The number includes several from northeast Georgia representing Dawson, Forsyth, Fannin, Habersham, Elbert, Jackson, Gwinnett, Rabun and Madison counties.
The certificates were presented at the 2013 ACCG Annual Conference held at the Savannah Civic Center.
ACCG and the Vinson Institute have been providing leadership development and training certification programs for county commissioners and county staff members for over two decades.
The spring 2013 training certificate recipients are as follows:
The Platinum Standard of Excellence
Sandi Allen, Heard County
Larry Childs, Jones County
Gwen Flowers-Taylor, Spalding County
The Gold Standard of Excellence
James Everett, Charlton County
Garnett "Sonny" James, Habersham County
Bruce Yates, Jackson County
Carlos Nelson, Ware County
The Silver Standard of Excellence
Scott Downing, Ben Hill County
Mike Berg, Dawson County
Robert Thomas, Elbert County
Alan Ours, Glynn County
Titus Andrews, Greene County
David Richardson, Long County
Nancy Schulz, Newton County
Melvin Davis, Oconee County
David Austin, Paulding County
Paul Van Haute, Putnam County
Dell Shingler, Seminole County
Edward Burten, Washington County
Bettye Bozeman, Worth County
Certified Commissioners Advanced Program
(CCAP)
Jimmy Burnsed, Bryan County
Charles Deen, Coffee County
Paul Poole, Coweta County
Chad Henderson, Habersham County
George Moore, Unified Government of Webster
County
Commissioners Training Program
Bennie Calloway, Ben Hill County
Terri Kelly, Burke County
Jeffrey Long, Catoosa County
Ronne Sumner, Cook County
Bob Blackburn, Coweta County
Jimmy Hamby, Dawson County
Harold Reynolds, Elbert County
Rusty Lane, Emanuel County
Larry Sosebee, Fannin County
Ralph Amos, Forsyth County
Liz Haussman, Fulton County
Lynette Howard, Gwinnett County
Jamie Bennett, Haralson County
Guy Singletary, Johnson County
Robert Glaze, Lincoln County
Billy Goldman, Lincoln County
Richard Raines, Lowndes County
Jim Escoe, Madison County
Kelly Spratt, McIntosh County
Deborah Pearce, Miller County
Jason Ward, Polk County
Jimmy Loudermilk, Rabun County
Samuel Gardner, Spalding County
Raymond Ray, Spalding County
Nancy Livingston, Telfair County
Derrick Ogletree, Thomas County
Larry Mathis, Washington County
Arthur Greene, Wilcox County
Mack Sutton, Worth County
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