Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Welcomes Six New Members to Citizens Advisory Board

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Also Announces New Chair-Elect and Three Additions to Board of Trustees

As a community-based organization launched in 1980 by a group of concerned citizens who hoped to inspire individual action and find long-term solutions to environmental and quality of life issues, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful (GC&B) has always been guided by a Citizens Advisory Board (CAB). Tasked with shaping the future of the eco-focused nonprofit and representing virtually every sector within the Gwinnett County community, six new members were recently added to the group’s ranks on July 5, 2022.

“In our quest to connect people and resources for a sustainable Gwinnett, we seek continuous improvement as an organization,” said Schelly Marlatt, Executive Director for GC&B. “Every person who serves on the Citizens Advisory Board brings something special to the table, causing shifts in both our culture and our delivery of programs and events. I am grateful to each and every member of the CAB – past, present and future. They represent some of Gwinnett County’s best, brightest and most impassioned leaders our community has to offer. I am both delighted and excited to see what each of our six outstanding new members delivers to our board and organization.”

The six new members added to GC&B’s Citizens Advisory Board include:

Angela Duncan – Division 11 Judge – Gwinnett County Superior Court

Derek Higgs – Owner, Higgs Leadership Development/Co-Founder, Sapphire Youth Development Center

Jessica Holden – Science Curriculum Director, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Santiago Marquez – CEO, Latin American Association

Kristan VandenHeuvel – Director of Applied Research and Engagement, The Water Tower

Shantell Wilson – Economic Development Director, Gwinnett County Government

Returning Members of the Citizens Advisory Board are:

Chairman of the Board Chuck Button of Jacobs Engineering Group

Mark Abrams of Aspen Information Systems, Inc.

Joe Allen of Gwinnett Place CID

Jay Bassett of EPA (retired)

Jimmy Burnette of City of Suwanee

Carla Carraway of Precision Planning, Inc.

Jason Chandler of Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation

Former Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway

Alyssa Davis of Sugarloaf CID

Fred Dawkins of Frederick C. Dawkins, Esq. P.C.

Melvin Everson of Gwinnett Technical College

Former Gwinnett County Chairman Wayne Hill

Lynette Howard of WestRock

L.C. Johnson of United Peachtree Corners Civic Association

Dr. Jann L. Joseph of Georgia Gwinnett College

Pat Kien of Cox Communications

Pam Ledbetter of Accent Creative Group

Donald Lee of Gwinnett County Courts

Rachel Little of Boehringer Ingelheim

Kevin Middlebrooks of Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources

Cathy Nichols of Mobile Communications of Gwinnett, Inc.

Andrew Pourchier of Rhodes, Young, Black & Duncan

Craig Roberts of Jackson EMC

Anthony Rodriguez of Aurora Theatre

Ron Seibenhener (Retired) of Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources

Kay Sibetta of AARP of Georgia

Jenny Payne Simpkins of City of Lilburn

Anne Soutter of Primerica

Trent Spake of Chastain & Associates Insurance

Glenn Stephens of Gwinnett County Government

Marianne Velker of Bank of America

Mark Willis of Georgia School Boards Association

Marlatt also added her thanks to three new members of the governing body of GC&B – its Board of Trustees – for the gifts of their time, talents and devotion to seeing that the organization is functioning at optimal levels for the good of the community it serves. Those new members include long-time CAB members Dawkins, Velker and Everson. Donald Lee of Gwinnett County Courts is the Board of Trustees’ new Chair-Elect. To learn more about Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, visit GwinnettCB.org.