Our Volunteer Boards

JALA is supported, mentored and impacted by the volunteers serving on our Board of Directors, Client Advisory Board and the JALA Foundation Board.

JALA’s Volunteer Board serve as ambassadors, educating the community and building relationships that support our mission. Fiduciary duties include financial and program oversight, and broad policy-making. The Board is committed to providing access to legal justice for poor and low-income individuals who have nowhere else to turn. The Board of Directors is comprised of individual attorneys, those from private law firms, corporate leaders and former JALA clients. (Board members are listed below)

Board of Directors

President: Baker Breedlove
Mortgage Specialists International, LLC

1^st Vice President: James Poindexter
Delegal & Poindexter, P.A.

2^nd Vice President: Stephen Holmgren
Purcell, Flanagan, Hay & Greene, P.A

Treasurer: Joshua Shilts
Shilts CPA

Secretary: Ashley Goggins
Ashley Goggins Law, P.A.

Ex-Officio: Latoya Williams-Shelton
The Law Office of Latoya S. Williams P.A.

Baker Breedlove
MSI

Bradley G. Bodiford
Terrell Hogan Yegelwel, P.A.

Stacey Clark
Hill & Ponton

Shawn A. DeVries
The DeVries Law Firm, P.A.

Ashley Goggins
Ashley Goggins Law, P.A.

Stephen Holmgren
Purcell, Flanagan, Hay & Greene, P.A

Fabian Jackson
Client Advisory Board President

Alex King
Monroe & King, P.A.

Daniel J. Navarro
PGA Tour

Tyra Nelson
Ameris Bank

James Poindexter
Delegal & Poindexter, P.A.

Harrison Poole
Poole & Poole, P.A.

Mesha C. Rivers
VyStar Credit Union

Joshua Shilts
Shilts CPA

Latoya Williams-Shelton, Esq.
The Law Office of Latoya S. Williams P.A.

JALA’s Foundation Board of Directors

President: Douglas J. Milne, Esq.
Milne & Buckingham, PA

Vice President: Noel G. Lawrence, Esq.
Noel G. Lawrence, P.A.

Treasurer: Renee D. Harrell, Esq.
Harrell & Harrell, PA

Rebeccah L. Beller, Esq.
Beller & Bustamante, PL

Eddie Farah, Esq.
Farah & Farah, PA

Leslie Goller, Esq.
Terrell | Hogan

Guy Victor Murray, Esq.
Guy Victor Murray, PA

Robert Spohrer, Esq.
Spohrer & Dodd, PA

Richard “Rick” L. Lasseter, Esq.
Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Mary Bland Love, Esq.
Marks Gray, PA

JALA’s Client Advisory Board

The JALA Client Advisory Board serves as an advisory committee to JALA’s Board of Directors and provides critical client input and perspective for development of policies, training plans, community education and outreach, as well as other matters. The Client Advisory Board provides a community-wide forum for JALA clients to express their needs, comments and/or concerns.

Fabian Jackson, President

Phyllis Maxwell, Vice President

Shandrea Colson, Treasurer

Sarah Wilson-Kraft, Secretary

Patricia Balkcom, Sergeant at Arms

Patenia Bogan, Board Member

Hargie Hoskins, Board Member

Paula Jackson, Board Member