Welfare Watch - November 08, 2010 - Deal Names More Members of His Transition Team

Governor-elect Nathan Deal has announced the remaining members of his transition team.

Rogers Wade, the chairman of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, will lead his transition team;

Jimmy Allen, a forensic accountant;

Denise Deal, of Gainesville, Deal’s daughter-in-law, the finance director for his gubernatorial campaign and the former executive director of Vision 2030;

Kit Dunlap, chairwoman of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and CEO of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce;

Randy Evans, served as the attorney for Deal’s campaign;

State Rep. Melvin Everson, R-Snellville, former House Representative who lost his bid for labor commissioner;

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, an obstetrician-gynecologist and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation;

Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson, R-Savannah, former Senator who lost race for Governor in primary;

Georgia House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, R-Alpharetta;

Former Georgia House Majority Leader Jerry Keen, R-St. Simons Island, who resigned this year;

Dan Lee, a former state senator who has lobbied at the State Capitol;

Rob Leebern, a D.C. lobbyist who served as the chief of staff to Saxby Chambliss when Chambliss was in the U.S. House of Representatives;

Bill Lingenfelter, former president of Wachovia-Georgia;

Steven Meeks, former state director for Sen. Saxby Chambliss and a farmer in Jesup;

State Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga;

State Sen. Chip Pearson, R-Dawsonville, who did not seek reelection this year;

Tricia Pridemore, a Deal supporter and founder of the Georgia chapter of Glenn Beck’s 912 Project;

Neil Pruitt, chairman and CEO of UHS-Pruitt Corp.;

Wesley Smith, CEO and chairman of Northwest Georgia Bank in Catoosa County and the treasurer for Deal’s gubernatorial campaign;

Michael Shaffer, of Augusta, former district director for U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood;

Joe Tanner, a lobbyist and former Georgia Department of Natural Resources commissioner;

Charles Tarbutton, vice president of Sandersville Railroad and a Georgia Chamber of Commerce board member;

Monty Veazy, of Tifton, a lobbyist and former state representative and chairman of Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals;

Pete Robinson,  a former House Representative and chairman of Troutman Sanders’ lobbying arm.

John Watson, Perdue’s former chief of staff and the founder of a major Atlanta lobbying firm. He is now an executive in a commercial real estate firm;

Philip Wilheit, the president of a Gainesville-based packaging firm and a Deal business partner.

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