Board Members

The Georgia 811 board includes members from the various types of organizations we serve, such as telecommunications, natural gas, electric, water sewer, cable and municipalities, as well as call center leadership. Our board meets quarterly and helps make key decisions regarding policies, center operations and budgets. The list below includes all current board members of Georgia 811.

 

Brandy Kitchel

Distribution Support Manager
Georgia Power Company

 

Brad Deshotel

Area Manager, Network Process & Quality
AT&T

 

Rob Holbrook

Contract/Project Manager
Cobb County

 

Jim Laplander

Director of Water and Sewer Engineering & Planning Division
City of Savannah Water Resources

 

Rick Lonn

Director, Compliance Assurance and Pipeline Risk Management
Southern Company Gas

 

Rachel Jones Williams

General Manager, Transmission Maintenance & Support
Georgia Power Company

 

Lisa Clark McKnight

Director, Damage Prevention
City of Lawrenceville Damage Prevention

Franklin (Frankie) Rigdon, Jr.

Vice President, Operations
Ellijay Telephone Company

 

Rick Slagle

Director – Compliance & Quality Assurance
Southern Company Gas

 

Rich Johnson

Assistant Vice President, External Affairs
AT&T Georgia
 

Kirk A. King

VP Construction
Diverse Power
 

Scotty Davis

Right of Way Supervisor, Southeast District
Colonial Pipeline Company

 

Meghan Rafinski

President & CEO
Georgia 811

 

Brian Gilliam

Executive Vice President of Operations & COO
Georgia 811