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SSU Foundation, Inc.

The Savannah State University Foundation, Inc. is a Georgia non-profit corporation with the purpose of receiving, investing and administering the private support of Savannah State University.

The mission of the Foundation is to support and enhance the University by encouraging charitable gifts from alumni and friends leading to academic programs of excellence. This Margin of Excellence allows the University to build upon a growing reputation of quality and value beyond the traditional resources provided by state appropriations or student tuition and fees.

The Foundation serves as the university's gift receiving office as the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia asks donors to make charitable gifts to the Foundation. For that reason, care should be taken to insure that all checks, deeds and negotiable instruments are made to the SSU Foundation. The Foundation will provide a gift receipt suitable for tax purposes acknowledging each gift.

A Board of Directors comprised of loyal alumni and friends administers and invests charitable gifts to maximize the gift's value to the University. The Foundation is tax exempt under provisions of section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Internal Revenue Service has further ruled that contributions to the Foundation are deductible by donors as provided in section 170 of the Code for federal income, gift and estate tax purposes. These provisions provide the most favorable tax advantages allowed by the Internal Revenue Service for charitable contributions.

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OFFICERS

Dr. Clemontine Washington
Chairwoman, 2025 - 2028 Term
Former Mayor, City of Midway  

Michael A. Kaigler
Vice Chairman, 2025 - 2028 Term
County Manager, Chatham County

John Kelley
Treasurer, Financial Investment & Audit Chair, 2025 - 2028 Term 
President/CEO
Executive, Georgia Power Company (Retired)

James Melvin
Secretary, 2025 - 2028 Term

Carolyn W. Price
Financial Secretary, 2025 - 2028 Term
Retired, Norfolk Southern

Dr. Jermaine Whirl
President, Savannah State University

Adrian L. Scott
Vice President for University Advancement
Exec. Director, SSUF Inc.

Michelle Adams
Membership Chair
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer, Adams Funeral Home

Charles G. Young
Membership Chair
Chairman, Grady Young Foundation, Inc.

Lt. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin, Ret.
Strategic Planning Committee Chair 
Secretary, North Carolina Department of Military & Veteran Affairs
Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps (Retired)

Capt. Bernard L. Jackson, Ret.
Military Support Committee Chair
President/CEO, Leading Edge Solutions
Captain, United States Navy (Retired)

Bobby Lockett
Community/Government Committee Chair
Commissioner - District 3, Chatham County Board of Commissioners

Barbara L. McGhee
Booster Club President 
Retired Educator

Glennera Martin
Special Events Committee Chair
Retired Educator

Harold Washington
SSUNAA President 
School Administrator, Dekalb County School System

Arthur J. Terry
Fundraising & Development Committee Chair
Retired, Pfizer, Inc.

Dr. Jimmie C. Jackson
Chairwoman Emeritus, Term - Life
Retired School Administrator
Former President, American Federation of Teacher

BOARD MEMBERS

(Term denotes the year each term started)

LaTanga Allen-Felder
Director, Term - 2014
Senior Transportation Data Reporting Analyst, City of Atlanta

Dr. Florene Boles
Director, Term - 2007
Retired Educator

Willis Blake, Ed.D
Director, Term - 2024 
Educator

William Daniel Jr.
Director, Term - 2020
Owner, Lassister Investments LLC
Vice President & General Counsel, Vaden Automotive Group

Eugene Felton Jr., Esq.
Director, Term - 2018
Partner, Seay & Felton Law Firm

Dr. Patricia Harris 
Director, Term - 2014
Retired School Administrator

Edna Branch Jackson
Director, Term - 2000
Georgia State Representative
Former Mayor, City of Savannah

Hon. Emanuel Larkin Jr.
Director, Term - 2014
Magistrate Judge, Burke County Board of Commissioners

Ronald McGee
Director, Term - 2020
Senior Manager Government Affairs, Comcast Cable

Valerie L. Reynolds, MD
Director, Term - 2020
United States Navy (Retired)

Dr. William T. Simmons
Director, Term - 2014
District Court Administrator - 6th Judicial Administrative District

Julius Smith
Director, Term - 2000

Daniel Stevenson
Director, Term - 2014
Presiding Bishop, 6th District AME Church GA

Dr. Marilyn S. Taylor
Director, Term - 2023
Retired School Administrator

Michael D. Williams
Director, Term - 2023                    

All Board Members serve until resignation and/or replacement.