About GMA

Municipal Training Board

The Municipal Training Board is comprised of 17 seats, 15 of which are designated for municipal officials. Included within these 15 seats is a seat for a representative from each of GMA’s 12 districts, plus three at-large posts.

Municipal elected officials who have at least 42 hours of training credits through the Holtz Municipal Training Institute are eligible to serve in one of the 12 district seats and two of the at-large posts. The third at-large post is designated for a city manager.

Chair

  • Catherine Smith Rice, Commissioner, Augusta

At-Large Members

  • J. Micheal Evans, Councilmember, City of Centerville
  • Linda J. Davis, Councilmember, City of Fairburn

Members

  • Kenneth Carson, Mayor, City of Adairsville
  • Tracy Arner, Public Service Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government/UGA (CVIOG)
  • Juli Hayes, Councilmember, City of Gainesville
  • Corinne Thornton, Office Director, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
  • Ed W. Barbee, Mayor, City of Gray
  • Allison Wilkerson, Mayor, City of Grayson
  • Douglas Hollberg, Mayor, City of Griffin
  • Carrie Peters-Reid, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Madison
  • Chyrileen B. Kilcrease, Councilmember, City of Metter
  • Charles Ivey, Councilmember, City of Montezuma
  • Aaron C. Henry, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Pooler
  • Vincent Cutts, Mayor, City of Smithville
  • Sonja Fillingame, City Manager, City of Union City
  • Andrew Gibbs, Councilmember, City of Valdosta