Higher Education
Gov. Deal appoints new members to Georgia Board of Regents
By Eric Stirgus
Dec 20, 2017Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday three new members to Georgia’s Board of Regents, including a former adviser.
The new appointments are:
- Erin Hames, who helped design Deal's Opportunity School District, a proposal that would given the state the authority to take schools deemed to be "chronically failing" from the control of local school boards. Voters rejected the proposal last year. Hames is currently president of ReformEd, a firm focused on improving educational opportunities.
- Barbara Rivera Holmes, president and chief executive officer of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce. She's a board member of Commodore Conyers College.
- W. Allen Gudenrath, a senior vice president of Morgan Stanley's wealth management division. He's a member of Reinhardt University's Alumni Board of Governors.
Deal reappointed C. Thomas Hopkins and Don L. Waters.
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About the Author
Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He currently writes about higher education and has assisted in the newsroom’s COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
