Department of Education

Mr. Lee E. Rhyant
Executive VP & Site General Manager
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Mr. Phil Jacobs
President, Georgia Operations
BellSouth Telecommunications

Mr. Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Department of Labor 

Ms. Jackie Ward
Outside Managing Director
Intec Telecom Systems 

GYSTC Directors Emeriti

Dr. Stephen R. Cheshier
Southern Polytechnic State Univ. (retired)

Dr. Arthur Dunning
University of Georgia

Mr. Charlie B. Seymour
Atlanta Gas Light Company (retired)

Mr. Dwight H. Evans
Southern Company

Mr. William P. Johnson
Georgia Department of Education (retired)

Mr. Jack Price
Bank of America (retired)

Mr. Gary A. Kemp
IBM (retired)

Mr. M. Euel Wade, Jr
Southern Company (retired)

Mr. Jim Thompson
President Emeritus, GYSTC, Inc. (retired)

Mr. Richard Circle
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. (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

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
Highlands College

Flint River Valley GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Steve Syfrett

Gordon GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Dr. Priscilla Doster
Educator (retired) 

Heart of Georgia YSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Will Peterson
Woolrich, Inc.  (retired)

Middle Georgia YSTC at Museum of Aviation Board of Directors Chair
Dr. Gary Ross
Stratford Acadmey

Magnolia Midlands GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Carroll Gay
R.L. Toole & Co.

North Georgia Mountains YSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Ron Ingram
Georgia Power Company

Northeast GYSTC Board of Directors Chair 
Mr. Doc Sisk
Banks County School Supt. (retired)

Oconee River GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Paul Chambers
AT&T

Shenandoah GYSTC Board of Directors Chair
Mr. Peter Ludlow
Ga. Dept. 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)

State Office Staff

Debbie Day
President / CEO Chief Operating Officer

Harry Hodgson
NASA ERC Specialist