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| BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2010 |
| OFFICERS |
Chair
Geoffrey Kridel |
Geoffrey Kridel has been in marketing and sales most of his life. Born on the island of Manhattan in New York City, he went to school at the Choate School in Connecticut and later in Coral Gables, Florida at the University of Miami for his BBA. He also attended their MBA program. He first moved to Georgia in 1980 after being transferred from South Florida. Work experiences took him to the Napa Valley, San Diego, Miami, and back to Atlanta in 1989. Geoffrey held regional and senior management positions in the consumer products business. His roles supporting non-profits include board positions on the Miami Museum of Fine Art, Easter Seals of Dade County, Buckhead Business Association (VP 9 years), YoungBucks (President), The Buckhead Art Crawl (Founder), and The Buckhead Business Foundation (Vice-Chairman). Geoffrey has served on the board of The Community Helping Place, The Dahlonega Rotary, and now serves as President of the Lumpkin County Literacy Coalition. He currently is selling real estate in Lumpkin County as well as teaching classes in wine education. Geoffrey and his wife, Sharon, along with their five cats moved full time to Dahlonega in 2003.
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Chair Elect
Donna Gessell
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Dr. Donna Gessell has 21 years of experience in university teaching, and is currently Executive Director for Regional Engagement at North Georgia College & State University. In addition to her administrative duties related to academic outreach into the community, she enjoys teaching composition and courses on the literature of John Milton, Jane
Austen, and epidemics. Donna holds degrees in Comparative Literature and English Secondary Education from The Ohio State University. Her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in English Literature were earned at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. A member of the Lumpkin County Literacy Coalition since 2000, Donna has previously served as its chair.
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 Secretary
Christine Wilbanks
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Christine Wilbanks has a passion for reading, and loves the opportunity of working and living in beautiful Lumpkin County. Christine has been the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Chestatee Regional Hospital since October 2005. Prior to her career shift, she had over 18 years experience with Progressive Insurance and Liberty Mutual Group as an Underwriter, Claims Adjuster and Management. Christine received her B.A. in Public Relations/Communications from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York and received her Master of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, Orlando Campus. Christine and her husband, Scott relocated to Dahlonega, Georgia in December 2002. She has a 3-year-old son, Ethan, and a 19-year-old Step Daughter, Michelle who is at student at the University of West Florida. Christine is the current co-chair of the Lumpkin County Women in Lumpkin Leadership (WILL) group, a Family Connection Mentor at the LCMS, and a 2007 Graduate of the Leadership Lumpkin County. Through her service on the Literacy Coalition Board, she hopes to inspire other community members to join the cause and help to increase the awareness of illiteracy and take the steps in making our community an even better place to work and live.
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Treasurer
Litton deJarnette |
Litton graduated from Georgia Tech Universtiy with a BS in Civil Engineering. Early in his career as an engineer for the Fulton County Health Department he set up their Air Pollution Control Division. He served as a manufacturer representative in the water and sewage treatment industry before before establishing his own company in that business. He operated the Principle Environmental Company for 15 years before selling it to retire in Dahlonega with his wife of 21 years, Karoline. He has one daughter and now, “two wonderful grandchildren.”
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR 2010 |
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Brita Borden - EMAIL
Kim Bruce - EMAIL
April Clark
Litton deJarnette - EMAIL
Larry DePriest - EMAIL
Pat Donat
Elsa Ann Gaines - EMAIL
Donna Gessell - EMAIL
Jan Hopkins
Geoffrey Kridel (Chair) - EMAIL |
Julie Leibel - EMAIL
Jason Lemley
Donna Logan - EMAIL
Denson Martin
Coleen Rotunno - EMAIL
JoAnne Taylor
Juanita Tipton - EMAIL
Christine Wilbanks
Andrea Woody - EMAIL |
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