The transition committee is responsible for helping the Cagle set the policies and procedures of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
Said Cagle, "I am honored that these influential leaders have agreed to help me during this time of transition and I look forward to their counsel as we move forward into the Office of the Lieutenant Governor," Cagle said.
Members of the committee are as follows:
*Tom Gilliland, the committee chairman, is Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel for United Community Banks, Inc, the third largest bank holding company in Georgia. He is on the board of directors for several banks and serves as Chairman of the Board of United Community Bank, North Georgia. In addition, Mr. Gilliland serves on the boards of many local civic organizations as well as the Georgia Affordable Housing Corporation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Stone Mountain Authority, where he serves as Chairman of the Development Committee.
*Philip Wilheit is the President and Managing Partner of Wilheit Packaging in Gainesville. He has been active in civic organizations across the state during his 40 year career in the packaging industry, currently serving on the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Commission for a New Georgia. Mr. Wilheit served as Chairman of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in 2001 and has been Chairman of the Gainesville/Hall Development Authority for the past 30 years.
*Richard Tucker is Principal and Managing Partner of Arlington Capital LLC, a mezzanine lending fund. He is a past President and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and was appointed by the Governor to sit on the Board of Regents. He has been on the board of many civic organizations, including the Council for Quality Growth, the Gwinnett Foundation and the Brand Banking Company and is a former member of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Governor's Development Council.
*Anne Lewis is a partner in the Atlanta law firm of Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP. Her practice includes general litigation as well as election-related litigation including redistricting, Voting Rights Act cases, election contests and candidate qualifying challenges. Ms. Lewis serves as a member of the Georgia State University Leadership Council, the St. Thomas More Catholic School Board of Education and is the former President of the St. Thomas More Parent Teacher Organization. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association, the Republican National Lawyers Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta and the St. Thomas More Society.
*Charles Tarbutton is Assistant Vice President of the Sandersville Railroad Company, a short-line freight railroad primarily serving the kaolin, forest products, and plastics industries in Central Georgia. Mr. Tarbutton currently serves as a Trustee and current Treasurer of Brentwood School in Sandersville and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Sandersville United Methodist Church. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Leadership Georgia, Sandersville Technical College, and the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and is 2008 Chair-Elect of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed by Governor Perdue to the Board of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
Cagle easily won election to the post Nov. 7. Taylor chose not to seek re-election, instead, running an unsuccessful campaign for governor.
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