Board of Directors & Staff

Staff

Amanda James, Executive Director

administrator@georgiagerontologysociety.org

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

The Board Term Year is from October 1st to September 30th.

GGS Officers 

Board Members Term Ending 2019

Jennifer Beamer
Kerstin Gerst Emerson
Kay Graham
Jami Harper
Elizabeth Head
Kim Johnson-Prince
Dionne Lovett
Dr. Lois Ricci
Donald Strong

Board Members Term Ending 2020

Jennifer Almond
Landa Clay-Gamble
Jennifer Craft Morgan
Jennifer Curry
Babs Hall
Benae Hogan
Lisa Howard
Doug Lueder
Jocelyn Wise

Board Members Term Ending 2021

Pat Baker
MaryLea Boatwright Quinn
David Coffman
Belinda Hayes
Victoria Helmly
Bonnie Kin
Adrienne Mims
Steven Neff
Greg Patteson
Cheney Roper Magusiak
Carol Rowe-Jones

Nominating Committee One Year Term Ending 2019

Jennifer Beamer, Chair
Elizabeth Head
Lois Ricci
Donald Strong
Amanda James, Executive Director

Nominate an Individual for the GGS Board of Directors or as an Officer

The Georgia Gerontology Society (GGS) is led by a 30 member Board of Directors and 4 officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Board members each serve three year terms and are eligible to serve 2 full terms. The Officers serve one year terms.

The Nominating Committee actively solicits nominations from the entire membership for persons to serve on the Board of Directors and for persons willing to be nominated for one of the four offices.

As a member of GGS, you are invited to submit nominations to the Nominations Committee.

The deadline for nominations for the board term beginning October 1, 2019 is May 17, 2019. 

Nominees must meet the following criteria:

    • Individual membership to GGS required
    • Ability to incur own expenses for travel, meals and conference registration
    • Availability to participate in board meetings and GGS functions
    • Willingness to serve on a minimum of one board committee and one annual conference committee
    • Commitment to recruit other GGS members
    • Flexibility to network among various professions and organizations specializing in aging issues
    • Participate in formulating creative ideas for the growth and development of GGS
    • Advocate on behalf of older Georgians

Nomination Form