DCA Board Members

Donna Armstrong Lackey has spent 37 years in the field of economic and community development across the state of Georgia. She has served in executive positions in regional planning, local economic development, and higher education.

She is a Certified Public Manager (CPM), holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of West Georgia, a BA in Communications/Public Relations from Shorter College, and a professional certificate in Economic Development from the University of Oklahoma. In addition, she is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Georgia.  

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

Bob Duncan is a utility business professional from St. Simons Island, Georgia, who has extensive experience in consulting, business development, and senior management for public utilities. He is Principal and General Partner of Duncan Builders, LLP, a construction company based in Saint Simons that specializes in residential design and renovation projects. Before his current position, he worked as a manager for Duke Energy in Lake Mary, Florida, where he handled distribution rights of way for integrated vegetation management. He currently serves as vice chairman and finance committee chair of the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission, of which he has been a member since 2018. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Southern Tech, a division of Georgia Tech. He lives in St. Simons with his wife Bonnie, and together they have an adult son.

Kwanza Hall is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and former United States Representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, a seat to which he was elected after the death of former Congressman John Lewis in 2020. Before serving in Congress, Mr. Hall served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for the 2nd District, on the Atlanta Board of Education as Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee, and on the Atlanta Development Authority. He has also served on the boards of directors of the World Affairs Council, Leadership Atlanta, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. He is now the CEO and Managing Partner Chattahoochee Trails, an organization dedicated to promoting water reclamation and recreational development near the Chattahoochee Riverfront in Atlanta. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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.

Scott Gibbs was appointed to the DCA Board in July 2014.  Gibbs, a Hall County native, began his first term on the Hall County Board of Commissioners in January 2011.  He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from North Georgia College and State University, and he serves on the Hall County Soil & Water Board as well as the Hall ‘96 Olympic Venue Committee.  Gibbs has been the owner and operator of Gibbs Grading and Utilities, Inc. for more than 20 years. He and his wife, Jennifer, have one son and live in Gainesville.

Steve Broadbent is a Senior Vice President at OneDigital, a nationwide benefits, retirement, financial services, and human resources consulting firm. Broadbent is also a former Council Member with the City of Johns Creek and a former Board member of the Development Authority of Fulton County. Broadbent earned his bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia and graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and George Washington University. Broadbent is a retired U.S. Navy Commander, having served for twenty-two years in active and reserve roles. He currently resides in Greensboro, GA.