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Leadership

2026-27 Advisory Board

CHAIRMAN

Bill Dixon
Lighthouse Wealth Mgmt Group at Morgan Stanley

CHAIR-ELECT

Pat McManamon
Sandler | The Ruby Group

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Sara Pomposo
Money Pages
*Team Selection Chair

SECRETARY

John Duce
Wells Fargo

CO-TREASURER

Daniel Kennedy Murphy
Sea Warrior Stables, LLC

CO-TREASURER

Greg Smith
Retired

AUDIT & COMPLIANCE CHAIR

Scott Keith
Pinnacle Financial Partners

VICE CHAIR, CHARITIES

Luciano Noir-Jones
Ameris Bank

VICE CHAIR, HOSPITALITY

Ian Hollingsworth

VICE CHAIR, MARKETING

Paul Jones
W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.

VICE CHAIR, MEMBERSHIP

Kevin Craig
AT&T

Founders

Ted Arnold
Peter Burkhalter
Sam Butz, Sr.
Maurice Cherry

Barrington Darby, Sr.
Van Fletcher, Sr.
Charles Hilty, Sr.
W.C. Ivey

Raymond McCarthy, Sr.
Walter McRae, Sr.
George Robinson
Charles R. Thebaut, Sr.

Past Chairman

1946-Present
Sara Pomposo (2025)
Andy King (2024)
Alan Worley (2023)
Nelson Bradshaw (2022)
John Duce (2020 & 2021)
Rich Thompson (2019)
Jamie Shelton (2018)
David Long (2017)
David Boree (2016)
Heather Duncan (2016)
Vince McCormack (2015)
Andy Pradella (2014)
Fred Franklin (2013)
Gregory B. Smith (2012)
Stephen Tremel (2011)
Daniel Kennedy Murphy (2010)
Brian Goin (2009)
Kelly Madden (2008)
Scott P. Keith (2007)
Michael Hartley (2006)
Robert J. Smith (2005)
Robert E. White (2004)
Susan Hamilton (2003)
Jim McCollum (2002)
Leerie Jenkins (2001)
Chester Stokes (2000)
Andy Cheney (1999)

John Harrison (1998)
Davis Johnson, Sr. (1997)
Carl Cannon (1994 & 1996)
Scott McCaleb (1993)
Dave Middleton (1992)
Russ Godwin (1991)
Victor Jackson (1990)
Charles Hughes (1989)
Don Davis (1988)
Tom McCandless (1987)
John Bell (1986)
Henry Beckwith (1985)
J.T. Hill (1984)
Bill Nimnicht, Jr. (1983)
Chris A. Verlander (1982)
Wilford Lyon (1981)
John A. Tucker (1980)
Tommy Gay (1979)
J.J. Daniel (1978)
Jim Ade (1977)
John Lanahan (1976)
George Olsen (Ex. Dir. Emeritus)
Wesley Paxson (1975)
Peter Kirill (1974)
Gordon Thompson (1973)
Dick Stratton (1972)
W.W. Gay (1971)

L.C. Ringhaver (1970)
Norman Harrison (1969)
Henry Dartigalongue (1968)
Nelson Harris (1967)
Frank Norris (1966)
A.J. Robida (1965)
W. Ashley Verlander (1964)
Conrad Gunti (1963)
Joseph Sykora (1962)
Lamar Dean (1961)
Henry Kramer (1960)
John Piombo (1959)
Van Fletcher (1958)
Julian Jackson (1957)
Roger Main (1956)
Glenn Marshall, Jr. (1955)
Sam Butz (1954)
James McGregor (1953)
Bill Nimnicht, Sr. (1952)
Sam W. Wolfson (1951)
Frank Snell, Sr. (1950)
Robert M. Smith (1949)
Walter McRae, Sr. (1948)
Pete Burkhalter (1947)
Ted Arnold (1946)
Ted Arnold (1945)