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)
District Director for Georgia and the Carolinas, Regions Bank
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
Gayle Cabrera
Senior Vice President, Director of Small Business Direct, Truist
Heather Coody
Social Studies Curriculum Program Manager, Gallopade
International, Inc.
Robert Gaines
Director of Communications, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in
Education
Amy Hennessy
Director, Outreach and Education, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Kenneth Jackson
Chief Operating Officer, JECohen
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
Director of Business Development, Reliant Real Estate Management
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
Chief Communications Officer, CDC Foundation
Mike Raymer (ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Development
Kenneth Jackson (Chair)
Chief Operating Officer, Cardea Capital Group
Chandler Boone
Associate | FX Derivatives, FRM, Truist Securities
Yoshi Domoto
Executive Director, Japan-America Society of Georgia
Hays B. Evans
Co-Founder and Partner, Clover Capital Partners
Hollis Gilliam
Head of Equity Trading, EARNEST Partners
Michael Pond
Senior Vice President & Senior Trust Advisor, Truist Wealth
Mike Raymer (ex officio)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Finance
Mazeen Porbandarwala (Chair)
Chief Financial Officer, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate
Christophe Cadiou
CPA, CFP, Plum Street Advisors
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
Greg Rollings
Vice President, Purchasing, Waffle House
Angel Vasell
Corporate Accounting Department Manager, UPS
Phil Walsh
Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Robert Wicking
Wealth Manager, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Matthew Wolfersberger, CFA
Co-Director of Equities, Georgia Retirement Systems
Brett Wooten
Investment Advisor Representative, Landmark Financial Group
Nominating
Mary Beth Coke (Chair)
Senior Vice President, Head of Georgia Middle Market Banking,
Truist
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 (Chair)
Director, Center for Economic Education- Georgia College
Angie Battle (ex officio)
Program Manager, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Jason Beck
Director, Center for Economic Education – Georgia Southern
(Armstrong Campus)
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
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
A. Joy Hatcher
Social Studies Program Manager, Georgia Department of Education
Amy Hennessy
Senior Economic & Financial Education Specialist, Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta
Nancy Lewis
Senior Vice President, SouthState Bank
Rodney D. Miller
Director of Business Information Governance, Alston & Bird, LLP
Gary Petmecky
Teacher, GAVS and GCEE Consultant
Karen Pickerill
PricewaterhouseCoopers, retired
Tara Rich
Wealth Specialist, Capital Group Private Client Services
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