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Message from the Founder

The ETAG Team

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Ray Ezelle
Board Member
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Bari Holmes
Board Member
Lynda Lee Smith
Founder and Chairperson of the Board

 
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Carrie Sagel Burns
Board Member
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Larry DiBiase
Board Member
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Lee McMichael
Board Member
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Amanda Dyson-Thornton
Ex-Officio Board Member

Advisory Council

Shay Griffin, President of The Chez Group
Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., Founder of the National Monuments Foundation
Todd Harris, CEO of Skillshot Media
Melvin Everson, V.P., Economic Development for Gwinnett Tech
Scott Bentley, CEO of Bentley Group
Mala Sharma, Georgia Music Partners
David Manuel, Fulton County Arts & Culture
Robert Starling, Producer/CEO, Trefoil Productions
Lilia Glover, Former Executive Director, World Trade Center of Atlanta
Andrei Leon, CEO/Broker, Artisan Haus Real Estate
Bob Carter, Media Advisor
Chris Hardman, President/CEO of GA Hotel/Lodging Assoc 
William McLane, CEO of YOM Ice Cream
Aaron Buzza, Senior V.P./C.O.O. at Visit Macon
Raeha Kim, Attorney
Matt Campbell, CEO of Georgia Matters
Morgan Wingler, Chair of ETAG Ambassadors Program
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