BOR bulletin [Vol. 9, no. 1 (Summer 2003)]

Summer 2003

Volume 9, No. 1

BOR Bulletin The University System Office Newsletter

USO Says Goodbye to Five Staff Members Who Held Strategic Positions

The University System Office has lost five key staff members in recent months, three to retirement and two plucked from the Board of Regents by Gov. Sonny Perdue to fill important posts elsewhere in state government.
Annie Hunt Burriss, associate vice chancellor for Economic Development, was the first to leave. As the state's new governor prepared to take office this past winter, Perdue asked Burriss to serve as his deputy chief of staff for policy, legislative affairs and executive appointments.

Program (ICAPP), joined the Governor's staff in mid-January.
Providing leadership to the Office of Economic Development since Hunt Burriss' departure is Joy Hymel, who was appointed interim executive director of the office in February. Previously, Hymel had served as the ICAPP project manager in the University of Georgia's Office of Economic Development. Her experience in this field also includes positions with KPMG, the Georgia Department of Industry Trade and Tourism, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Shortly after Hunt Burriss

left the USO, Perdue an-

nounced he had appointed

the chancellor's Special

Assistant, Shelley Nickel, as

executive director of the

Georgia Student Finance

Commission (GSFC), which

administers student loans

and the HOPE Scholarship

program. Nickel, who began

Chancellor Meredith (left) and SVC Daniel

her USO tenure as budget

(right) wished Hunt Burriss well as she left the director, had been a mem-

USO in January to join the Governor's staff. ber of the staff since 1997.

She played an integral role

Burriss, who arrived at the in the implementation of the

USO in 1995 to pioneer the

Board of Regents' Strategic

regents' economic-development Plan. She took up her new post

initiatives by launching the

at the GSFC in early February.

Intellectual Capital Partnership "The Governor's appoint-

Nickel took the podium one final time during her farewell appearance at the February board meeting.
ments pay compliment to the quality of the University System's staff, but are a tremendous loss to us, nonetheless," said Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith of the departures of Hunt Burriss and Nickel.
In April came the retirement of Jayne Williams, assistant vice chancellor of Library and Customer Information Services and a USO employee since 1988. Williams played an instrumental role in the meteoric rise of GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online (GALILEO) as a nationally recognized statewide virtual library during her 15 years on the USO staff.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Services Barry
See "DEPARTURES," Page 3...

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OFGEORGIA Four New Members Appointed to Board of Regents

The Board of Regents gained four new members this spring. The board now has 18 members, in accordance with the addition of two new congressional districts earned by the state after the 2000 Census.
In early April, Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Julie Ewing Hunt to serve the remaining nine months in the seven-year term of her late husband, Regent John Hunt III of Tifton, following his sudden death on March 19. Regent Hunt, whose term of office would have expired on Jan. 1, 2004, represented the Second Congressional District.
The Governor filled two of three vacant seats on the board in May by appointing W. Mansfield Jennings Jr., of Hawkinsville, to represent the First Congressional District and Patrick S. "Pat" Pittard, of Lakemont, to represent the Ninth Congressional District. In August, he appointed M. Allan Vigil, of Fayetteville, to represent the 13th Congressional District.
Regent Julie Ewing Hunt
A former English teacher at Tift County High School, Hunt was the charter director of the
Tift County Foundation for Educational Excellence.
She was a partner in the family's restaurant and automobile businesses and is president of J.H. Services, Inc., in Tifton -- operators of Shoney's and Captain D's Sea-

food restaurants in south Georgia. She also is a franchisee of Captain D's Seafood and the owner of four Captain D's restaurants.
Hunt is chair of the Tift County Tourism Association, a member of the Georgia Economic Development Authority and a past president of the Tift County Chamber of Commerce. Regent Hunt also served on Gov. Zell Miller's Commission for the Privatization of State Government.
Regent W. Mansfield Jennings
Jennings is chairman and CEO of ComSouth Corporation, president and CEO of ComSouth Telecommunications, Inc., and chairman of SunMark Community Bank.
In addition, he is a past chairman of ComSouth Telecable, Inc., and Taylor Regional Hospital, a past president and director of the Georgia Telephone Association, and a current member of the United States Telephone Association.
Jennings also is very active in his community, having served as president and charter director of the HawkinsvillePulaski County Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hawkinsville Rotary Club.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial management from Georgia Tech and a master of business

administration degree from Emory University.
Regent Patrick S. "Pat" Pittard
Pittard is the Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business, a voluntary position in which he teaches and works with the school's dean and faculty on various projects .
He is the retired chairman of the board of Heidrick and Struggles International, Inc., which provides executive-level search and leadership consulting services.
Pittard graduated from UGA and has been honored by the Terry School of Business as a Distinguished Alumnus.
Considered an expert in executive-level human capital matters (recruitment, retention, compensation and succession), Pittard has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Business Week. He is listed among the Global 200 Executive Recruiters.
Regent M. Allan Vigil
Vigil is president and owner of Allan Vigil Ford in Morrow and Fayetteville. He is a past chairman of both the Georgia Automobile Association and the Ford National Dealer Council.
See "NEW REGENTS," Page 3...

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Departures from USO
Continued from Page 1

USO, providing leadership during the University System's conversion to the semester system and the phasing-in of more stringent admissions standards. Fullerton also coled the launch of GeorgiaEASY.

CIO Randall Thursby (right) led the list of well wishers who spoke at Williams' retirement reception.
Fullerton retired on June 30 after suffering a debilitating stroke. He spent 10 years at the
New Regents
Continued from Page 2
Vigil serves on the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce President's Roundtable and on the Board of Trustees of Clayton College & State University. He was named Hispanic Businessman of the Year by the Atlanta Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 1996. Vigil has been named a member of Ford's "One Hundred Club" and given Ford's highest honor, the President's Award, on more than one occasion.
Vigil was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1970, with service in Vietnam, and was awarded a Bronze Star and an Army Commendation Medal for his actions.
He received his bachelor of arts in business administration from the University of Florida.

Margaret Taylor, deputy to

the senior vice chancellors, re-

tired on July 31. Taylor's duties included overseeing the Board of Regents' relationship with MCG Health, Inc., and the

SVC Dan Papp (right) helped Fullerton to open a personalized clock he received from the USO on his retirement.

Georgia Cancer Coalition and Department of Human Re-

assisting the Georgia Public

sources' Division of Mental

Library System in

Health.

making the transition to the University System of Georgia.

"We are going to miss each of these valuable employees," said

Although she

Chancellor

worked at the USO

Meredith. "They

for just over three

served the System,

years, Taylor

the state and higher

served the state of

education well dur-

Georgia for 29

ing their tenure at

years, having

the University Sys-

served as chief

Taylor braved the spotlight tem Office. We

deputy commis- during her retirement sioner of the State reception.

regret losing them, but we wish them

Medicaid Agency and held

well in these new phases of

various positions with the

their lives."

Any Port in a Storm
When a tornado warning in May forced University System Office personnel in the Trinity-Washington Building to hastily retreat to the underground parking garage, most people used the 20-30 idle minutes that followed to chat with co-workers they often don't have time to speak to during the day. However, Tom Daniel, senior vice chancellor for external activities and facilities, proved exceptionally resourceful. Grabbing a stack of work on his way out the door, the busy administrator simply made do with the facilities at hand, and never missed a beat. "The work's got to get done," Daniel said with a smile and a shrug.

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Other News of Note in the University System Office
Arrivals:
# Jane Bain, administrative coordinator, Academics and Fiscal Affairs (P-16). # Bobby Brown, systems support specialist, GeorgiaFirst Implementation Project. # David Cadena, project manager, Office of Library & Customer Information Services. # Susan Campbell, research associate, Office of Strategic Research & Analysis. # Mary DeCamp, auditor, Office of Internal Auditing Services. # Taft Eaker, project coordinator, Office of Advanced Learning Technologies. # Lorlie Ellis, systems analyst, GeorgiaFirst Implementation Project. # Jason Etheridge, systems support specialist, Georgia Public Library Service. # Marina Felgin, systems analyst, GeorgiaFirst Implementation Project. # Margaret Francis, administrative assistant, Georgia Public Library Service. # Julius Gantt, information analyst, Office of Enterprise Applications Systems. # Olivia Garner, executive assistant to the senior vice chancellor for Support Services. # Katherine Gregory, program coordinator, Georgia Public Library Service. # Jill Hardy, information specialist, Georgia Public Library Service. # Betty Henry, systems support specialist, Office of Enterprise Applications Systems. # Sheldon Hogan, auditor, Office of Internal Auditing Services. # Bettie Horne, administrative associate to the senior vice chancellor for Academics and Fiscal Affairs. # Joy Hymel, executive diirector, Office of Economic Development. # Edward Johnson, project director, Office of Library & Customer Information Services. # Sheila Jordan, project coordinator, Office of Library & Customer Information Services. # Barbara Morgan, library subject specialist, Georgia Public Library Service. # Kemi Morrison, administrative assistant, Georgia Public Library Service. # Frederick Perry, human resource generalist, Office of Human Resources. # Anoush Pisani, senior research associate, Office of Strategic Research & Analysis. # Cindy Taylor, information analyst, Office of Enterprise Applications Systems. # Alan Travis, director of planning, Office of Facilities. # Julie Walker, administrative director, Georgia Public Library Service. # Kathy Whitfield, administrative assistant, Office of Enterprise Applications Systems.
Departures:
# Denise Allen, library assistant, Georgia Public Library Service. # Dale Armstrong, recruiter, Office of Enterprise Applications Systems. # Tedrienne Arnold, computer services specialist, Office of Library & Customer Information Services. # Beth Brigdon, assistant vice chancellor for enterprise systems and services, Office of Information and Instructional Technology. # Timothy Brown, coordinator of office services, Office of Library & Customer Information Services. # Karen Christenberry, executive assistant to the senior vice chancellor for Academics and Fiscal Affairs. # Christina Fanning, administrative secretary, Georgia Public Library Service. # Patrice Harris, administrative secretary, Academics and Fiscal Affairs (P-16). # Nicholas Henry, auditor, Office of Internal Auditing Services. # Annie Hunt Burriss, associate vice chancellor, Office of Economic Development. # Stephen Lehrer, information analyst, GeorgiaFirst Implementation Project. # Kimon McDonald, program support manager, Office of Advanced Learning Technologies. # Shelley Nickel, executive assistant to the chancellor. # Jeff Owens, program manager, Office of Facilities. # Batecia Sands, administrative coordinator, Office of Student Services. # Dinah Silvio, project coordinator, Office of Economic Development.
New Graduates:
# Vernon Davis, coordinator, Office Resources, graduated cum laude from Atlanta Metropolitan College, with an associate of science degree in business administration.
# Sharon Duhart, business affairs manager, Office of Economic Development, graduated from Clayton State College & University, earning a bachelor of business administration degree with a concentration in management.
Other Honors:
# Kimberly Lamar, student assistant, Office of Facilities, inducted into Georgia State University's Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Beta Delta, an honor society for international scholars.
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