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Georgia Mining Foundation Board

The individuals named below comprise the Georgia Mining Foundation Board and help guide and direct the Foundation’s efforts to support outstanding Georgia high school and technical college students.

Officers

  • Charles Tarbutton, B-H Transfer Company
    President
  • JD Hollingsworth, Oil Dri Corporation
    Vice President
  • Kris Towers, BASF
    Treasurer
  • Lee Lemke, Georgia Mining Association
    Secretary

Board of Directors

  • David Avant, Southeastern Performance Minerals
  • Neshelle Bailey, Thiele Kaolin Company
  • Cindy Farmer, New Riverside Ochre Co.
  • David Girouard, CARBO Ceramics
  • Nick John, Active Minerals International, LLC
  • Jason Maxwell, KaMin
  • Ben McCallen, IMERYS PMA
  • John McFarlain, IMERYS PMA
  • Melissa McWilliams, BCS
  • John Pittman, SNF Inc.
  • Dickey Shurling, Burgess Pigment Company
  • Ted Smith, Arcilla Mining & Land Co.
  • Cheryl Ward, Old Hickory Clay Co.
  • Chad Wilkinson, General Shale Brick