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Board of Directors

Southwest Georgia Technical College is governed by a Board of Directors composed of seven members who were nominated for their positions by area industry and educational officials.  Each member was selected and approved by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education.

The Board of Directors meets monthly.  It sets policy for the College consistent with policies established by the State Board.  Responsibilities include reviewing and approving goals and objectives, short and long-range plans, facilities expansion, program additions and changes, and the annual budget before submission for approval by the State Board.

Southwest Georgia Technical College Board of Directors

Grady County

 

   

Mr. Chuck Stafford

 

 

 
Mitchell County

 

 

Burton

Mr. David S. Burton

Larkin

Mr. Michael B. Larkin

 

 
Thomas County

 

 

Milberg

Mrs. Frances B. Milberg, Chair

Singletary

Ms. Julia A. Singletary, Vice Chair

   

Thomas

Ms. Kha M. Thomas

Mr. Zachariah P. Wheeler

 

State Board of Technical and Adult Education

Southwest Georgia Technical College is under the policy and administrative control of the State Board of Technical and Adult Education. This Board was established with the responsibility for the governance and management of all the state-supported technical colleges.

The Board executes its responsibilities in two primary ways:

  • by adopting policies to provide general guidelines for governing the system, and
  • by electing a Commissioner and, under his/her supervision, presidents of the colleges, who are given the responsibility and the authority for the administration of the system in accord with the adopted policies.
Officers

Commissioner Ronald W. Jackson
Mr. Carl E. Swearingen., Chairman
Mr. Allen C. Rice, Vice Chairman

First Congressional District
Mr. Ben I. Copeland, Sr.
  Tenth Congressional District
Mr. Cedric J. Johnson
Second Congressional District
Sandra B. Reed, M.D.
  Eleventh Congressional District
Mr. Otis Raybon, Jr.
Third Congressional District
Ms. Lee Lee James
  Twelfth Congressional District
Mr. Allen C. Rice
Fourth Congressional District
Mr. Dean Alford 
  Thirteenth Congressional District
Vacant
Fifth Congressional District
Mr. Don L. Chapman
  Members-at-Large
Mr. Michael C. Daniel
Ms. Mary Flanders
Ms. Ann Purcell
Mr. Earl E. Smith  
Mr. Larry Snellgrove
Mr. Carl E. Swearingen
Mr. Jimmy Tallent
Mr. Ben J. Tarbutton, Jr.
Sixth Congressional District
Ms. Annie Hunt Burriss
 
Seventh Congressional District 
Mr. Michael L. "Sully" Sullivan
 
Eighth Congressional District
Mr. L. McGrath Keen, Jr.
 
Ninth Congressional District
Mr. Emerson E. Russell