Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments

Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments:

Georgia Board of Massage Therapy
Steven “Steve” F. Earles, 53, Pine Mountain, GA – Earles is the owner of Refresh Massage Therapy and Fresh Services, Inc. He is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association and International Body Works. He serves as a member of the Harris and Pine Mountain Chamber of Commerce and the Sons of Lafayette Audition Singing Group. Earles received a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University, a bachelor’s degree from Columbus State University and a master’s degree from Blue Cliff College. He and his wife, Cindy, have three children and four grandchildren.

Jane H. Johnson, 44, Marietta, GA – Johnson owns Clinical Massage Associates in Marietta. She is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association and serves the Georgia chapter as policy chair, government relations committee member and on the 2006 National Convention Host Committee. Johnson attended Gordon Junior College, the Ohio College of Massotherapy and the Atlanta School of Massage. She and her husband, Douglas, have one child.

Kathy V. Lescak, 57, Metter, GA – Lescak is the owner of Power of Touch Massage, Inc. and specializes in medical massage. She is a member of the International Massage Association and the Hawaiian Jiu-Jitsu System, Inc. Lescak received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois.

Melony Phillips-Gorin, 41, Acworth, GA – Phillips-Gorin serves as faculty supervisor and instructor at the Atlanta School of Massage. She is serving her second term as vice president of the governing board of the American Massage Therapy Association Council of Schools and previously chaired its ethics committee. Phillips-Gorin received an associate’s degree from Santa Fe Community College, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and a massage therapist certification from the Academy of Somatic Healing Arts. She is married to David Gorin.

Marlene Gaskill, 71, Norcross, GA, Consumer Member – Gaskill is the owner of Peachtree Corners Rental. She serves on the board of directors for the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association and is past president of the Brookwood Homeowner’s Association. Gaskill is a guest lecturer at the University of Delaware. She has one child.

Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists
Javel Jackson Psy.D., 47, Decatur, GA – Jackson is a licensed professional counselor and psychologist and serves as the clinical director for MHM Correctional Services. She received a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University, a master’s degree from Texas A&M University, and a doctoral degree from the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology. She and her husband, Donald, have two children.

State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers
Ralph T. Jackson, Jr., 46, Leesburg, GA – Jackson is the owner of Ralph Jackson Hearing Aid Service, Inc. and has been a licensed hearing aid dispenser for over twenty years. He is vicepresident of the Georgia Society of Hearing Professionals and the Georgia Society of Hearing Professionals Foundation. Jackson attended Albany Junior College. He is married to Catherine Jackson.

State Commission on Family Violence
Hugh Gibbs Flanders, Jr., 51, Dublin, GA, Judicial District Eight Representative (REAPPOINTMENT) – Flanders is the chief judge for the Superior Court of the Dublin Judicial Circuit. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corp. and as chairperson of the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. He was president of the Council of Superior Court Judges and chairman for the Boy Scouts Pine Forest District. He received a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern College, a law degree from the University of Georgia and graduated from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School with honors. He and his wife, Theresa, have two sons.

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