Randall (Randy) Peters received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Carson-Newman College and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Pepperdine University.  He received his Doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Georgia.  After a full military career as an Army Signal Corps Officer, Randy served in various capacities with the National Science Center Inc., and with Augusta Technical Institute (now Augusta Technical College).  On October 1, 2010, Dr. Peters became President of Southern Crescent Technical College, having served as President of Heart of Georgia Technical College in Dublin, GA, for over 11 years.  Locally he has served on the Griffin Regional Education Support Activity (RESA) Board of Control; the Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as Treasurer, Vice Chair, and Chairman; The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Griffin-Spalding United Way; the Board of Directors of Communities in Schools and the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, both of Henry County.  He was appointed to the Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority in January of 2017, where he serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Authority and Chairman of the Marketing Committee.  He has served as the interim president at both Middle Georgia Technical College and Ogeechee Technical College.  He is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, the international education honor society, and Phi Kappa Phi, the education honor society at the University of Georgia.  Randy is a certified Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor, a certified Pistol Instructor, and a certified personal coach, speaker and leadership trainer.

Brett Lavender is a Griffin native, Mr. Lavender was appointed to the Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority in May of 2012. Brett previously served, for over 15 years, as a member the Griffin-Spalding Airport Advisory Board.
Mr. Lavender is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificated Private Pilot with an Instrument rating. He is a United States Air Force veteran and was assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing where he supported the 334th TFS “Eagles” and the 337th TFS “Falcons”. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Mercer University’s Stetson School of Business and Economics. He has also completed the Local Government Chief Information Officer (LGCIO) program with The University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG).  Brett has worked in national security and local government for the past 34 years provisioning and supporting communications, navigation, telecommunications, geographic and information system technologies. Currently, he works as the Director of Information Technology for the Clayton County Board of Commissioners.

David Brock was born and raised in Griffin where he graduated from Griffin High in 1963. He served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force during which time he married Harriett (Miller) Brock of Griffin. He owned Brock Insurance Agency, for 23 years before his son took over the business. David holds the certification of “Certified Senior Advisor” and “Certified Long Term Care Advisor”. He continues to be active in this part of the business. David and Harriett are parents of 2 children and 5 grandchildren who all live in Griffin. Spending time with their family has always been very important to them and brings them much enjoyment. David has served as Treasurer, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Griffin Spalding Chamber of Commerce. In past years he was an active member of the Kiwanis and ABC Clubs. The Brock’s are active members of Griffin First United Methodist Church where David and Harriett have served on numerous committees. David serves on both the Nominations and Finance Committees at this time. They are members of the Dunkers Sunday School Class.

Bart Miller Jr. is a member of the Airport Authority and a sitting member of the Spalding County Board of Commissioners representing District 4.  He has been a resident of Spalding County for over 65 years. He graduated from Griffin High in 1964.  He went to work for Southern Fruit Distributors and in 1966, he was drafted into the United States Army where he served a tour in the Vietnam War. After his tour of duty was complete, he returned to Spalding County and continued work at Southern Fruit Distributors until they sold out in 1988.  In 1989 he moved to his current address on Williamson Road where he enjoys row crop farming. To further show his love for his community and the people who live here, Bart took a job with the Spalding County Parks & Recreation Department. He held this position for nearly 19 years until his retirement in 2009.

Masters: International Business
Doctorate(ABD):Organizational Leadership
Airline Transport Pilot:11000+ flight Hours
Flight Instructor
FBO owner – Colorado
Airport Manager – Colorado
Civil Air Patrol – Georgia
Theater Equipment Manufacturer – Colorado
Georgia resident since 2007
Employed by US DOT.

Born and raised in Griffin Georgia, Commissioner Dutton is deeply invested in this community. After graduation from Griffin High School in 2000, Commissioner Dutton continued his education at Gordon State College where he had been joint enrolled since 1998. After graduating from Gordon, James continued his college career at Georgia State University in Atlanta where he later graduated summa cum laude with a degree in economics with concentrations in healthcare economics, public sector economics, and human resource economics and a minor in urban policy studies with a concentration therein in nonprofit leadership. While expected to continue on to study for a PhD in international economics, Commissioner Dutton instead choose to attend GSU College of Law attaining a Juris Doctorate. During this time, he also once again joint enrolled at the GSU Andrew Young School of Policy Studies where he received a Masters in Public Administration. Commissioner Dutton is married to his lovely wife, Kristen, and they both have their own firms, hers a CPA tax firm and he a law firm, here in downtown Griffin. Together they have two wonderful children, Elizabeth and Ty. Commissioner Dutton actively volunteers in the Spalding County area. He serves as a scout master with troop 14 and as a member of many civic and fraternal organizations such as the Kiwanis Club of Griffin, the Ringgold Masonic Lodge, the Griffin York Rite, the Griffin Historical Society, and the Griffin Knights Templar Commandary. Commissioner Dutton is also a leader in the Spalding County Bar Association and serves, along with his mother, as the two coaches of the award winning Spalding County Model United Nations team. Commissioner Dutton also serves as a boy’s youth minister at his church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Louis Thacker began his aviation career as a flight instructor and crop duster while attending Louisiana State University. He has a Business Degree from Louisiana State University.  After graduation he became a pilot with Eastern Airlines. He flew with Eastern for 25 years until they ceased operations in 1991. During those years he obtained his (A&P) Aircraft and Power Plant Mechanics License and his (IA) Inspector Authorization. He owned and operated an airfield and crop dusting business in Pike County. After Eastern Airlines he obtained a pilot position with various night freight operators flying the Boeing 727. As a freighter pilot he transported race horses throughout the United States. He has owned and operated various general aviation aircraft at the Griffin Airport.  He was manager of the Griffin-Spalding Airport for a period of time. While flying for Eastern Airlines he also attended Woodrow College of Law and obtained a Juris Doctor of Law degree and practiced law from 1977. He served on the Airport Advisory Board for many years and now serves on the Airport Authority. He is retired from the practice of law and resides in Griffin, GA. He is married, has 4 children and 9 grandchildren.

Steve Wages was raised in Griffin, Georgia where he graduated from Griffin High in 1984. After attending Georgia Tech and Georgia State, he graduated with a BA degree in Political Science, minoring in Computer Information Systems in 1989. Receiving a commission in the US Air Force upon graduation, he attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus, AFB, flying T-37 and T-38 aircraft and receiving his Air Force pilot wings and a FAA Commercial Pilot License with Multi Engine and instrument ratings. He then took an assignment to the Alaska Air National guard where he flew HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters in the 210^TH Rescue Squadron, based out of Anchorage, AK.

Returning to Griffin in 1995, he continued his career in aviation by attending Clayton College and State University and obtaining his FAA Airframe and Powerplant license there. Since entering the civilian aviation field, he has spent time as a mechanic, part sales and management, computer software systems implementation, design and management for companies such as Gulfstream, Bell Helicopter and Zodiac Aerospace. Currently Steve is serving as the Director of Operations for the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation, a 501c(3) non-profit flying museum, based in Henry county.

Steve has been an active volunteer over the years in several organizations including Arnold Air Society, Civil Air Patrol and 4-H. He is currently very active with the Spalding County 4-H program as a certified adult volunteer along with his wife and two of their 3 children. Steve and his family are long time residents of Spalding county, living near the Birdie community.