GSGA Presidents & Executive Directors

GSGA Presidents

Years
Name
1924-1933
Lowry Arnold, Atlanta*
1934-1936
C. Veazey Rainwater, Atlanta*
1936-1945
Fielding Wallace, Augusta*
1946-1955
Hugh Carter, Atlanta*
1956-1957
William H. Zimmerman, Columbus*
1958-1959
Jennings B. Gordon, Rome*
1960-1961
Arnold Blum, Macon*
1962-1963
John B. Ellis, Atlanta
1963-1965
E.H. "Hoot" Gibson, Macon*
1966-1967
Frank Hedrick, Albany*
1968-1969
George "Buster" Horton, Rome*
1970-1974
Henry H. Cobb, Jr., Athens*
1975-1976
Pete Cox, Albany
1977-1980
Edward T. Barnes, Jr., Rome
1981-1983
Billy Peters, Blakely
1984-1986
Wendell Couch, Conyers
1987-1988
Eddie LeBaron, Atlanta
1989-1990
John D. Reynolds, III, M.D., Augusta
1991-1992
L. Andy Bargeron, Chatsworth
1993-1994
Robert R. Harlin, Atlanta*
1995
Bill Todd, Marietta*
1996-1997
Gene B. McClure, Atlanta
1998-1999
Jim Broadwell, St. Simons Island
2000-2001
Bill Blalock, Atlanta
2002-2004
W. Richard Wilson, Columbus
2005-2006
Glenn Cornell, Lawrenceville
2007-2008
Seth L. Knight, III, Columbus
2009-2010
Christ T. Cupit, Milton
2011-2012
Greg Butterfield, Syrna
2013-2014
Chuck Palmer, Atlanta
2015-2016
Dave Ballard, Roswell
2017-present
David Burke, Canton

Executive Directors

Years
Name
1973-1979
Floyd Doss*
1979-1983
Frank Ford III
1983-1993
Steve Mona
1994-2012
Mike Waldron
2012-1913
Matt Hooper
2014
Martha Kirouac
2014-2016
Matt Williams
2016-Present
Matt Vanderpool

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