Governor Kemp Announces 182 Appointments and Reappointments to Georgia Boards and Authorities
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced 182 appointments and reappointments on November 13, 2026, in Atlanta, filling seats on dozens of state boards, authorities and commissions covering veterans services, trauma care, education, veterinary medicine, water planning and public telecommunications.
For the Board of Veterans Service, Kemp appointed Vivian Greentree, a Navy veteran and co-founder of Blue Star Families, the military family support organization. For the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission, he named Alicia Register as chair and appointed Emory University surgery professor Elizabeth R. Benjamin, among other health care leaders responsible for coordinating trauma care statewide.
The list also includes members of several regional water planning councils, which guide water resource planning across Georgia's river basins. On the Professional Standards Commission, which oversees educator certification and ethics, several classroom teachers were reappointed. Cheyenne Holder was appointed to the Board of Veterinary Medicine, and six members of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission were reappointed.
The Governor's Office said Georgia's boards and authorities are a working part of state government, with members appointed by the governor and some subject to state Senate confirmation, serving terms set by each body's charter. The full list of the 182 appointments and reappointments was published on the governor's website.
Georgia governors traditionally announce a large slate of board appointments each fall ahead of the new year. This year's list reaches from veterans affairs to rural water planning, reflecting personnel moves across nearly every area of state government.
Source: Office of the Governor of Georgia
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