Our Board
Georgia Ports Executive Board
The Georgia Ports Authority is governed by a board of directors consisting of 13 members appointed by the governor for four-year staggered terms. Members are appointed from throughout the state and meet bi-monthly.
Georgia Ports Authority Board Chairman
Alec L. Poitevint, II
Chairman, Bainbridge
Board Chairman Alec Poitevint is a past chairman of Georgia Ports Authority, having previously served the Authority from 2007-2016. Poitevint is the chairman and president of Southeastern Minerals, Inc. and its affiliated companies headquartered in Bainbridge.
He is also a former president, vice-chairman and director of First Port City Bank of Bainbridge. He is past chairman of the American Feed Industry Association and National Feed Ingredients Association. He serves as a director of the Georgia Agribusiness Council and was Federal Commissioner of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Compact.
Poitevint was a former mission member of the U.S. Agricultural Trade and Development Mission to Europe in 1990 and U.S. Delegate to the World Food Summit in 2002.
BOARD MEMBERS
| Alec L. Poitevint, II | Chairman, Bainbridge | Christopher C. Womack | Vice Chairman, Greensboro | |
| Benjamin J. Tarbutton, III | Secretary and Treasurer, Sandersville | James L. Allgood, Jr. | Member, Dublin | |
| Leda Chong | Member, Savannah | David J. Cyr | Member, Perry | |
| Kent D. Fountain | Member, Screven | Don A. Grantham, Sr. | Member, Augusta | |
| Douglas J. Hertz | Member, Atlanta | Martin "Trey" E. Kilpatrick, III | Ex-Officio, Atlanta | |
| William D. McKnight | Member, Augusta | Philip Wilheit, Jr. | Member, Gainesville | |
| Joel Wooten | Member, Columbus |
