About GMA

Municipal Training Board

The Municipal Training Board is comprised of 17 seats, 15 of which are designated for municipal officials. Included within these 15 seats is a seat for a representative from each of GMA’s 12 districts, plus three at-large posts.

Municipal elected officials who have at least 42 hours of training credits through the Holtz Municipal Training Institute are eligible to serve in one of the 12 district seats and two of the at-large posts. The third at-large post is designated for a city manager.

At-Large Members

  • Sonja Fillingame, City Manager, City of Union City

Members

  • J. Micheal Evans, Mayor, City of Centerville
  • Carla Coley, Mayor, City of Cochran
  • Tyree Goodlett, Councilmember, City of Dalton
  • Tess Godfrey, Councilmember, City of Dublin
  • Juli Hayes, Councilmember, City of Gainesville
  • Corinne Thornton, Office Director, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
  • Allison Wilkerson, Mayor, City of Grayson
  • Eric Blair, Mayor Pro-Tem / Acting Mayor, City of Grovetown
  • Carrie Peters-Reid, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Madison
  • Aaron C. Henry, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Pooler
  • Vincent Cutts, Mayor, City of Smithville
  • Rusty Haygood, Associate Director - Governmental Training, Education, and Development, UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government
  • Andrew Gibbs, Councilmember, City of Valdosta
  • Eddie E. Daniels, Mayor, City of Vienna
  • Sandra Thornton, Councilmember, City of West Point