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The Regional Commission on Homelessness includes representation from business; city, county and state governments; educational institutions; and the faith and nonprofit communities. Their goal is to move the work forward through an inclusive process that facilitates understanding and addresses opportunities and solutions from a regional viewpoint. Members of the current Commission are:

Horace Sibley, Chair
Retired Partner
King & Spalding

Dr. Louis Sullivan, Co-Chair
President Emeritus
Morehouse School of Medicine

Charles Bannister
Chairman, Board of Commissioners
Gwinnett County Government

Charley Bliss
Georgia Department of Human Resources

Isaac Blythers
Former President
Atlanta Gas Light and Chattanooga Gas

Bill Bolling
Executive Director
Atlanta Community Food Bank

Nancy Boxill
Commissioner 6th District
Fulton County Government

Ray Buday
Executive Director
Marietta Housing Authority

Teresa Chappell
US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Carmen Chubb
Assistant Commissioner for Housing
Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Mayor Shirley Franklin
City of Atlanta

Ellen Gerstein
Executive Director
Gwinnett County Coalition for Health and Human Services

Virginia Burton Gray
Commissioner District 2
Clayton County Government

Jack Hardin
Partner
Rogers & Hardin

Vaughn D. Irons
National Director of Expanding Markets
Freddie Mac, Housing & Community Investment

Allan Jones
Staples, Inc.

Martin Jones
Council Member
Conyers City Council

Vernon Jones
Chief Executive Officer
DeKalb County Government

Laura Keenan
Director, Community Development
Bank of America

Ann Wead Kimbrough
Chief of Staff
DeKalb County Government

Jim Laney
President Emeritus, Emory University

Emily Lembeck
Superintendent
Marietta City Schools

Milton J. Little, Jr.
President
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta

Bill McCargo
Vice President, Community Relations
Scientific Atlanta, Inc., A Cisco Company

Randy Merrill
Senior Vice President
CB Richard Ellis

Tim Mescon
Dean, Coles College of Business
Kennesaw State University

Reverend James Milner
Executive Director
Community Concerns

Sam Olens
Chairman, Board of Commissioners
Cobb County Government

Carl Patton
President
Georgia State University

Carl Rhodenizer
Former Commissioner District 1
Clayton County Board of Commissioners

Dr. Joseph Roberts
Retired Senior Pastor
Ebenezer Baptist Church

Debi Starnes
Former Council Member
City of Atlanta

David Stockert
President and CEO
Post Properties, Inc.

Tawano Tarno
Executive Director
Calvary Refuge Center

Mayor Mickey Thompson
City of Douglasville

Michael Thurmond
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Labor

Tom Worthan
Chairman, Douglas County Board of Commissioners
Douglas County Government

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