Deal names remaining members of his transition team
Governor-elect Nathan Deal has announced the remaining members of his transition team and they include his former campaign accountant and attorney, his daughter-in-law, several Republican heavy-hitters and one former political foe.
The other members of his transition committee are:
Jimmy Allen, a forensic accountant who was hired by the Deal campaign for governor;
Denise Deal, Deal’s daughter-in-law;
Kit Dunlap, chairwoman of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and CEO of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce;
Randy Evans, who served as the attorney for Deal’s campaign;
State Rep. Melvin Everson, R-Snellville, a former candidate for labor commissioner;
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, an obstetrician-gynecologist and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation;
Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson, R-Savannah, a former Republican candidate for governor;
Georgia House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, R-Alpharetta;
Georgia House Majority Leader Jerry Keen, R-St. Simons Island;
Dan Lee, a former state senator;
Rob Leebern, a principal with Troutman Sanders Strategies who served as the chief of staff to Saxby Chambliss when Chambliss was in the U.S. House of Representatives;
Bill Lingenfelter, former president of Wachovia-Georgia;
Steven Meeks;
State Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga;
State Sen. Chip Pearson, R-Dawsonville;
Tricia Pridemore, a Deal supporter and founder of the Georgia chapter of Glenn Beck’s 912 Project;
Neil Pruitt, chairman and CEO of UHS-Pruitt Corp.;
Wesley Smith;
Michael Shaffer;
Joe Tanner;
Charles Tarbutton;
Monty Veazy.
Last week Deal announced that Rogers Wade, the chairman of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, would lead his transition team. And he named a few other members:
Pete Robinson, chairman of Troutman Sanders’ lobbying arm and a veteran of the Capitol lobbying corps. Deal’s team indicated that Robinson would stop lobbying while serving on the transition team;
John Watson, Perdue’s former chief of staff and the founder of a major Atlanta lobbying firm. He is now an executive in a commercial real estate firm;
Philip Wilheit, the president of a Gainesville-based packaging firm and a major Deal donor and business partner.
The other members of his transition committee are:
Jimmy Allen, a forensic accountant who was hired by the Deal campaign for governor;
Denise Deal, Deal’s daughter-in-law;
Kit Dunlap, chairwoman of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District and CEO of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce;
Randy Evans, who served as the attorney for Deal’s campaign;
State Rep. Melvin Everson, R-Snellville, a former candidate for labor commissioner;
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, an obstetrician-gynecologist and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation;
Georgia Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson, R-Savannah, a former Republican candidate for governor;
Georgia House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, R-Alpharetta;
Georgia House Majority Leader Jerry Keen, R-St. Simons Island;
Dan Lee, a former state senator;
Rob Leebern, a principal with Troutman Sanders Strategies who served as the chief of staff to Saxby Chambliss when Chambliss was in the U.S. House of Representatives;
Bill Lingenfelter, former president of Wachovia-Georgia;
Steven Meeks;
State Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga;
State Sen. Chip Pearson, R-Dawsonville;
Tricia Pridemore, a Deal supporter and founder of the Georgia chapter of Glenn Beck’s 912 Project;
Neil Pruitt, chairman and CEO of UHS-Pruitt Corp.;
Wesley Smith;
Michael Shaffer;
Joe Tanner;
Charles Tarbutton;
Monty Veazy.
Last week Deal announced that Rogers Wade, the chairman of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, would lead his transition team. And he named a few other members:
Pete Robinson, chairman of Troutman Sanders’ lobbying arm and a veteran of the Capitol lobbying corps. Deal’s team indicated that Robinson would stop lobbying while serving on the transition team;
John Watson, Perdue’s former chief of staff and the founder of a major Atlanta lobbying firm. He is now an executive in a commercial real estate firm;
Philip Wilheit, the president of a Gainesville-based packaging firm and a major Deal donor and business partner.
