Twenty Georgia Department of Labor employees graduated from the department’s Executive Commitment to Excellence in Leadership program on Friday, June 2. EXCEL, a partnership with the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government that began in 1992, is designed to develop future department leaders. Classes explore the major political, social and economic issues facing the state and nation.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, EXCEL instructors and the Class of 2017 are pictured:

Front Row (left to right), Commissioner Butler; Phyllis Stocker, Contract Specialist Supervisor in Financial Services in the Central Office in Atlanta; Rosely Booker, Supervisor in the Central Examining Unit of the UI Claims Administration in the Central Office in Atlanta; Kimberly Carver, Unit Supervisor in the North Metro Atlanta Career Center; Cheryl McClintock, Supervisor in the UI Legal Section in the Central Office in Atlanta; Kirstin Beard, SNAP Works Case Manager Supervisor in Augusta; John Shaw, Manager of the Americus Career Center; Christina Edwards, Supervisor in the Albany Career Center; Patsy Carr, Manager of the Dublin Career Center; and Paul Schrilla, Print Shop Manager in the Central Office in Atlanta.

Back Row (left to right), Ashley Howard, GDOL Staff Development Director in the Central Office in Atlanta; Mike Murray, Systems Administrator in the Information Technology Department in the Central Office in Atlanta; Raphael Johnson, Architect in Facilities Management in the Central Office in Atlanta;  Christine Zierler, Supervisor in the Rome Career Center; Adry Joubert, Appeals Tribunal Unit Supervisor in the Central Office in Atlanta; David Pinckney, Business Services Recruiter based in the Clayton County Career Center; Bennie McKinney, Unit Supervisor in the Cobb-Cherokee Career Center; Sharonda Ward-Sawyers, ADA Coordinator in the Human Resources Division in the Central Office in Atlanta; Stacey Jones, UI Field Tax Auditor Supervisor in the Cobb-Cherokee Career Center; David Key, Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s trainer, University of Georgia; and Barbara Walton, UI Claims Examiner Supervisor in the Central Office in Atlanta.

Not shown are Darian Cole, Unit Supervisor in the Overpayments Unit in the Central Office in Atlanta, and Lori Martel, Manager of the Eastman Career Center.