FY23 Advisory Board Members

GLRS  District


GLRS

Counties

Advisory Member

School System

1

Northwest GA 

Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Walker, Bremen City, Calhoun City, Cartersville City, Chickamauga City, Dalton City, Rome City, Trion City

Amanda Oxford

Catoosa County

2

North Central 

Cherokee, Dalton City, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Whitfield

Jessica Chastain

Dir. Sp Ed Services

Gilmer County

3

North GA

 

Banks, Dawson, Franklin, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White, Gainesville City

Katie Lowry

Dir Sp Ed

Lumpkin

County

4

Metro East 

Buford City, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Decatur City, Fulton, Rockdale

Blake McGaha

Ex Director

Fulton County

4

Metro West

APS, Cobb, Forsyth, Clayton, Douglas, Marietta City.

Trina Smith

Sp Ed Director

Douglas County

5

Northeast GA 

Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton, Commerce City, Jefferson City, Social Circle City

Suzanne Korngold

 Sp Ed Director

Oconee County

6

West Central 

Carroll, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Troup, Carrollton City

Cammie Tysver

Sp Ed Director

Carroll County

7

Metro South

Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Newton, Pike, Griffin-Spalding Upson

Charles Kelley

Griffin-Spalding County Schools

8

Middle GA

Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs, Jasper

Catherine Brown

Dir. of  Sp. Ed.

Crawford County

9

Oconee GLRS

Door Prize 

Baldwin, Hancock, Johnson Putnam, Washington, Wilkinson

Tiera Bowen

Sp Programs Dir.

Putnam County

10

East Georgia

Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes

Michelle Dye

Burke County

11 -12

West GA 

Chattahoochee, Clay, Muscogee, Randolph, Talbot, Quitman, Stewart Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster

Kristen Stokes

Crisp County

13

East Central

Basket and Door Prize

Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wilcox, Wheeler, Dublin City

Cindy Felkins

Bleckley County

14

Southeast GA 

Appling, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jeff Davis, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Wayne, Vidalia City

Mary Susan Arnold

Dir Sp Ed

Jeff-Davis County

15

Coastal Area

Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh

Mindy Yanzetich

Sp Ed Director

Liberty County

16

Southwest GA

either 

Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth, Pelham City, Thomasville City

Kerri Miller

Director

Oaktree GNETS

17

South GA/Coastal Plains

Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, Turner, 

Dr. Vakesha Mays

Valdosta City

18

South Central 

Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware, Valdosta City

Dana Vickers

Coffee County