Committees
Committees of the Georgia Council on Economic Education
The Georgia Council’s Board has seven committees: Executive, Finance, Communications, Development, Nominating, Program and Research. Below is a listing of the members who serve on each committee.
Executive Committee
Mary Beth Coke (Chair Elect)
Senior Vice President, Truist
Mazeen Porbandarwala (Secretary/Treasurer)
Chief Financial Officer, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate
Valarie Asbury
Senior Vice President, Sales Support Manager, Bank of America
Rob Baskin
Director of Communications, Atlanta Police Foundation
Kevin Brennan
Senior Vice President, Regions Bank
Heather Coody
Social Studies Curriculum Program Manager, Gallopade
International, Inc.
Robert Gaines
Director of Communications, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in
Education
Kenneth Jackson
Chief Operating Officer, Cardea Capital Group
Kevin Kelly
Atlanta Managing Partner, Pricewaterhouse Cooper
Nancy Lewis
Senior Vice President, SouthState Bank
Lynn Pattillo
President, The Pittulloch Foundation
Arlethia Perry-Johnson
Community Volunteer
David Poroch
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Southern
Company Gas
Lisa Printup
Coordinator of Social Studies, Rockdale County Schools
Mike Raymer
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Michael Rieger, CFA
Community Volunteer
John Swinton
Director, Center for Economic Education- Georgia College
Scott Wolle
Chief Investment Officer, Global Asset Allocation, Invesco
Communications
Rob Baskin (Chair)
Atlanta President, Weber Shandwick
Mayu Arita
Brand Strategy Manager, Georgia Power
Sara Baxter (ex officio)
Consultant, Sara Baxter Communications
Jessica Cork
Vice President for Public Relations & Communications, YKK
Rob Fine
Founder/CEO, Digits in Motion
Robert Gaines
Director of Communications, Georgia Foundation for Excellence in
Education
Pierce Nelson
Vice President for Communications, CDC Foundation
Mike Raymer (ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Development
Kenneth Jackson (Chair)
Chief Operating Officer, Cardea Capital Group
Yoshi Domoto
Executive Director, Japan-America Society of Georgia
Hays B. Evans
Senior Vice President and Investment Counselor, Capital Group
Hollis Gilliam
Head of Equity Trading, EARNEST Partners
Michael Pond
Senior Vice President & Senior Trust Officer, U.S. Trust
Mike Raymer (ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Finance
Mazeen Porbandarwala (Chair)
Chief Financial Officer, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate
Tracy Bradshaw
Vice President, Human Resources and Compensation, Waffle House
Christophe Cadiou
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (retired)
Dorsey Farr
Principal, kdhb V Capital Management
Nathan Lewis
President & CEO, Security Capital Brokerage, Inc.
Nandy Milner
Private Wealth Relationship Manager, Merrill Lynch Private Bank
Mike Raymer(ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Angel Vasell
Corporate Accounting Department Manager, UPS
Phil Walsh
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Matthew Wolfersberger, CFA
Co-Director of Equities, Georgia Retirement Systems
Brett Wooten
Investment Advisor Representative, Landmark Financial Group
Nominating
Michael Chriszt (Chair)
Vice President and Public Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta
Mazeen Porbandarwala
Chief Financial Officer, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate
Mike Raymer (ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Research and Programming
John Swinton (Co-Chair)
Director, Center for Economic Education- Georgia College
Angie Battle (ex officio)
Program Manager, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Jess Burke
Program Coordinator, Georgia Humanities
Judy Butler
Retired, Center for Economic Education- University of West
Georgia
Chris Cannon (ex officio)
Associate Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Beth Day
Director of Communications, Southern Regional Education Board
Austin Dunn
Associate, McKinsey & Company
Jason Eisele
2023 GA Economics Teacher of the Year, McIntosh High School
Joe Feinberg
Associate Director, Center for Economic Education- Georgia State
University
Crystal Flowers
K-12 Social Studies Coordinator, Fulton County Schools
Shelby Frost
Director, Center for Economic Education- Georgia State University
Austin Green
2023 GA Economics Teacher of the Year, Milton High School
A. Joy Hatcher
Social Studies Program Manager, Georgia Department of Education
Amy Hennessy
Senior Economic & Financial Education Specialist, Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta
Kim Holder
Director, Center for Economic Education, University of West
Georgia
Nancy Lewis
Senior Vice President, SouthState Bank
Rodney D. Miller
Director of Business Information Governance, Alston & Bird, LLP
Karen Pickerill
PricewaterhouseCoopers, retired
Christine Ries
Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pamela Roach
2012 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year, North Cobb High
School
Rhonda Webb
Executive Director, Georgia Council for the Social Studies
William Wesley
Community Development Representative, Delta Community Credit
Union
Princeton Williams
Senior Outreach Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta