Wellstar Board of Trustees

Dr. Mark S. Berry is Georgia Power’s senior vice president of Environmental Affairs and senior vice president of Research, Environment and Sustainability for Southern Company Services. He is a member of Georgia Power’s Management Council. In this role, he leads Georgia Power’s policy and strategy for air, land, water and natural resources management, as well as all environmental conservation, stewardship and compliance activities. He also oversees all environmental compliance strategies, stakeholder engagement, environmental stewardship and support for the Southern Company system. Additionally, Berry directs Southern Company’s industry-leading research and development (R&D) organization, guiding the company’s strategic advancement of technologies that provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy for customers in a net-zero future. This comprises developing low- and no-carbon technologies, such as advanced nuclear, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), and hydrogen; advancing energy storage, distributed generation and transportation innovations; modernizing the grid; and promoting energy equity and sustainability solutions.

Berry previously served as vice president of Southern Company Services R&D, as well as vice president of environmental and natural resources for Georgia Power. Over his career, Berry has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility, including director of Southern Company Research and Technology Management, director in the generation sector at EPRI and director of Energy and Environment at Southern Research. He was also manager of Environmental Assessment for Southern Company’s Research and Environmental Affairs organization.

Prior to joining Southern Company, Berry attained the commissioned rank of lieutenant commander in the United States Navy as a surface warfare officer. While on active duty, he served on the USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) in the capacities of deck officer and combat information center officer. After joining the reserves, he served as an engineering officer supporting the USS Sentry (MCM-3) and as an intelligence officer supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA HQ).

Berry holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Alabama A&M University, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He also earned a master’s degree in public and private management from Birmingham-Southern College and is a registered professional engineer. He is a graduate and alumni member of Leadership Atlanta. Berry received a chief technology officer certificate from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Berry is chair of the EPRI Research Advisory Council, vice chair of the Strategic Energy Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology and advisory board member of the UAB School of Engineering. He is a board member of Wellstar Health System and serves as chair of the Georgia Wildlife Federation, as well as treasurer of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and the International Society of Electrostatic Precipitation. Berry is also on the board of the National Wildlife Federation and Fernbank Museum of Natural History. He is a member of 100 Black Men of Atlanta and alumni member of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leaders. Berry also teaches thermodynamics as an adjunct professor at UAB and is a program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Berry is a lifetime member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. He has established two scholarships for minority students pursuing a degree in engineering in the name of his grandfathers - an endowed scholarship in the name of Marion Luscious Nell at UAB, and the Simpson Berry Sr. Endowed Scholarship at Alabama A&M University.

Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Berry and his wife, Crystal, have four children.

David Bottoms is the Executive Vice President of IMA Financial Group. In this role, David supports IMA’s efforts to provide insurance and employee benefit solutions to large employers throughout the United States. In particular, David is regularly cited as an expert by local and regional publications on healthcare and employee benefit trends and strategy. David and his wife, Brittney, have been married for 24 years and reside in Marietta, GA, with their son, Drew, and daughter, Eliza Grace. They attend Christ Covenant Church in Buckhead.

W. Charles Brock is the owner of Brock Investments, Inc. and is the owner of various real estate investments. He was an organizer and Chairman of Georgia Heritage Bank. Charles serves on the Paulding Hospital Authority, Wellstar Paulding Hospital Regional Board, and Wellstar Board of Trustees. Born and raised in Paulding County, Brock attends First Baptist Church in Dallas, GA.

Gretchen Corbin became president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corporation starting January 1, 2018. As president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery, Corbin’s business goal is to fulfill the Corporation’s mission to maximize revenues for HOPE and Pre-K, ensuring that Georgia’s students continue to have access to these important educational programs.

Currently the Georgia Lottery provides $1.516 billion to the state of Georgia each year for Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. Since inception in 1993, the Georgia Lottery has returned more than $27.2 billion to the state of Georgia for education. More than 2.1 million students have benefited from HOPE scholarships and grants, and more than 2 million 4-year-olds have attended lottery-funded Pre-K.

Corbin’s leadership has had a direct impact on Georgia. Since becoming president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery, approximately 525,000 students have received HOPE scholarships and grants, more than 454,600 4-year-olds have attended Georgia’s Pre-K program, and over 480 Georgia Lottery players have become millionaires.

Prior to her role at the Georgia Lottery, Corbin served as commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). At TCSG, Corbin oversaw the state’s 22 technical colleges, 135,000 students, 46,000 economic development trainees, 15,000 employees, an $800 million budget, and a host of economic and workforce development programs, including Georgia Quick Start, the nation’s top-ranked workforce training program.

During Corbin’s tenure, TCSG grew dual enrollment of high school students taking TCSG college courses to 22,000 students. The TCSG graduation rate increased by 9 percent from academic year 2015 to 2017. Additionally, Corbin partnered in developing the HOPE Career Grant to provide free tuition to students in 17 high-demand areas.

The agency saw numerous advances under Corbin’s leadership including: new options for GED completion and transcript acquisition; a tax credit program for employers who encourage GED completion; the opening of the Georgia BioScience Training Center and other new facilities; and a mobile app to facilitate college registration.

Corbin joined TCSG from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), where she served as commissioner. At DCA, she oversaw 65 programs and was responsible for more than $71 million in investment in Georgia communities.

Prior to DCA, Corbin served 15 years at the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), holding a variety of roles including deputy commissioner of global commerce. Her work within Georgia and throughout the world brought nearly 69,000 jobs and over $13 billion in capital investment to Georgia.

With her leadership experience at these agencies, Corbin has a unique understanding of the way education and business must join together to ensure that Georgia has a globally competitive workforce.

Global giants like Porsche, Caterpillar, Gulfstream, Mohawk and Shire are just some of the hundreds of companies she has helped grow in Georgia through providing economic, community and workforce development assistance.

Corbin is involved in a number of professional and civic organizations, including Leadership Georgia, where she has served as president and chairman. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta Board of Directors and Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She is the lead director of the Mega Millions Consortium and recently served a two-year term as president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL).

Corbin was named 2023 Georgian of the Year by the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. She has been recognized the last 10 years as one of Georgia Trend magazine’s 100 Most Influential Georgians, she was named one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Top 20 Women Who Mean Business, and she is one of James magazine’s Most Influential Georgians for the last six years.

Corbin, her husband, David, and their two daughters are proud to call Georgia home.

Jay Cunningham is the founder and president of Superior Plumbing Services, Inc. In 1988, he began Superior Plumbing Services which specializes in residential plumbing services throughout the greater Metro Atlanta area. Superior Plumbing is well known throughout the Metro Atlanta area for its commitment to the betterment of the community.

In recognition of his widespread community service and active philanthropy, Jay was awarded the 2017 Cobb County Citizen of the Year. He serves on numerous boards including governor appointed Georgia State Construction Industry Licensing Board since 2012, Technical College System of Georgia and the State of Georgia Workforce Development Board. Superior Plumbing Services has been recognized as a top 25 small business by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. Jay has seven children, nine grandchildren and resides in Kennesaw with his wife, Lee.

Dr. Douglass is currently in practice with Wellstar Cardiovascular Medicine. In addition, he serves as clinical assistant professor (Cardiology) at Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Douglass received his undergraduate degree in biology from Northwestern University and medical degree from Meharry Medical College. He received postgraduate training in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also a past Chair of the Hospital Board of Atlanta Medical Center.

Heather Graham is 32-year resident of LaGrange, Georgia and is the Senior Partner in The Graham Law Firm, which concentrates in residential and commercial real estate transactions, probate, and estate planning. She was recently named Vice President and General Counsel of the Callaway Foundation, Inc. and the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, Inc. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1990 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1993.

Heather is highly active in the local community and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Development Authority of the City of Lagrange that operates Sweetland Amphitheater. She is a current board member of LaGrange College, Well Star West Georgia Health Services, Inc. and the Downtown LaGrange Development Authority, having also served as the first woman chair of that Authority. She is a long-time member of LaGrange First United Methodist Church and is the current chair of the Staff Parish Relations Committee.

Heather is married to Sam Graham. They have two adult children, Katie Graham Poirot and Hudson Graham.

James Holmes serves as the Market President for North Fulton & Forsyth Counties for BB&T. James is responsible for overseeing the commercial banking team and integration of all other lines of business. James is a 24-year banking veteran that has been employed with BB&T since 2005. As a strong believer in community service, his community involvement includes current board positions on the Executive Board of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Carl Sanders YMCA Board of Directors, and Wellstar North Fulton Regional Health Board. James is the 2017 recipient of the GNFCC’s Harry Rucker, Jr. Volunteer of the Year Award. He is a graduate of Leadership Cobb, Cherokee, and Sandy Springs programs. James is a graduate of Morris Brown College and Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking.

Dr. Hornsby is currently in practice with Wellstar Family Medicine. Prior to joining Wellstar, Dr. Hornsby was the CEO and Medical Director at Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb, a non-profit family medicine/dental clinic. He received degrees with highest honors from University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia, and completed his residency training at the University of Tennessee Department of Family Medicine, St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He has delivered medical services in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nairobi, Kenya, Lhasa, Tibet and Kabul Afghanistan. Dr. Hornsby grew up in Augusta, Georgia and currently lives in Marietta with his wife, Kip, and two children Alea and Jackson.

John McKibben is a licensed funeral director and co-owner of a family funeral business in Hogansville, GA. John currently serves on the Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Board of Trustees, and is a past member of the FLAG Bank Board of Directors in Stockbridge, GA, and The Citizens Bank Board of Directors in Hogansville, GA. John is also currently serving or has also served on the Central Midwest Georgia Chapter of American Red Cross; Hogansville Development Authority; Hogansville Downtown Development Authority; Meriwether County-City of Hogansville Joint Development Authority; LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce; United Way of West Georgia. John is a graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, GA and has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Georgia College, now Georgia College and State University.

An eighth-generation native of Georgia, Mitzi Smith Moore is an experienced board member having served on boards in the not-for-profit, education, environmental, healthcare, governmental regulatory, religious charitable, and business advocacy sectors, and joined the Wellstar Board of Trustees in 2014.

Moore is an accomplished entrepreneur, skilled management executive, and visionary leader who has built a team from inception, scaled a business with purposeful growth, successfully developed a client-centered brand, and competently sold an award-winning business. Moore is an active investor and adviser in the real estate industry.

Moore is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and holds numerous certifications in the construction and building industries.

Greg is a Certified Public Accountant and retired Partner with Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC, a Southeastern United States Accounting Firm where he served for four decades. During his tenure, Greg was responsible for serving clients in the Entrepreneurial Service area of the Firm. His focus was closely held, family-owned businesses in various industries. As the client executive, he was responsible for delivering services to the client by the M&J team. Those services included the traditional audit/review/compilation financial reporting, tax planning and compliance, general management advice, information systems advice, family succession planning, and estate planning. Within the firm, Greg served multiple terms on the Executive Committee and as the Chairman. He also served as the Firm’s Deputy Managing Partner, the Partner-in-Charge of Technology, the Atlanta OƯice Partner-in-Charge, and on the Tax Committee.

Greg is currently a Senior Director at Summit Legacy, where he applies his experience and unique perspective to Summit Legacy’s clients, allowing them to receive a more holistic approach to their estate and succession planning.

Greg served on the Cobb Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, where he was Chairman in 2013, and the SelectCobb Board of Directors. He is a member of the Cobb Chamber Chairman’s Circle.

Greg graduated from Georgia Southern University and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the North Georgia Chapter of the GSCPAs.

Greg and Ruth, his wife, are members of Christ Covenant Church.

Keith T. Parker is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Goodwill of North Georgia (GNG). One of the largest retail and nonprofit organizations in the southeast, GNG spans a 45-county territory, operating 69 stores, 49 attended donation centers and 14 career centers. GNG employs over 3,000 team members, each of whom play a direct or supporting role in the organization’s donated goods retail operations and its free-to-the-public career services. Annually, GNG serves more than 7 million shoppers. Through the revenue generated in its stores, the organization trains and connects tens of thousands of North Georgians to employment annually - establishing GNG as the #1 Goodwill in the nation (among its 158 affiliates) for connecting people to jobs. Parker took the helm at GNG in October 2017. Prior to transitioning into his leadership role at GNG, Parker has served as CEO of the largest transit systems in several cities, including San Antonio, Charlotte and most recently, Atlanta.

Parker’s five years of leadership at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) won widespread acclaim. He helped transform one of the most beleaguered transit agencies in the nation - with huge budget deficits and major public image issues - to a fiscally sound, award winning organization. Parker’s leadership established MARTA as an important player in Georgia’s economic development efforts, helping to attract/retain major employers.

Throughout his career, Parker has received numerous awards and accolades as a transformational leader and transportation visionary. He’s won multiple CEO awards in multiple states. He was recognized as the nation’s Outstanding Public Transportation Manager by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) in 2015. METRO Magazine named Parker as one of its 20 Most Influential People of the Decade. In 2016, Parker was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). In November of the same year, he was named one of eight Public Officials of the Year by Governing Magazine. Georgia Trend Magazine has recognized Parker as one of Georgia’s 100 Most Influential leaders on multiple occasions. He has been named for the fourth consecutive year as one of the City’s Most Powerful Leaders by Atlanta Magazine (2019 - 2023). Parker was selected as one of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs by Atlanta Business Chronicle in August 2017 (as CEO of MARTA) and in August 2021 (as CEO of GNG), establishing him as the only person to win the award with two different companies.

Parker’s commitment to one of his alma maters, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), has been notable. Parker received the VCU Alumni Star Award in 2015, followed by successive appointments to the VCU Board of Visitors by Governor Terry McAuliffe (2016) and Governor Ralph Northam (2020). More recently, Parker was unanimously elected Rector and Chairman of the VCU Board of Visitors.

Parker has a long history of service to nonprofit, charitable, and corporate boards. He remains active and engaged with the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Fire & Rescue Foundation, Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Learn4Life, and Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. Parker serves on several prominent national boards including The Eno Center for Transportation and continues his work with NIAC. On the corporate side, Parker serves on the Fifth Third Bank Advisory Board as well as the VHB Architecture and Engineering Board of Directors.

Parker and his wife are natives of Virginia and have 3 children. Parker holds an MBA from the University of Richmond, as well as a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and a BA in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. Parker is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.

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Ed Richardson is President of Richardson Management Group (RMG), a management consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Prior to launching RMG, Ed served in technology leadership roles at such firms as The Home Depot, Alltel Information Services, SciTek and Accenture. As an active community volunteer, Ed has served as Chairman and Treasurer of the South Cobb Redevelopment Authority, Secretary of the Cobb Schools Foundation and member of the Cobb Hospital Authority and Wellstar Cobb Regional Health Boards. Ed received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse College and also holds a master’s degree in operations research from Georgia Tech.

Frank P. Ros, prior to his retirement, served as Vice President, Hispanic Strategies for The Coca-Cola Company where he was responsible for management of the Latin Affairs department. This included developing and implementing the strategy for having the company recognized as a leading corporate citizen within the Latino community. Additionally, he was one of fifteen associates selected by the Chairman and CEO to serve on The Coca-Cola Company Multicultural Leadership Council.

He was selected as one of the “100 Influentials in the U.S.” by Hispanic Business in 2011. He was appointed by Governor Roy Barnes as Chairman of the first Georgia Commission on Hispanic Affairs. He has served on twenty-seven Board of Directors and/or Corporate Advisory Boards.

A graduate of the University of Georgia, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 and Masters in 1984. While at the University of Georgia, Mr. Ros was voted Team Captain of the University of Georgia’s 1980 National Football Championship team and was Academic All-SEC. He is a past recipient of the University of Georgia Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Post-Graduate Award and recipient of the Bill Hartman Award, one of the highest honors given to a former UGA student-athlete.

Born in Barcelona Spain, Mr. Ros speaks three languages. He and his wife, Jan Floyd-Ros, live in Kennesaw, Georgia, and is the proud father of two sons, Frank VI and Bryce.

Dr. Swayze is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and current president of Pinnacle Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, LLC. He started practice in Marietta in 1992 and specializes in surgery of the hip and knee. He received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University and his medical degree from the University of Mississippi. His orthopedic training was completed at Emory University.