The Brentwood School Board of Directors is made up of volunteers from area businesses, the community and educational leaders. Included in this photo are (front l-r) Erica Harden, Ray Irwin, Beth Rawlings, Layne Kitchens. (back l-r) Mark Sack, Cliff Sheppard, Ken Bibb, Charles Tarbutton, David Brooker. Not pictured are Harlan Archer, Chris Boyd, Conni Burley, Daryl Frost, Joy Norris, and Eric Tillirson.
Effective governance is an imperative foundation for a healthy independent school. A 15-member Board of Directors (Trustees) has the fiduciary responsibility for the school and sets the policy for the operation of the school. The Head of School is the Chief Operating Officer and carries out the policies of the Board. Listed below are Brentwood's Board of Directors.
Mr. Cliff Sheppard, Chair
After attending
Middle
Georgia
College, Mr. Sheppard received his Bachelors degree from
Georgia
Southwestern
College. Mr. Sheppard has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1988-1989 school year, including Vice Chairman of the Board from 1995-1999 and Chairman of the Board since the 1999-2000 school year.
Mr. Sheppard is President of Howard Sheppard, Inc., Vice Chairman of Citizens Bank of Washington County, and Secretary of the
Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board. He and his wife, Dianne, and two sons, Trey and Mitch, are members of the
First
Baptist
Church in Sandersville.
Mr. Ken Bibb, Vice Chair
Mr. Bibb received his Bachelor's degree from the
University of
Tennessee and has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1998-1999 school year. He has been Vice Chairman of the Board since the 1999-2000 school year.
Mr. Bibb is President of the George D. Warthen bank, past President of the Sandersville Rotary Club, and Board Member for LIFE. He and his wife Deana and daughter Callie, are members of the
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.
Mr. Charles Tarbutton, Treasurer
Mr. Tarbutton, a life-long resident of Sandersville, graduated from
Emory
University
School of Business with a degree in finance. He is Assistant Vice President of the Sandersville Railroad Company and also serves on the Georgia College & State University Foundation Board, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation Board, the Georgia Department of Economic Development Board, and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Board. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Sandersville
Technical
College, past Chairman of the
Washington
County Chamber of Commerce, and past Chairman of the Board of Leadership
Georgia. He and his wife, Helen, and their three children, Mary Helen, Charlie, and Bradley, are members of the
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Layne Kitchens, Secretary
Layne is a graduate of Brentwood School (class of 1981). She received her Bachelors Degree from Georgia Southern University, Cum Laude and Phi Kappa Phi, and earned her Master's Degree with honors from the University of South Carolina. Layne has been a member of the Brentwood Board of Directors since 1999 and Secretary of the Board of Directors since 2001 school year.
Layne is a nurse practitioner with Washington County Internal Medicine. She serves as Secretary for the Board of Directors of the Washington County Historical Society. Layne is also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She and her husband Dr. Kim Kitchens, along with their two sons Nathaniel and Christopher, are members of First Baptist Church of Sandersville.
Mr. Harlan Archer
Mr. Archer received his Bachelor's degree from
Georgia
College and
State
University. He has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 2005-2006 school year.
Harlan is the Plant Manager of J.M. Huber's Sandersville facility, Past President of the Tennille Rotary Club, Past Chairperson of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of the Twin City Country Club, a member of the Sandersville Tech Prep Consortium Committee, and a member of the Sandersville Rotary Club.
He and his wife, Lori, and seven children, Lauren, Megan, Haley, Abby, Helen, Will, and Charles are members of the
Sandersville
First
Baptist
Church.
Mr. Chris Boyd
Mr. Boyd is a graduate of
Brentwood
School (class of '82) and received his Bachelors degree from Southern
Polytechnic
State
University. Mr. Boyd has been a member of the Board of Directors since the 1999-2000 school year.
He is married to
Pam Avant Boyd (Class of '85) and has two children, Emily (Class of '07) and Heath (Class of '10). He is President of Utility Service Company, Inc.. He and his family, are members of
Mt.
Moriah
Baptist
Church.
Mr. David Brooker
Mr. Brooker received his Bachelors degree from
Georgia Southern University in 1992. He is a 1999 graduate of the
Georgia Bankers Association's and University of
Georgia's
School of
Banking. David is also a 2002 Graduate of the
Graduate
School of Banking at
Louisiana
State
University. He is also a graduate of
Brentwood
School (class of 1987). Mr. Brooker has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 2007-2008 school year.
David is President and Board Member of Citizens Bank of Washington County, Chairman of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, past treasurer of Brentwood's PTO and Alumni Council, Vice-Chairman of the LIFE Board, and member of the Sandersville Lions Club.
He and his wife, Anne, and their three children, Caleb, Katie and Cannon are members of the
First
Baptist
Church of Sandersville.
Mrs. Conni Fennell Burley
Mrs. Burley is a graduate of Brentwood School (Class of '84). She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Georgia. Mrs. Burley served in marketing and public relations positions in South Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee before returning "home" to Georgia. She is Vice President of Sweat & Associates, LLC.
Mrs. Burley is involved with Leadership Georgia and serves as the Director of Women's Ministry at Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Wrightsville where she and her family are members.
Mrs. Burley and her husband Blaine, have three children, Blaize, Brandt, and Brock, all of whom are students at Brentwood School.
Mr. Daryl Frost
Mr. Frost graduated from
Washington
County
High School in 1983 and attended
Georgia
State College and University. Mr. Frost has been assistant baseball coach at Brentwood School for 5 years, has been employed by Imerys for 20 years, and has lived in
Washington
County all of his life.
Mr. Frost and his wife, the former Vicki West (Brentwood Class of '84), have two children, Jordan and Lacy, and are members of the
Sandersville
First
Baptist
Church.
Mrs.
Erica Harden
Mrs. Harden received her Bachelors degree in Journalism from the
University of
Georgia and her Masters degree from the
University of
Phoenix. Mrs. Harden has served on the
Brentwood
School Board of Directors since the 2003-2004 school year.
Mrs. Harden is the Vice President of Educational Services at
Sandersville
Technical
College. Mrs. Harden is a member of the Pilot Club of
Washington County,
Washington County Music Club, and of the
Executive
Leadership
Academy for the
Technical
College System of
Georgia. She is a past President of the
Georgia
Technical
College System and past Vice President of Student Services Council.
Mrs. Harden and her husband, John Wesley, and daughter, Mary Katherine, are members of the
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Ray Irwin
Mrs. Irwin received her Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts Education from
Georgia
College and
State
University. She served on the
Brentwood
School Board of Directors from 1999 to 2003 and began her second term during the 2006-2007 school year.
Mrs. Irwin taught visual arts for 23 years, 20 years of them at
Brentwood School, and is presently retired. While on the faculty at
Brentwood, she was selected STAR Teacher and was granted the Loveday Foundation Grant to study the Classical Tradition in Western Art. She is a member of the Transylvania Club and of the
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Irwin and her husband, Chris, have two daughters,
Ivy and Leigh, who are graduates of
Brentwood
School.
Mrs.
Joy Norris
Mrs. Norris graduated from
Brentwood
School in 1974 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the
University of
Georgia in 1977 with her Bachelors degree. She has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 2001-2002 school year.
Mrs. Norris is an agency principal, Certified Insurance Counselor, and Certified Risk Manager for Moye's Insurance Agency in Sandersville. She is past Chairman of the
Washington
County Chamber of Commerce and current President of the Pilot Club. Mrs. Norris and her husband, Wayne, have two children, Patrick and Emily, who are
Brentwood graduates. They are members of the
Davisboro
United
Methodist
Church, where Mrs. Norris serves as the Church Treasurer and a Sunday school teacher.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunwody Rawlings
After graduating from
Stratford
Academy in
Macon, Mrs. Rawlings received her Bachelors degree from
Mercer
University. Mrs. Rawlings has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1999-2000 school year.
Mrs. Rawlings is past President of the Guild of
Washington
County and a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of
America. Mrs. Rawlings and her husband, Dr. William Rawlings, Jr., and their daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, are members of
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.
Mr. Marcus E. Sack
Mr. Sack received his Bachelors degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his Masters degree from
Georgia
College & State
University. Mr. Sack has been a member of the
Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1999-2000 school year.
Mr. Sack is the Operations Manager for Burgess Pigment Company in Sandersville, past President and Board member of the Sandersville Rotary Club, and member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He and his wife, Connie, and four children, Nicole, Marcus Jr., Kimberly, and Michael, are members of the St. Williams Catholic Church in Sandersville.
Mr. Eric Tillirson
Mr. Tillirson received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from
Presbyterian
College and his Masters of Business Administration from
Georgia
College & State
University. He joined the
Brentwood Board of Directors in 2002.
Mr. Tillirson is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Thiele Kaolin Company. He and his wife, Jennifer, and their two children, Sims and Joel, are members of the
Sandersville
United
Methodist
Church.