Georgia Revives ‘Complete Count’ Group to Prep for 2020 Census

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

Governor Brian P. Kemp tapped sixty-six leaders to serve on the Complete Count Committee, an important task force that will ensure every resident of Georgia is counted in the 2020 U.S. Census. This state committee will be chaired by Rusty Haygood of the Department of Community Affairs and Anna Miller of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. The Executive Order is available here.

Two members of the Governor's Complete Count Committee, Lori Geary and Tharon Johnson, will serve as co-executive directors of a statewide marketing campaign for the 2020 census. Launched by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, this nonpartisan initiative is called "Every. One. Counts."

"We are honored that Governor Brian Kemp asked us to serve as co-executive directors of Georgia's Complete Count Committee," said Lori Geary and Tharon Johnson. "It is vital that every man, woman, and child are counted in the 2020 census so that our state gets the right amount of federal funding and the right number of congressional seats. We look forward to working with the Complete Count Committee to make Georgia a national leader in census efforts."

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Complete Count Committee

Kerry Armstrong, Atlanta Regional Commission

Patty Bentley, State Representative, District 139

Frank Berry, Department of Community Health

Matt Brass, State Senator, District 28

Candice Broce, Office of the Governor

Otis Brumby, Georgia Press Association

Margaret Ciccarelli, Professional Association of Georgia Educators

Robyn Crittenden, Department of Human Services

Delores Crowell, DeKalb County Government

Derek Dabrowiak, Technical College System of Georgia

Hardie Davis, City of Augusta

Eddie DeLoach, City of Savannah

Matt Dubnik, State Representative, District 29

Judy Fitzgerald, Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities

John Gayle, City of Valdosta

Lori Geary, Lexicon Strategies

Mike Giles, Georgia Poultry Federation

Frank Ginn, State Senator, District 47

Larry Hanson, Georgia Municipal Association

Jeanine Abrams McLean, Fair Count

Laura Meadows, Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Rusty Haygood, Department of Community Affairs

Andy Herod, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

Skip Henderson, City of Columbus

Bob Houghton, Georgia Association of Broadcasters

Dorothy Hubbard, City of Albany

Amy Jacobs, Department of Early Care and Learning

Tharon Johnson, Paramount Consulting Group, LLC

John King, Department of Insurance and Fire Safety

Dominic LaRiccia, State Representative, District 169

Gerald Long, Georgia Farm Bureau

Jodi Lott, State Representative, District 122

Brian Marlowe, Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce

Santiago Marquez, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Tony Marshall, Georgia Health Care Association

Nealie McCormick, Council on American Indian Concerns; City of Pelham

Pat Merritt, Georgia EMC

Anna Miller, Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Susan Miller, Department of Community Affairs

Jerald Mitchell, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Tyrone Oliver, Department of Juvenile Justice

Lamar Paris, Union County Commissioner

Sunny Patel, Office of the Governor

Billy Pittard, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia

Allen Poole, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

Condace Pressley, Cox Media Group

Bert Reeves, State Representative, District 34

Robert Reichert, City of Macon

Edward Reynolds, City of Bainbridge

Johnna Robinson, Georgia Power

Mike Roby, Department of Veterans Service

Terry Rogers, State Representative, District 10

Jay Sanders, Department of Corrections

David Shafer, Chair, Georgia Republican Party

Gregg Simon, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Freddie Powell Sims, State Senator, District 12

Calvin Smyre, State Representative, District 135

Keith Stone, Office of the Georgia Secretary of State

Brian Strickland, State Senator, District 17

Tiffany Taylor, Department of Education

Blake Tillery, State Senator, District 19

Felita Williams, University System of Georgia

Nikema Williams, Chair, Democratic Party of Georgia

Matthew Wilson, State Representative, District 80

June Wood, Henry County Board of Commissioners

Mike Worley, Georgia Wildlife Federation