Board Of Directors
Eric Hooper | Chairman
Eric Hooper of Albany is a Partner with Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers P.C. located in Albany, GA. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: United Way of Southwest Georgia, South Georgia Council for Boy Scouts of America, Cordele Historic Preservation Commission, and served on the Finance Committee of Christ Episcopal Church in Cordele. He has also served as President of the Dougherty County Rotary Club. He is married to Jennifer Hooper and has two daughters.
Josh Bell | Vice Chairman
Josh Bell of Whigham is an Attorney and the Owner of the Law Office of Joshua C. Bell. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: University of Georgia Alumni Association, State Bar of Georgia, Bainbridge Decatur County Humane Society, United Way of Grady County, United Way of Decatur County, and Rotary Club of Cairo.
Clay Sewell, Jr. | Secretary
Clay Sewell, Jr. of Thomasville is a Partner with Alexander & Vann LLP, Attorneys at Law. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: Thomasville National Bank, Glen Arven Country Club, Thomasville Center for the Arts, and Thomasville Landmarks.
John McDuffie, CPA | Treasurer
John McDuffie of Albany is a CPA and a Partner with Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC and is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Albany office and also serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a member of First Baptist Church of Albany where he teaches Sunday School and has served on the Boards of Deerfield Windsor School, American Heart Association, Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Albany and Darton College Foundation.
Other Board Members
Fraley Carlton
Fraley Carlton of Moultrie is an Investment Advisor and the President of Pentas Wealth Management. She is an active community volunteer and has served or is currently serving on the following boards: Colquitt County Arts Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Moultrie/Colquitt County, the Volunteer Arts Alliance, the Raymond James Women’s Advisory Council, United Way of Colquitt Co., Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, and Moultrie Service League. She has two teenage daughters.
Mike Grimsley
Mike Grimsley of Thomasville is Co-Founder and President of Ashwood Development Company.
Bill Holland
Bill Holland of Valdosta is a Partner with Coleman Talley LLP. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: Valdosta Bar Association, Senior Life Insurance Company, and America’s Second Harvest of South Georgia. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Valdosta Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
Melvin Hugans
Melvin Hugans of Thomasville is the Community Reinvestment Officer of Thomasville National Bank. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: The Treehouse Children’s Advocacy Center of Thomas County, Thomasville YMCA, Spark Thomasville, Bicycle House, The Gathering Place, Thomasville Community Development Corporation, Downtown Development Authority, and is a Thomas County Schools Parent Advisory Representative. He is married to Kristi Hugans and has two children.
Dan Jeter
Dan Jeter of Moultrie is co-owner with his brother, Jimmy, of Standard Discount Corporation, a consumer finance company and serves on the board of Ameris Bank as its chairman. He is actively involved as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Moultrie and the Moultrie YMCA having served as chairman of its endowment committee, capital campaign chairman and annual support chairman.
Boone Kennedy
Boone Kennedy of Bainbridge is the Assistant Vice President/Lender of First Port City Bank. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: First Baptist Church Colquitt, Donalsonville/Seminole County Chamber of Commerce, and Seminole County Family Connections. He is also a member of the 2025 Decatur County Leadership Class and a Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador. He is married to Victoria Kennedy and has two children.
Larry Mims
Larry Mims of Tifton is a retired Senior Judge. He has served or is currently serving on the following boards: Tiftarea YMCA, the Tift County Chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Tifton Housing Authority.
Fortson Turner
Fortson Turner of Tifton is the Owner of Turner’s Fine Furniture, a family-owned independent furniture retailer based out of Tifton. He is a member of First United Methodist Church in Tifton and has served on the boards of United Way, Young Life Tifton, Tifton Chamber of Commerce, and First United Methodist Church. He is married to Nan Turner and has two children.
Cile Warr
Cile Warr of Bainbridge is the former Development Director of Grace Christian Academy. Prior to that, she served as President of the Bainbridge-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce for 13 years. She is a member of Bainbridge First Methodist Church and has served on the boards of Bainbridge Rotary Club, Bainbridge YMCA, Gilbert H. Gragg Library Foundation, Decatur Co. CLCP, and Decatur County Family Connections.
Board Emeritus
Jimmy Allen
Ann Brannen Bill Burke
John M. Carlton, Jr.
J. L. Eubanks
William G. Fallin Russ Henry Jimmy Jeter
Harry T. Jones, III
Samuel B. Kellett Bruce Kirbo
Karen S. Leabo John McTier
Ralph Rodgers Beth Stripling
Robert (Pete) Thomas, III
Jud Vann
Thomas H. Vann, Jr.
Richard VanLandingham
Randy Wages Alston Watt Jo Wingate