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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

  • Ben McCallen, IMERYS Performance Minerals NA
    President
  • Nick John, Active Minerals International, LLC
    Vice President
  • Charles Tarbutton, B-H Transfer Company
    Treasurer
  • Lee Lemke, Georgia Mining Association
    Secretary

Board of Directors

  • David Avant, Southeastern Performance Minerals
  • Cindy Farmer, New Riverside Ochre Co.
  • David Girouard, CARBO Ceramics
  • JD Hollingsworth, Oil Dri Corporation
  • Jason Maxwell, KaMin
  • John McFarlain, IMERYS PMA
  • Melissa McWilliams, BCS
  • Dale Metz, Thiele Kaolin Company
  • John Pittman, SNF Inc.
  • Dickey Shurling, Burgess Pigment Company
  • Ted Smith, Arcilla Mining & Land Co.
  • Kris Towers, BASF
  • Cheryl Ward, Old Hickory Clay Co.
  • Chad Wilkinson, General Shale Brick