Board of Trustees
Virginia Harman*
McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe, LLP
Cave Spring
Stephen Bailey
Pond & Co.
St. Simons Island
Townsend Bailey
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Atlanta
Carmen Bergman
Dulany Industries, Inc.
Savannah
Mikita Browning
City of Atlanta Watershed Management
Smyrna
Fred Daniels, Jr.
Citizens Trust Bank
Stone Mountain
Hardie Davis Jr.
City of Augusta
Augusta
Brian Diesselhorst
Igneo
Tampa, FL
Nick Donkar
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Atlanta
Jennifer Gilmer*
Deloitte, Retired
Atlanta
Holly Hill
Norfolk Southern
Atlanta
John Hutchins
Baker Hostetler
Atlanta
Byron Kirkpatrick*
Troutman Pepper
Atlanta
Mike LaFerle
The Home Depot
Marietta
Loretta Lepore
Lepore Associates
Savannah
Tim McKinley*
Cox Automotive
Atlanta
Steve Mooney
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins
Gunn & Dial
Atlanta
Katherine Moore**
The Georgia Conservancy
Atlanta
Chris Miller*
KIA Georgia, Inc., Retired
West Point
John Mulcahy
Georgia-Pacific
Atlanta
Gerald Pouncey
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Kennesaw
Stacy Shailendra
Ansley Atlanta Real Estate
Atlanta
Charles Thomas
Williams-Russell & Johnson Inc.
Mableton
Jennifer Winn
Georgia Power
Atlanta
Tim Yeager
General Electric, Retired
Roswell
Eboni Preston**
National Parks Conservation Association
Powder Springs
* Executive Committee
** Ex Officio
Virginia Harman - Board Chair
Virginia Harman was appointed Chair of the Georgia Conservancy’s Board of Trustees on July 1, 2022. Harman currently serves as a partner attorney at McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe, LLP in Rome, Georgia.
A Georgia native and lifelong resident, Virginia Harman began her legal career as one of the first two women to serve as Assistant District Attorney in the Lookout Mountain Judicial District. In 1993, she became the first woman partner at McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe, a 123-year-old law firm.
“The Georgia Conservancy has a rich history of action and leadership after careful deliberation on matters involving stewardship of Georgia’s natural resources,” says Harman. “It is an organization where business leaders who are also conservationists can find a seat at a table to make a positive impact. I have been a proud member of the Georgia Conservancy for many years and look forward to working with our Trustees, partners, and staff to see our organization thrive and maintain its role in protecting Georgia’s remarkable resources long into the future.”
Harman succeeds Dr. Mark Berry as Board Chair, a position that Dr. Berry held for two years and one from which he oversaw a number of positive changes and events, including the development of a new three-year strategic plan and the hiring of Georgia Conservancy President Katherine Moore.
