Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed eight people to several state boards.
The appointees are:
- Brian Stone, State Board of Registration for Foresters . Stone is the appraisal services manager at Forest Resource Consultants, Inc. He is a state registered forester and a state certified general real property appraiser. He currently serves on the board of directors and is a past president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Stone is a member of the Georgia Forestry Association and the Society of American Foresters.
- Dotty Porter, State Board of Registration for Foresters. Porter is a trustee with Sessoms Timber Trust, a family held timber company in South Georgia. She is active in the Georgia Forestry Association and serves on the board of directors. She is a member of the Society of American Foresters, Forest Landowners Association and the Longleaf Alliance.
- James Johnson, State Board of Registration for Foresters(reappointment). Johnson retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission in 2014, having served in various capacities including firefighting, field forester, forest health coordinator and chief of the Forest Management Department. Johnson is the owner of his own private consulting forester business and proudly serves the forest landowners near his home.
- Babe McGowan, State Board of Registration for Foresters. McGowan is self-employed and a founding partner of Innovative Forest Management, LLC. He is a member of the Longleaf Alliance, Georgia Forestry Association and the Society of American Foresters.
- John Mixon, State Board of Registration for Foresters (reappointment). Mixon is a forestry consultant and the president of John W. Mixon and Associates, Inc. He worked with the Georgia Forestry Commission for more than 34 years, serving as director for 12 years. Mixon previously served on the board for the Georgia Forestry Association and the Central Georgia Technical College Board. He is currently chairman of the Forestry Commodity Committee with Georgia Farm Bureau.
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- Leonard L. Kinsley, State Board of Registration for Foresters (reappointment). Kinsley is the owner of Fall Line Forest Management. He is a member of the Georgia Forestry Association and serves on the board of directors of the Houston County Farm Bureau, of which he is also past president. He is a member and past chairman of the Georgia Farm Bureau Forestry Commodity Committee, during which time he also served on the American Farm Bureau Forestry Commodity Committee.
- Jack H. Perryman, Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists (reappointment). Perryman retired from the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2002. He currently works as a mental health therapist for Mental Health Management and the Albany Area Community Service Board in Blakely.
- Dare Domico, State Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Domico has been a registered nurse for 47 years and currently serves as the associate dean for Graduate Programs at the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University. She previously served on the Georgia Osteoporosis Initiative. Domico is a member of the American Nurses Association.