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 |