DCA Board Members

Mayor Vince R. Williams, Board of Community Affairs
Williams is serving his second term as the mayor of Union City. He previously served two terms on the city council of Union City. Williams is the second vice president of the Georgia Municipal Association and sits on the board of directors of the National League of Cities. He is an associate pastor at iTHRIVE Christian Church. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree from Lemoyne-Owen College. He and his wife, Sharon, have one child and live in Union City.

Chad Barrow was appointed to the DCA Board in January 2017. He is the founder of Savannah-based Coastal Logistics Group, Inc., a third-party logistics provider that specializes in warehousing, project cargo, packaging solutions, paper logistics and bulk transload projects.  In addition to being Owner & CEO of Coastal Logistics Group, Chad is actively involved in community charities and industry associations, serving as the Georgia director of the Southeast Warehousing Association (SWA) Georgia in 2011, and as 2015 Vice Chairman of the World Trade Center in Savannah.  He is a member of the Georgia Private Sector Advisory Committee for Georgia Freight and Logistics Plan, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Savannah Economic Development Authority Board of Directors.  Barrow earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Georgia.  He and his wife, Jan, have three children and reside in Savannah.  

Donna Armstrong Lackey has spent 37 years in the field of economic and community development.  She has recently been named the Executive Director of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners.

Prior to joining the County Commission staff, Donna served as Director of the University of West Georgia Office of Public Service and Outreach, leading Carrollton-Carroll Education Collaborative, campus and community partnerships, non-profit leadership development, and talent development in the UWG five-county service area.

Previously she served as Senior Vice President for Carroll Tomorrow and the Carroll County Chamber for 12 years. Her work history includes community and economic planning and development for Carroll County, Heard County, and the Chattahoochee-Flint RDC. She was the first planner hired by Carroll County in 1985, so she is coming full circle with her new appointment.

She holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of West Georgia, a Bachelor's degree in Communications/Public Relations from Shorter College; and, a professional certificate in Economic Development from the University of Oklahoma. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Georgia.  

Donna was appointed in 2020 by Governor Kemp as the 3rd Congressional District appointee on the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board of Directors. She served 12 years representing Carroll County on the Three Rivers Regional Commission and as an Executive Board member of the Three Rivers Workforce Development Board.

Donna has just completed a 9-year appointment as chair of the Carroll County Civil Service Board and has served as the at-large appointee on the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission.

She is an active Rotarian, having served as the 2013-14 President of the Rotary Club of Carrollton, and is a Paul Harris and Will Watt Fellow.

She and her husband, Norman reside in south Carroll County. They have two grown children.

David is a partner with Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta. He earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University. He and his wife, Sally, live in Atlanta, and they have two children.

Mayor Randall Walker is a 1964 graduate of Warner Robins High School and a 1969 graduate of Georgia State University with majors in Business Management and Marketing. He joined the Chevron Corporation where he served in various marketing and management positions. After 43 years, he retired from Chevron and formed Walker Energy Group, LLC, an energy consulting firm. He and his wife, Terre, moved to Perry in 2005. Four years later he was elected as City Councilman and served for ten years before he was elected Mayor in 2019.

Charlie has been a resident of Athens for the past seventy-two years. He was educated in the Clarke County School System and attended the University of Georgia from 1965-1967. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, and he was employed with the Georgia Department of Labor for thirty-four years. Maddox also served as the pastor of Twin Oak Baptist Church in Washington, Georgia for fourteen years and is currently the pastor of the White Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Rayle. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for thirty-nine years. Together, they have five children and three grandchildren.

Adam Hatcher is General Counsel and Vice President of People and Culture for MAU Workforce Solutions, a family-owned company that provides staffing, recruiting and outsourcing solutions for companies.  He was appointed to the DCA Board in 2017.  Hatcher is a member of the Association of Corporate Council and the Society for Human Resource Management, and sits on the advisory boards for the Salvation Army, Heritage Academy and Fireside Ministries.  Hatcher earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from Wake Forest University, working as a prosecutor and in private practice before joining MAU.  He and his wife, Courtney, have two children and reside in Augusta.

Al Hodge is president and CEO of the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce in Floyd County.  He was appointed to the DCA Board in 2012.  Hodge is the former vice chair of the Georgia Board of Education and has served as president of the Georgia Association of Chambe of Commerce Executives and the Georgia Economic Developers Association.  He is a previous board member of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Association and the U.S. Department of Energy Citizen’s Leadership Board. Hodge graduated from the University of Georgia and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management. He and his wife, Cheryl, live in Rome and have one daughter.

Anna Chafin is the CEO of the Development Authority of Bryan County. She represents the 1st Congressional District on the Georgia Student Finance Commission Board of Commissioners. Chafin is the immediate past chair of the Georgia Economic Developers Association and a former chair of the Leadership Southeast Georgia Alumni Association. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill and sits on the board for the Middle Coastal Unified Development Authority. Chafin is a graduate of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development, Leadership Georgia, Leadership Southeast Georgia and Leadership Bryan. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication with minors in Business Administration and English from Mercer University. Chafin and her husband, Justin, have one child and reside in Richmond Hill.