Officers, Staff and Board Members

Officers & Staff

The Association's officers are a chairman, vice chairman, and treasurer, all of whom are industry executives who serve the Association without pay. Staff officers are a president, vice president and general counsel, and secretary. It is customary for the non-paid officers to move through the "chairs" from treasurer, to vice chairman and ultimately, to the chairmanship, though each is voted upon by the membership at the annual meeting of the Association. The staff officers are elected by the Board, and serve at the Board's pleasure.

Chairman
Rick Sargent, Peach State Labs, Rome

Vice Chairman
Monte Galbraith, Denim North America, Columbus

Treasurer
Miles Wright, Mannington Mills, Inc., Calhoun

President
G. L. Bowen, III

Vice President and General Counsel
Charles B. “Clay” Jones, III

Secretary
Elizabeth M. Hopkins

Board of Directors

Management and control of GTMA is vested in the Board of Directors and Officers, composed of up to eighteen (18) elective directors with staggered terms, with the chairman, vice chairman and treasurer being ex-officio, voting members of the Board. The past chairmen remain on the Board for life, and are eligible to vote as long as they are employed by a GTMA Active member company.

GTMA AND TEF DIRECTORS

(Terms Expiring in 2012)
John Burnes - Marglen Industries, Inc., Rome
Burl M. Finkelstein - Kason Industries, Inc., Newnan
Thomas E. Iles - John Deere Public Affairs Worldwide, Washington, DC
Del Land - Beaulieu Group, L.L.C., Dalton
David Moody - Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC
J. T. Watters, III - Patriot Mills, Inc., Adairsville

(Terms Expiring in 2013)
Dan Breland - InterfaceFLOR Commercial, LaGrange
Lee Bryan - Tencate Geosynthetics, Pendergrass
Brian Carson - Mohawk Industries, Inc., Dalton
Tom Deems - New Riverside Ochre, Cartersville
Eric Gibson - Textile Rubber & Chemical Company, Dalton
Trey Hodges - Swift Spinning, Inc., Columbus

(Terms Expiring in 2014)
Mike Anderson - TenCate Protective Fabrics, Union City
George Boyd, Jr. - Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co., Columbus
Brian Johnstone - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta
Jim Jones - Dixie Industrial Finishing, Tucker
Michael E. Kiepura - RockTenn, Norcross
David Morgan - Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton