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Board of Directors:  The board members of the Georgia Association of Counsel for Children represent a broad spectrum of dedicated professionals in child welfare and advocacy. We are grateful to the board for donating their their time and talents to the protection of Georgia's children.

Susan Teaster (President)
Senior Appellate Attorney
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
steaster@gpdsc.state.ga.us

Mickey Johnson (Vice President)
Assistant Public Defender
Tifton Judicial Circuit
mjohnson@gapublicdefender.org

Judge Cindy Morris (Treasurer)
Superior Court of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit
cmorris@whitfieldcountyga.com

Karen Worthington (Secretary)
Director
Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic
Emory University
worthing@law.emory.edu

Lila Bradley
Director
One Child One Lawyer Program
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
lnbradley@avlf.org

Melissa Carter
Deputy Director
Office of the Child Advocate

mcarter@gachildadvocate.org

Mary Hermann
Attorney
childrep@yahoo.com

Susan Hurst
Attorney
susan@hurst.com

Janelle Layne
Assistant Public Defender
janelle.layne@gmail.com

Beth Locker
Measures for Courts Project Director
Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children
lockerb@gaaoc.us

Judge Tom Matthews
Bibb County Juvenile Court 
tmatthews@co.bibb.ga.us

John Reuter
Attorney 
jereuter@earthlink.net

Dee Simms
Attorney 
dhsimms@cox.net

Angela Tanzella
Director of Advocacy and Program Development
Georgia CASA 
atanzella@gacasa.org

Randee Waldman
Managing Attorney
Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic
Emory University
rwaldm2@law.emory.edu