Deal appoints 11 to boards

Waters is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Brasseler USA. He currently serves on the board of directors of Union Mission, Inc. and the Chatham County Hospital Authority. Waters earned a bachelor’s degree from Armstrong State College and a law degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Cindy, have two daughters and are expecting their first grandchild in April. They reside in Savannah.  

 

Haley is a founding partner at Compass Law Group in St. Simons Island. She serves as president of the Glynn County Bar Association and as treasurer of the Victory Board of the American Cancer Society. She recently completed an appointment to the State Commission on Family Violence. Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University and a law degree from the University of Georgia. She and her husband, Reese, have two daughters. They reside in St. Simons Island.

 

Joseph is a corporate and technology partner with Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP. He has served on the State Personnel Board since 2006, serving terms as chairman in 2009 and 2011. Joseph clerked for Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia from 1996 to 1998. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College and a law degree from Emory University. He and his wife, Leslie, reside in Atlanta.   

 

Laine has served as the human resources director for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources since 2006. He previously served as personnel director and as field operations manager for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Laine earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ohio. He and his wife, Cheryl, have two grown children and three grandchildren. They reside in Greensboro. 

 

Lenior is the chief financial officer and director of financial management group for the Employees Retirement System of Georgia. He joined ERSGA in November 2005 where he served as the system business analyst for the Pension and Retirement Information System Project. Prior to that, he worked for 17 years in Illinois for the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago. Lenoir holds a bachelor’s in Business Administration from American InterContinental University and is a 2013 juris doctor candidate at the John Marshall Law School. He and his wife, Tishanna, have four children. They reside in Atlanta.

 

Womack is a private business consultant and facilitator. Before starting her firm On Purpose | Relationship Capital at Work, she built a 30-year human resource consulting career with global firms working with clients of all kinds. She serves as current president of the Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition and has done pro bono human resource consulting for nonprofits. She and her husband, Gary, have one child and two grandchildren. They reside in Atlanta.    

 

Oldaker is a retired IT project manager who worked at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick for 17 years. He has been a member of the Brunswick Glynn County Mayor's Committee on Services for the Disabled, Inc. for 16 years, serving as chair the last 14 years. He also serves on the board of directors for Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Enterprises of Coastal Georgia, Inc. Oldaker assists several local disability related nonprofit organizations with their website development and speaks annually to groups of elementary and high school students and adults on living and working with a severe disability. He resides in Brunswick. 

 

Rush is the chief integrity officer for the Georgia Regents enterprise. Prior to that, he was the director of risk management for the Georgia Regents Medical Center. Before moving to Georgia, Rush was the director of patient care regulation for the Connecticut Hospital Association and an associate with Montstream and May, LLP. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Pace University. He and his wife, Patricia, have three children. They reside in Martinez. 

 

Strickland is president of Georgia Metals, Inc., a managing partner of Madison County Ace Hardware and the Hampton House Assisted Living Facility. He serves on the Madison County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, the Danielsville D.D.A., and as a deacon at Moon’s Grove Baptist Church. Strickland earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife have two children. They reside in Danielsville. 

 

Gilbreath is vice president and chief medical officer for the DeKalb Regional Health System. He was formerly chief medical officer at Gwinnett Hospital System, chief quality officer at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, and vice president of medical affairs at Georgetown Hospital System. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, a medical degree from the University of Miami, and a master’s degree from the University of Nevada Reno. Gilbreath has one daughter and he resides in Atlanta. 

 

Fitzgerald is president of Robert Fitzgerald Insurance Agency. He is an independent agent serving the health insurance marketplace. Fitzgerald is a past president of the Georgia Association of Health Underwriters and currently serves on the Medicare Board of Advisors to the National Association of Health Underwriters. He and his wife, Terry, have three grown children. They reside in Marietta.