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Meet the GMA Board

GMA 2023-24 Officers and Board of Directors

None of the work we do every day would be possible without the hard work and dedication of our officers and board of directors.

Officers

  • Seth Spurlock, BCS
    President
  • Jason Maxwell, KaMin
    1st Vice President
  • Eric Tillirson, Thiele Kaolin Company
    2nd Vice President
  • Tammy Brack, IMERYS Performance Minerals NA
    Treasurer
  • Lee Lemke, Georgia Mining Association
    Secretary

Board of Directors

  • Don Abernathy, New Riverside Ochre Company
  • Jeremy Andrews, Burgess Pigment Company
  • Jeff Avant, Atlanta Sand
  • Chris Burns, Yancey Bros. Co.
  • David Girouard, CARBO Ceramics
  • Austin Gilmore, Cemex, Inc.
  • Scot Graddick, IMERYS RAC
  • Mike Hohn, Huber Specialty Minerals
  • JD Hollingsworth, Oil Dri Corporation
  • Lauren Lanter, B&D Industrial
  • Sam Martinez, Burgess Pigment Company
  • Mike Nelson, KaMin
  • Mike Peavy, Cherokee Brick & Tile Company
  • David Peppers, IMERYS RAC
  • DeVaughn Pettit, Tractor & Equipment Company
  • Jim Renner, Chemours
  • Rader Sellers, Sellers Construction Company
  • Chuck Pettit, Active Minerals International
  • Trey Sheppard, Howard Sheppard Inc.
  • Ted Smith, Arcilla Mining & Land Company
  • Ben Tarbutton, Sandersville Railroad Company
  • Charles Tarbutton, B-H Transfer Company
  • Kris Towers, BASF
  • Jeremy Walters, Thiele Kaolin Company
  • Wesley Walthall, Walthall Oil Company
  • Chad Wilkinson, General Shale Brick