Joseph, (Joe) Heffron, is Chief Financial Officer for Gwinnett County Public Schools, the 13th largest school district in the country.  He has more than 30 years of financial experience in both the public and private sector.

Heffron joined Gwinnett County Public Schools in October 2006, after five years with the Cobb County Public School system.  Prior to his experience in the education sector, he worked for AGL Resources (an energy services company) for 15 years, where he served in various accounting & financial positions.

Heffron, earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Georgia State University.

Mr. Blair joined the School Board in January 2019. His electoral district includes all or portions of the Berkmar, Brookwood, Grayson, Meadowcreek, Parkview, Shiloh, and South Gwinnett clusters. Mr. Blair, a graduate of Shiloh High School and an educator with experience in local, state, and federal education policy, is Director of Program Development for UnboundEd. His current term will expire in December 2022.

 Dr. Watts began his service as superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools on Friday, July 31, 2021. He had been serving as the superintendent of Kent School District (KSD), the 5th largest and 2nd most diverse school district in Washington State. With more than 26,500 students, KSD also employs 3,600 staff members and operates a $450 million budget.

During the past six years, Dr. Watts developed a bold strategic planning process; maintained an intentional focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging; and improved organizational effectiveness so that all students may thrive. KSD’s four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates have risen to record levels for all students as a result.

Dr. Watts is member of The Broad Academy Fellowship (2018-2019), and he has demonstrated a strong track record of success as an instructional, operational, and community leader. Before taking the position in Kent, Dr. Watts served in Gwinnett County Public Schools for 13 years in varied leadership roles with increasing levels of responsibility.

Mr. Lupuloff spent more than 20 years as Senior Managing Director for Bear Stearns/JP Morgan, as well as Managing Director with Raymond James, and most recently growing the fixed income group at Fifth Third. In the community, he is a founding member of the Norcross High School (NHS) Foundation, where he held the positions of president, treasurer, and vice-president. His service to NHS also includes work as a booster club officer and member for multiple sports and clubs. In addition, Mr. Lupuloff is a founding member of the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation and current executive board member. He also is a founding and past board member of the Georgia Tech Parents Advisory Board. Mr. Lupuloff earned his degree in business administration from the University of Alabama and has worked in the financial services industry since 1982.

Mr. and Mrs. Lupuloff currently serve on the University of  Georgia Student Affairs Advisory Board and endow 3 scholarships to UGA’s
Disability Resource Center for Students.

Mr. Lupuloff and his wife Jan actively support Partners Against  Domestic Violence, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Camp Twin Lakes, and were inducted in the NHS Foundation Hall of Fame in 2011. Jan is the current Chairperson for Norcross, Duluth and Lilburn Meals on Wheels. They have four children, all Norcross HS graduates of 2007, 2009, and 2016.

Having served nine years as director of recruitment & retention for the district following a career in banking, I was selected in March 2009 as executive director of the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation.

A proud graduate of Gwinnett Schools and the University of Tennessee, I’ve enjoyed being active in the community.  The following are examples of past or present participation, Leadership Gwinnett; Partnership Gwinnett Education Committee; Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Recruitment Committee; Gwinnett County Revitalization Task Force; JM Tull YMCA Community Board; Center for Pan Asian Community Services Grant Advisory Board; United Way Executive Committee; Rotary Club of Gwinnett; Primerica Foundation Board; Gwinnett Coalition Great Days of Service Advisory Board; Leadership Gwinnett Regional Day Committee; Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Advisory Board; Gwinnett Medical Foundation Women’s Advisory Counsel.

Mike transitioned from a large law firm in Atlanta after 34 years to open his solo general law practice in Lawrenceville, in 2014. Since 2009, Mike has served as an adjunct professor on the faculty at the University of Georgia School of Law where he has taught secured transactions, business reorganizations in bankruptcy, and bankruptcy law.

He is Chairman of the boards of directors of the Gwinnett Health System, of Partnership Gwinnett, and of the Gwinnett Parks Foundation. He is also a current or former member of the following boards: Georgia Hospital Association, the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, the Leadership Gwinnett Foundation, and the Executive Board of the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and he serves on the Gwinnett Hospital Authority. He co-chaired Engage Gwinnett, and led several Education SPLOST renewal committees, an education bond referendum committee and the 2009 County SPLOST renewal committee.

Graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Engineering in 1973 and worked at Georgia Power until my retirement in 2010.  During the last 15 years of my career as a Region Manager a large part of my job was to be heavily involved in the Community thru many external organizations including Chambers, Foundations, civic organizations, and business associations.  I am a 1994 graduate of Leadership Gwinnett.   I co-founded the Gwinnett Student Leadership Program in 1994 and I am still involved in that program.  I also helped establish the Gwinnett Public School Foundation several years ago and I am currently the Chair of the Board.  I was also on the Board of Gwinnett Technical College for many years and after retirement from Georgia Power I taught a leadership course for two years. Currently I am the Chair of the Forsyth County Development Authority and a member of the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Phyllis and I have been married since 1974 and have 3 daughters and 4 grandchildren. We spend our leisure time at Jackson Lake, and in Nashville and Savannah visitng daughters and grandkids.

Dr. Kevin Tashlein’s career in education spans over two decades.  He currently serves as Strategy and Performance Officer for Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), a large diverse urban school district located northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. His previous district-level service includes two and a half years as the Associate Superintendent of School Improvement & Operations. Prior to moving to the central office, he served as the principal of two GCPS high schools where he led Phoenix High School for eight years and Peachtree Ridge High School for five and a half years.

Dr. Tashlein received his undergraduate degree from Siena College, a master’s degree from Florida State University, and his doctoral degree from The University of Georgia.  While pursuing his doctorate, Kevin studied educational leadership under Dr. Carl Glickman.  At UGA, Kevin was an active member of the League of Professional Schools, helping enhance his educational knowledge, perspective, and growth.

He is married to Julie, a middle school science teacher, and has two daughters, Abigail and Sydney.

A leading authority on local and state economic development and local government, Masino is regularly sought after for prominent speaking engagements throughout metro Atlanta and Georgia. In addition, he has spoken internationally, in Incheon and Seoul, South Korea and Wuxi, Chongqing and Qingdao, China, representing Georgia on government, economic development and international business subjects. As a result of his extensive expertise in the economic development and local government arena, Masino is a preferred interviewee for regional and local television, radio, newspaper and magazine outlets. Masino also regularly lecturers at Metro Atlanta Universities such as GA Tech and Georgia Gwinnett College.

Masino serves in a key leadership role overseeing the business recruitment and retention efforts for Gwinnett, as well as the implementation of the Partnership Gwinnett Strategy. To create this community-focused economic development (ED) organization, Partnership Gwinnett, Masino worked with public and private leadership to commission ED studies in 2006 and 2011,
respectively; and spearheaded the implementation efforts of the initial plan—which brought approximately 250 company expansions or relocations, over 12,000 jobs and more than $800,000,000 in investment to Gwinnett. The second iteration of the plan began in January 2012.

Mr. Sean Murphy is our Executive Director and Global CEO. Mr. Sean Murphy was appointed to our Board on 2 January 2014. As our Global CEO, Mr. Sean Murphy is responsible for overseeing the entire overall management of our Group.

Mr. Sean Murphy began his career in 1988 with Sun Data Systems, Inc. where he worked until 1998 in a variety of sales roles before eventually being promoted to Vice-President of International Wholesale. In 1998, he became a Partner at Canvas Systems LLC responsible for sales management. In 2012, Mr. Sean Murphy joined Avnet, Inc. as a Vice-President, where he was also responsible for sales management. In 2013, he joined Procurri LLC as interim Chief Executive Officer. Further to our acquisition of Procurri LLC, Mr. Sean Murphy has been appointed as our Executive Director and Global CEO since 2014.

Mr. Sean Murphy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emory University in 1988.

Born in Cuba.  His parents sent him to live with grandparents in Key West, FL at the age of 12 to escape Castro.  He moved to Peachtree Corners in 1983 from Miami to work in the newly formed BellSouth Corp.  Married to Yolanda, they are parents to Anabel, David, and Daniel, all Norcross High School Graduates.  He is retired from Bellsouth / AT&T, and more recently as President of Target Market Trends, Inc. a business consulting firm he ran for 12 years. Jose has an M.A. Economics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, and has practiced his profession for a lifetime.

KEY PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS:

• Board Member of REACH Georgia
• Commissioner - State Charter School Commission (SCSC of Georgia)
• Member Georgia Gwinnett College Board of Trustees (GGC)
• Adjunct professor of economics at GGC
• Past Member GA Board of Ed.7th District

Randy was born in Almira, New York and moved to Atlanta in 1971. He has an undergraduate degree in Marketing from Valdosta State University and an MBA from Mercer University.

After a 20 year corporate career, including positions with Georgia Power and the Mead Corporation, Randy made a shift to nonprofit. In 2000 he became the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity North Fulton followed in 2005 by a move to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Randy was responsible for the largest Relay For Life event in the world before being promoted to Vice President for Georgia overseeing all operations for ACS.

In early 2015 Randy heard about the retirement of Judy Waters from the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia (CFNEG). Randy was selected to become just the fifth Director for CFNEG in May of 2015. This position allows Randy to work in his home community, connecting donors to local nonprofits in an effort to strengthen our community.

Matt Stinchcomb, a former two-time All-American offensive tackle at the University of Georgia, and seven-year veteran of the National Football League will join the board of trustees of the Gwinnet County Public Schools Foundation. Stinchcomb says he enjoyed the competition in the NFL but knew it would be a short-lived excursion so he prepared himself for life after football.

The son of a Gwinnett teacher, Stinchcomb says earning a spot on the Academic All-American team meant as much to him as being selected an athletic All-American. A graduate of Parkview High School, Stinchcomb won the Campbell Trophy which is considered the "Academic Heisman."

Following the NFL, Stinchcomb established himself in the business world. He and former UGA quarterback David Greene operate a commercial insurance brokerage and consulting firm in Atlanta for Seacrest Partners. He also is a college football analyst for ESPNU and the SEC Network. He and wife Jenny have three children and reside in Gwinnett County.

Marlon Allen was born and raised in Columbus, GA. He attended Columbus State University (CSU) after earning a scholarship to play both baseball and basketball. In 1994, after his junior year, the Cincinnati Reds drafted him as a first baseman. He played 5 years in the Reds Minor League Organization and coached one year as a hitting instructor. In 2000, Marlon returned to CSU to complete his degree in Computer Information Management and soon began work with the Boy Scouts of America. He spent 11 ½ years in that organization before the strong call on his life to ministry. In August 2010, with 5 families meeting in his home, he started Victorious Living Church and is currently serving as Pastor. Marlon is also a member of the Rotary Club of Gwinnett County and now serves as President Elect. Marlon’s life mission is to help all people see their tremendous potential to win in every aspect of their lives. He is married to the former Tasha Minter, from Columbus, and they have 2 kids, Marlon Jr. and Sarah.

Renée Byrd-Lewis serves as vice president for Strategic Communications and Positioning at Georgia Gwinnett College overseeing public relations, media relations, and marketing and communications functions. Ms. Byrd-Lewis came to GGC in 2012 after serving as a charter Board member for GGC Foundation where she became inspired by the college’s innovative higher education model. Prior to GGC, Ms. Byrd-Lewis was responsible for government and community relations, and corporate foundation functions at Cisco Systems and Scientific Atlanta.
Ms. Byrd-Lewis received a Master’s in higher education administration from Georgia State University, dual undergraduate degrees in psychology and sociology from Emory University and corporate citizenship certification from Boston College. An active community leader, she currently serves on the Boards of Gwinnett Health System, Leadership Gwinnett Foundation and United Way. She and her husband reside in Buford with their two teenage boys.

Brad Carr heads up the Corporate Group of Andersen, Tate & Carr. His practice focuses on a wide variety of corporate law and commercial finance matters, including mergers and acquisitions; private equity and debt offerings; representation of development stage and emerging growth companies; formation of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures; compensation and employment issues; stock and asset sale and purchase; venture capital financing; asset and receivables based financing; bond financing; electronic commerce and internet law; software licensing and development agreements; business succession planning including shareholders’ agreements and family partnerships; corporate finance and restructuring including tax-free reorganizations; intellectual property matters including trade secret and proprietary information protection and securing trademark and copyrights for corporate clients.

Mr. Carr graduated, cum laude, with high honors, from the University of Georgia in 1986, where he was elected as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, in 1989 from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Georgia Law Review and was elected as a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Carr is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Gwinnett County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Carr served as the Managing Partner of the Firm for over six years and currently serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Carr is active in the Gwinnett community, working with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, where he is a member of the Board of Directors and a past Chairman of its Development Campaign, the Gwinnett Council for Quality Growth, the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau, The 1818 Club, and he is also active with the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Carr also serves on the Peachtree Ridge High School Council, currently as Chairman, and is very involved with Norcross First United Methodist Church and Young Life of Gwinnett County. He and his family live in Duluth.

C. Norwood Davis serves as CFO at 12Stone® Church in Lawrenceville.  In addition to his role at 12Stone, Norwood serves as board chair for Atlanta-based Street Grace, as a Trustee of the Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation, a Board member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and a member of its Finance Committee, with the Board of Directors of Gwinnett Medical Center and serves as Chair of its Audit & Compliance Committee and serves on the Board of The John Maxwell Company, a leadership development company.

Prior to his current role with 12Stone, he was with Duke Energy, and then with a privately held firm in Gwinnett County.  Norwood graduated with honors from The Citadel with a degree in Civil Engineering and earned his Masters of Business Administration from The Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University.

Randy Dellinger has been with Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, an electric power utility, since 1988 and is the Gwinnett District Manager.  He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture mechanization technology from the University of Georgia and completed his MBA at Brenau University. Randy is a graduate of Leadership Gwinnett, the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute, and Leadership Georgia.

He currently serves on many other community and professional organization boards including the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Council for Quality Growth, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful,  Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center,  Gwinnet County Public School Foundation, and the Gwinnett Student Leadership Team. He is also a member or the Rotary Club of Gwinnett.

A native of Athens, Georgia, Randy and his family have lived in the Snellville area of Gwinnett County for the past 28 years.  He and his wife have two grown children.

Stan Hall is the COO of the Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau (GCVB). The GCVB oversees Infinite Energy Center, Infinite Energy Arean, Explore Gwinnett, the Gwinnett Sports Commission and the PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi Electric Classic.  Stan has had longstanding involvement in the community and has served in several positions with non-profit organizations.  He has been twice recognized by former Governors Roy Barnes and Sonny Perdue for exemplary community service. He was also recognized by the Georgia State Senate and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle in 2012 for outstanding public service.

He has previously served multiple terms as the Chairman of the Hudgens Center for the Arts and Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s Board of Directors.   Stan has also served in multiple capacities, including treasurer of the Explore Gwinnett Board of Directors. In 2011, he was awarded the Community Relations Award by the Gwinnett CVB and the “Gwinnie” award by the Hudgens Center for the Arts. Previously, Stan served as the Director of the Victim Witness Program for the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office and was a 33 year veteran of the law enforcement and judicial systems. He has a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice and holds various management certifications.  At the completion of his law enforcement career, Stan was given the opportunity to enter into the professional sporting events industry.  With great enthusiasm, Stan has assumed the role of Executive Director of the Gwinnett Sports Commission.

Stan is a fifth generation resident of Gwinnett County, serves on several Gwinnett Boards of Directors, and in his spare time writes a weekly column that is published in several local and state publications.

Lanier Levett, is the vice president of business operations for the family owned Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home Inc. Lanier also owns Young-Levett Funeral Homes in Covington and Monroe with his sister Dana Levitt.

Opened first Chrysler dealership in 1971 in Lawrenceville. Now we have a total of four car dealerships, including GM products all in the Northeast Georgia area. All family owned and operated. Charter member of the South Gwinnett Rotary Club.

Tim Hur is a graduate of the GCPS system and Georgia Institute of Technology. Tim launched a career in real estate for the past 10 years and recently joined the corporate office of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate based out of Madison, New Jersey, as the brand's National Director of Inclusion and Philanthropy. Tim is on the board of the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District, Past-President for the Gwinnett Mosaic Rotary Club, a member of the Atlanta Commercial Board, Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of REALTORS®, having multiple designations obtained through the REALTOR® network, including the prestigious CRS, CIPS, ABR and GREEN designations.

His accolades include graduating from Atlanta Regional Commissions’ Regional Leadership Institute, LEAD Atlanta, Leadership Gwinnett, National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Leadership Academy Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies’ Leadership Academy and became a fellow of the University of Southern California Network of Korean-Americans Program.

Matt Hyatt is the Founder and CEO of Rocket IT, the IT department for all kinds of organizations around Gwinnett. His award-winning firm provides both the strategy and support needed to help businessess thrive.

Matt Currently serves on the Executive Board of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce as the Vice Chair of Entrepreneurship & Small Business, is an active supporter of Gwinnett County Public Schools, and is a member of several peer groups (like Entrepreneurs' Organization) in addition to cofounding two of his own. in 2014, Matt was awarded the Pinnacle Small Business Person of the Year.

Outside of work, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife, Maureen, and their two teenage children pursuing their shared passions for photography, travel, and food. He also regularly runs with a team in ultra-long distance relay races.

Dan King is a retired King & Spalding partner. He practiced actively for 30 years, including stints in Chicago, New York and Atlanta. He served as the leader of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group from 2003 to 2008. Mr. King has significant litigation and trial experience in a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, specifically focusing on disputes arising from corporate transactions. He currently teaches classes on both international arbitration and business law, and is part of the leadership of the initiative to increase international arbitration in Atlanta.

J.D. Mealor is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking at Regions Bank.

1993 – Current : Co Founder / CEO – Synergy America, Inc
( staffing & recruiting )

1999 – 2002: Co-Founder /COO – Hotpalm, Inc.
( wireless applications )

1989 – 1993: Founder / CEO – Success Video

Boards and other associations: Past & Present

Emory Board of Visitors

Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Gwinnett Technical College, Gwinnett Children
Shelter, Gwinnett County Schools
Foundation / Math & Science, Peachtree ridge High School
Foundation, First Robotics, SRPOA

Georgia Gwinnett College - Trustee
Gwinnett Medical Alliance - Co founder – Chair
Gwinnett Technology Forum - Co founder / Chair
TIE - Charter Member/ Mentor
TAG - Member
The Hindu Temple of Atlanta - Trustee
Partnership Gwinnett - Member – Technology council
Gwinnett County - 2030 Unified plan
Cultures Across Borders) - Member/Promoter
Leadership Gwinnett - Graduate (2005-2006)

Specialties: Helping HR and Hiring Managers to effectively manage the
cumbersome process of recruiting and retaining the right talents to enhance
their productivity in the current economic environment.

Carla grew up in Gwinnett County and is a graduate of Central Gwinnett High School.  She received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University and her MBA from Brenau University.  She is the President of the Gwinnett based architectural and engineering firm, Precision Planning, Inc.

She serves on the Gwinnett Chamber’s Board of Directors and was the 2014 Board Chair.  She is a 2001 Leadership Gwinnett graduate and currently serves on the Leadership Gwinnett Board of Trustees and on the Mitsubishi Electric Classic Golf Tournament Foundation Board.  She serves on the executive board of the Grayson Cluster Schools Foundation and on the board of the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation.  She serves on the Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Citizens Advisory Board along with being a past board member of the Gwinnett YMCA. She is the past president of the Pharr Elementary PTA, the current treasurer and also serves on the school council.  She volunteers as the team mom for her daughter’s Grayson Athletic Association cheerleading team.

Rebecca Jung received her BS from the University of MD, College Park and MDiv from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. Previously, she worked for the New York City government as an Assistant Space Analyst and an Associate Space Analyst. She has served at Korean Carmichael Presbyterian Church, Korean Presbyterian Church in Downey and currently at Korean Community Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Georgia. She is the founder of the Korean American Parents Association (KAPA), an organization which seeks to empower Korean American parents by providing tools and platforms for their engagement in their children's education.

Dr. Stingley, native of Mississippi inspired to become a dentist at the ~ge of ten. She established Carter-Rockbridge General Dentistry, P.C. in 1995, serving Gwinnett County and the surrounding areas for 22 years. Dr. Stingley
received from the United States Army laudatory recognition for dedicated congressional survey, the Army Commendation Medal, and Advanced General Dentistry Education, at Fort Benning Ga.

Dr. Stingley is a respected member of the American Dental Associatidn, Georgia Dental Association, Georgia Dental Society, and Academy of General Dentistry. She plays a proactive role in the efforts to build a solid foundation for the continued growth and prosperity of Gwinnett County. Chairperson of Non-profit Board of Trustee for Four Corners Primary Care Centers, Inc was established November 2007, under her leadership. She has rendered leadership and service to the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and participated as member of the Chairman's Club. The list continues: chairperson of community projects and secretary of the Peachtree Corners Rotary Club

Anne Soutter serves as Vice President of Community and Foundation Relations for Primerica. She is also the co-founder, VP and Operations Officer for The Primerica Foundation. During her long tenure with Primerica, she has also served in the Executive and Strategic Marketing Departments for the company.

Anne serves on the Gwinnett County Advisory Board for United Way, the Gwinnett County Public Library Foundation Board, the Citizens Advisory Board for Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful and the Gwinnett County Public School Foundation Board. She is an alumna of Leadership Gwinnett and a Cole Society Leadership Member of United Way.

Education: Public Relations Major - B.A.& M.A. from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake University; Certificate in Nonprofit Organization Management from the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and member of the Southeastern Council of Foundations.