Roster of Members

Michael (Mike) Long, was President and Co-Owner of Partners Risk Services South Insurance Agency in Jesup Georgia. Mike sold his agency in September of 2022 and joined Southern Trust Insurance Company in Macon as Agency Relations Consultant. Mike is a native of Georgia but graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte and went on to earn his BS in Human Services/Public Relations form Wingate University in Wingate NC. Mike is the past First Congressional District State School Board Member appointed by Governor Nathan Deal in December of 2013 and re-appointed in 2018 for another 7-year term which ended January 1, 2023. Mike is also serving after on the State Economic Workforce Development Board since June of 2018. On the statewide level Mike is past Chair of the Georgia Rehabilitation Association also and past vice chair of the Georgia County Workers Association and past Chairman of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Institute Advisory Council. Mike has done lobbyist work in both Atlanta and Washington.

Locally he has served as Chairman of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chair of the Wayne County Solid Waste Authority, Member of the Wayne County Industrial Authority. The Michael Long Agency was voted 2016 Small Business of the Year in Wayne County. He serves as local Emcee for many of the events in the area and has also served on the South Georgia Hospice Board of Directors. He is extremely involved in his community and believes his role is to make Georgia a better place for those to come. Mike and his wife Jeannie have 2 grown children. They live on a working farm in South Georgia. Mike enjoys farming and the great outdoors in many aspects and is an avid coastal fisherman.

Frank Seay “Chunk” Newman, is a Project Executive with Batson-Cook Company. He is former member and chair of the West Georgia Technical College Board, and former President of the College’s Foundation. He is currently serving on the board of Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, and the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce.

He was recently appointed to the State Workforce Development Board. He is a member and past president of the LaGrange Rotary Club and is an elder at First Presbyterian Church in LaGrange. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Building Construction from Georgia Tech. Newman and his wife, Leigh, have five children and live in LaGrange.

Hsiao is the President & CEO of H Restaurant Group. Hsiao was born and raised in Atlanta, working and managing his parents’ restaurants. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Georgia State University. In 2010, he and his brother, Matthew, founded H Restaurant Group.

Hsiao is involved with several non-profit organizations and is an active member of the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Norcross. He currently serves on the State Board for the Technical College System of Georgia, is Secretary of the Georgia Restaurant Association, President of the Asian Restaurant Council, Board of Directors for the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, the US Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce – Southeast, and Georgia Advocates for Crime Prevention.

Hsiao is also a member of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife, Vicki, have two young children.

Hsiao was appointed to the State Board by Governor Brian P. Kemp in 2023.

Law is President and Chief Executive Officer of Creative Financial Group, Ltd and has worked as a Certified Financial PlannerTM for over 35 years. He is Vice Chairman of the Georgia Foundation for Public Education.

He is a charter member of Kingdom Advisors. Law has a long history of service to his community with involvement in the University of Georgia Alumni Board of Directors, the DeKalb County School Systems Academy of Finance Advisory Board, the United Way Resources Development Committee, the Atlanta Habitat for Humanity and the Rotary Club of Dunwoody.

Law earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Cathy, have four children. They reside in Alpharetta.

Lee Chapman is the Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Jackson EMC. As one of the largest electric cooperatives in the nation, Jackson EMC provides power to one of the fastest growing areas of Georgia along the I-85, I-985 corridor, which has become home to numerous international companies. Lee’s work is focused on government relations and statewide economic development efforts to advance Jackson EMC’s interest with strategic partnerships at the state and national levels. He is responsible for external affairs and member relations, including managing all marketing and sales strategies for residential, commercial, and industrial power supplies and services in a highly competitive marketplace; developing and implementing grassroots state legislative initiatives, representing the cooperative at the Georgia Public Service Commission on territorial issues; coordinating and maintaining community involvement; and for overall customer service and member satisfaction.

Lee began his career at Jackson EMC in 1988 focusing on the needs of residential members before taking a role as a commercial/industrial marketing representative in Gainesville. In 1998, Lee was promoted to Director of the Commercial and Industrial Marketing Department before being named Vice President of Marketing, Member Services and Legislative Affairs in 2015. Lee assumed his present position in 2022. Before joining JEMC, Chapman served on the staff of U.S. Senator Sam Nunn.

Lee received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Georgia, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Brenau College. He is also a graduate of Leadership Jackson, Leadership Hall, Leadership Georgia, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Management Internship Program.

Lee was recently appointed by Governor Brian Kemp to the Technical College System of Georgia State Board where he participates in establishing standards, regulations, and policies for the operation of the Technical College System of Georgia. He was previously appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to the Georgia Public Service Commission Advisory Committee in 2013 and served on the Board of the Georgia Economic Developers Association from 2017 to 2022. He previously served on the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the United Way of Hall County Board of Directors, the Gainesville College Board of Trustees, Gainesville Jaycees Board of Directors, March of Dimes Board of Directors, and Gainesville/Hall ’96 Olympic Committee. Lee also has served as the president of the East Hall High School Tip-Off Club and was an AAU Basketball Coach for 10 years. He has been named Gainesville Jaycees Young Man of the Year and was a 1994 recipient of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Silver Shovel Award.

Lee and his wife Karen live in Gainesville and have two grown children, Haley Shue (Micah) and Hayden, who are fourth generation UGA graduates. Go Dawgs!

Lee is also very proud of his two young granddaughters Oaklee and Bentley.

Cunningham is a licensed master plumber and the owner of Superior Plumbing Services, Inc. He currently serves on the Technical College System of Georgia State Board, the Georgia Construction Industry Licensing Board in the Division of Master and Journeyman Plumbers, the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Children’s Foundation Board, State Workforce Development Committee, the Cobb Chamber Workforce Development Committee, the Cobb County School Board Superintendents Business and Community Advisory Board, the Cobb County School Board Ed-SPLOST Citizens Oversight Committee, the Cobb County T-SPLOST Citizens Oversight Committee, the Cobb County Plumbing Advisory Board, the REACH Georgia’s Foundation Board, the Cobb County College and Career Academy, the Marietta College and Career Academy, and the Strand Theater Board.

Cunningham is a graduate of North Cobb High School. He has seven children and 8 grandchildren. Jay resides in Kennesaw GA.

Dr. Artesius Miller is the Founder & CEO of the Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School Network. Miller is recognized as a visionary leader in K-12 education who founded Georgia’s first state-approved charter school following recreation of the State Charter Schools Commission.

Utopian Academy for the Arts is a free, high-performing, public charter school network that serves elementary, middle, and high school students across metro Atlanta. Utopian’s theory of change is outlined in their mission statement: Through a structured and supportive environment, the Utopian Academy for the Arts will develop academic and artistic students to enter and to succeed in the global society, with proficiency to enroll in a college, university or specialty school of their choice.

Miller has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Morehouse College, a master’s degree in Education Leadership from Columbia University, and a doctorate degree in Educational Administration and Policy from the University of Georgia. Miller is an adjunct professor of Education at Morehouse College, and he resides in Atlanta.

Ben Bryant serves as in-house counsel at InComm, a leading payments and fintech company headquartered in Atlanta, where he focuses on financial services, marketing, and regulatory affairs.

In addition to the TCSG Board, he serves on the board of directors of the Chamblee Charter High School Blue & Gold Foundation and is very active in Scouting.

Bryant earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from Washington & Lee University, a master’s degree in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University, and a law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law.

He and his wife, Kristen, have two children. They reside in Atlanta.

Fox is president of Fox Systems, Inc. He currently sits on the Technical College System of Georgia Board of Directors, The Gordon County College and Career Academy Board of Directors and the Gordon County Development Authority.

He previously served on the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation Board and as past chairman of the Board of Directors at Georgia Northwestern Technical College.

Fox has two daughters and two grandsons. He resides in Calhoun.

Trey Sheppard is President of Howard Sheppard, Inc., a family owned trucking business located in Sandersville. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Citizens Bank of the South and is also Past Chairman and current board member of the Georgia Southern University Athletic Foundation.

On the state level he serves on the Technical College System of Georgia State Board representing the 10th Congressional District and is a board member of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. He is active in his local community serving on the Washington County Development Authority and is a member of the Sandersville Rotary Club.

Sheppard is a 2010 graduate of Leadership Georgia and in 2016 was selected to Georgia Trend’s 40 Under 40 Class and Georgia Southern University’s 40 Under 40 Class. Trey and his wife, Emily, have four children and live in Sandersville.

Williams is vice president of corporate and external affairs at GreyStone Power Corp. in Douglasville. He also serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of the GEMC Federal Credit Union in Tucker. He previously served as chairman of the Douglas County Public Education Trust and also as board chairman of the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce.

Williams earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama in 1982. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children. They reside in Douglasville.

David served as campaign chairman and president of United Way of Southeast Georgia. He is the Past President of the Rotary Club of Statesboro and is a graduate of Leadership Georgia and Leadership Bulloch.

David earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU. He and his wife, Karen, have two daughters and four grandchildren.

David was appointed to the State Board by Governor Sonny Perdue in 2008.