Belinda Z. Sanders, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Sanders is a hair replacement specialist at Regain Hair Restoration in Decatur. She is a licensed master cosmetologist and a licensed cosmetology instructor. Sanders is also a facilitator for the Look Good, Feel Better program at DeKalb Medical Hospital-Hillandale. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Southern Mississippi. Sanders and her husband, Darrin, reside in Lithonia.

Betty J. Carlisle, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Carlisle worked in her family’s business, Holmes Auto Parts, as corporate treasurer before retiring. She is a past president of the Macon Exchangettes Club and was previously named Exchangite of the Year. Carlisle is active in her local and state Republican Party. She and her husband, Harold, have one child. They reside in Macon.

S. David Jones, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Jones is a licensed master barber and hairstylist. He is a member of the Barber Hall Fame, a former Roffler and Redken shop educator and a past president of the National Association of Barber Boards of America. He and his wife, Jamie, have two children and three grandchildren. They reside in Perry.

Virgil Ergle, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers                                                                                 

Ergle currently works at Master of Styles in Snellville. He graduated from Moler Barber College. Ergle is a Vietnam War veteran and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal of Honor. He is a board member at Calvary Praise in Snellville. Ergle has two children and three grandchildren and resides in Stone Mountain.

T. Kay Kendrick, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Kendrick is the owner of Cut & Style salon in Thomson. She is a past president of the Georgia Cosmetology Association and the National Board of Cosmetology and is a state and area trainer for the Look Good, Feel Better program. Kendrick is a graduate of Augusta Technical College and also holds a degree in Applied Sciences from the University of Georgia. She and her husband, Walter, have five children, 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. They reside in Thomson.

Dana Love, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Love is an esthetician with Atlanta Plastic Surgery at the AYA Medical Spa. She is a esthetician instructor, a licensed medical esthetician and a certified laser technician. Love earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbus State University. She and her husband, Devery, reside in Atlanta.

Jennifer Lynn Cheely, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Cheely is a nail technician at Tasha’s Styles in Thomson. She was voted “Best of McDuffie” in 2013 for best nail technician. Cheely earned her certification from Augusta Technical College. She and her husband, Richard, have four children. They reside in Thomson.

Philamenia Rivers, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Rivers holds a Georgia real estate license with Better Homes and Gardens Metrobrokers and is a licensed master barber and master barber instructor. She is on the board at Maxwell Math and Science High School and serves as treasurer on the board of directors for Rubies, Inc. Rivers earned a bachelor’s degree from South Carolina State University. She and her husband, Clyde, have two children. They reside in Norcross.

Sarah Scott, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Scott owns and operates Style Connection, a full service salon in Gainesville. She holds a master cosmetologist license. Scott and her husband, Wallace, have three children and 11 grandchildren. They reside in Gainesville.

Chuck Little, State Workforce Development Board

Little serves as the human resources director for the Atlanta Electrical Contractors Association. He is a member of the Southern Polytechnic Construction Management Advisory Board, the Georgia Piedmont Technical College Foundation, Georgia Operation Lifesaver, the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia, the Atlanta Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers and the Gwinnett Employer Committee. Little earned a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University. He and his wife, Patricia, have two daughters. They reside in Suwanee.

Michael A. Beatty, State Workforce Development Board

Beatty is president and chief executive officer of Great Promise Partnership. He previously served as a member of the Georgia General Assembly and as commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. Beatty earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Judy, have one child and three grandchildren. They reside in Jefferson.

James Robert Wilburn, State Workforce Development Board

Wilburn is the director of the Military Academic Programs for Georgia Tech Professional Education. He developed the Veterans Education Training and Transition program, which focuses on assisting service members’ transition from military to the civilian workforce. He also worked as a course director, operations officer and instructor at the United States Military Academy. Wilburn earned a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University, a master’s degree from Indiana University and a doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He and his wife, Kristen, have two children. They reside in Savannah.

Mark H. Wilson, State Workforce Development Board

Wilson is the director of Human Resources at Langdale Industries, Inc. He is the Valdosta representative for the Great Promise Partnership program and is the vice chair of Employers Like Me and co-founder of the World Class Employee Recognition Program. He is a member of the board of directors for the Cancer Coalition of South Georgia and sits on the advisory committees for the Adult and Career Education program of Valdosta State University, the Valdosta Early College Academy and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. Wilson earned a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Alabama. He and his wife, Debbie, have one child. They reside in Lake Park.

Sharon Jenkins Tucker, Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers & Marriage and Family Therapists

Tucker is the executive director of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, Inc. She is a certified Peer Specialist and is credentialed through the I’m The Evidence mental health campaign. Tucker is chair of the Georgia Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council. She was awarded the 2010 Isaiah Uliss Advocate Award by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and the 2009 Clifford W. Beers Award by Mental Health America. Tucker earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from West Virginia University. She and her husband, Randy, reside in Stone Mountain.

Eve Byrd, State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission

Byrd is the executive director of the Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression at Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. She is a family nurse practitioner and psychiatric clinical nurse specialist. Byrd is a member of the board of directors for Community Friendship, Inc. and the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. She previously sat on the board of directors for the Georgia Supportive Housing Association and Mental Health America of Georgia. Byrd earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree in Nursing, a master’s degree in Psychosocial Nursing and a master’s degree in Public Health from Emory University. She and her husband, Eugene, have two children. They reside in Decatur.