Governing Board

He is a graduate of Southland Academy and Valdosta State University. Jimmy is very involved in the community. He has served on many boards and committees, including serving as past president of the Americus Board of Realtors, Rotary Club of Americus, Smarr and Smith Foundation, past chairman of the Americus Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, and Region 7 director for Georgia Association of Realtors.  Jimmy and his wife, Morgan, are the proud parents of son, James “JW” Whaley, V.

He has been a member of the Phoebe Sumter Foundation Board of Directors since 2011. He is very involved with the community and loves UGA Bulldogs.

She is a graduate of Georgia Southwestern State University and has volunteered extensively in the community, including the Junior Service League, Sumter Humane Society, Boy Scouts of America, Early Bloomer Garden Club, and Books for Sumter Children. Michelle and her husband, Dr. Ben Andrews, Jr., have two children and two grandchildren.

She attended Georgia Southwestern State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education (Exercise Science) and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  After completing school, she started her nursing career with Sumter Regional Hospital, which later became Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Suleania is a member of Union Tabernacle Baptist Church, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and is on the board of directors for the Georgia Association of Occupational Health Nurses. She and her husband, Sheriff Eric D. Bryant, are the proud parents of Eric Jr, Harrison, Haleigh, and Christopher.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Auburn University. Upon graduating from Auburn, he spent 7 years working with George Holden & Associates, Inc located in Savannah, Ga. Five of those years as the Southeast Regional Territory Sales Manager. Terence has served on the boards of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, Sumter County Historic Trust, and Southland Academy Foundation. He and his wife, Katie, have resided in Sumter County for the last 12 years and have two children.

She earned her Pharm D. from Mercer University in 2001 and her MBA from UGA Terry College of Business in 2020.

Faith is the current president of the Smarr Smith Foundation in Americus and serves on the Georgia Southwestern College of Business/Computer Advisory Board. She is a 2017 Leadership Georgia graduate, a past chairman of the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce and past president of the Americus Junior Service League. She has served on the Phoebe Sumter Foundation Board since 2012. She has a daughter, Sam, and a son, Shaw, who is 15.

He served as past president of Sumter Bank and Trust, Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, and Americus Kiwanis Club. He also has served as past chairman of Glover Wholesale Company, State Board Technical and Adult Education, and Americus and Sumter County Hospital Authority and a founder of the Boys and Girls Club of Sumter County. He is married to Ann. They have three sons – Bill, Jr., Lee, and David – and three grandchildren.

She moved to the Americus community to earn her Bachelors of Science degree at GSW over 30 years ago. After completing her master’s degree at the University of Georgia and her PhD at Georgia State University, she returned to Americus to raise her family with her husband, John Hayes.   
 
She loves the Americus Community and has volunteered through the years with the Americus Junior Service League, the Americus-area Cancer Society, the Sumter Tourism Board and as past president of the Southland Academy Board of Directors and the Southland Academy Foundation Board. She and John have three children, Jackson, Sydney and Emma Kate.

He has served on the Phoebe Sumter Foundation Board for over 10 years. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for Americus First United Methodist Church and Georgia Southwestern Foundation.

After practicing estate planning, real estate, and corporate law in Americus for many years, Bardin joined Edward Jones as a Financial Advisor in 2023, where he helps clients plan for their financial futures. He currently serves on the boards of Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Phoebe Sumter Foundation, and the Americus Housing Authority. He is a former board member of the Americus-Sumter County Hospital Authority. He and his wife, Hayden, are members of Calvary Episcopal Church in Americus, and they are proud parents of a son, George.

Prior to joining Sumter EMC, Sherrill was a school teacher for more than 2 years.

During her full-time employment and since retirement, Sherrill has been involved with many community organizations. She served for two years as chairman of the Americus Sumter County Chamber of Commerce and currently, serves as a member of the Americus-Sumter County Hospital Authority Board and as a liaison for the Authority on the Sumter Regional Foundation Board.

He currently serves on the board of trustees at Magnolia Manor, Southland Academy Foundation, Mattie H. Marshall Foundation, and has served on the Phoebe Sumter Foundation since 2012. He lives in Americus with his wife Becky, and three children.

He has served on the Phoebe Sumter Foundation board since 2005.  He has served as President/CEO of Citizens Bank of Americus since 2001. Currently, he serves as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Georgia Bankers Association Insurance Trust, Charles L. Mix Memorial Fund and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. He is a past-chairman of the Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Southwestern Foundation, Georgia Bankers Association and Council of Federal Home Loan Banks. Rick is married to Kelley Kinslow Whaley.