GCA Chapters
Georgia Cattlemen's Association Chapter
If you are interested in joining the Georgia Cattlemen's Association and meeting with your local chapter, check out who to contact for more information. Our chapter presidents look forward to talking with you!
Check out the Region Map below to see what region your county belongs to. If you need more assistance, please email gca@gabeef.org or call 478-224-5900.
Region 1
Floyd - Floyd/Chattooga
Karl Kilgo | 770-547-2227
Meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at Fairgrounds Sweet P’s at the Palladium, 69 Church St. SE, Rome, Ga. 30161
Murray
Steve Loughridge | 770-695-2370
Northwest Georgia - Catoosa/Whitfield
Thomas Wilhoit | 423-443-1383
Meet on the 4th Thursday of month at Yellow Stone Steak House, 501 Legion Dr., Dalton, Ga. 30721
Red Carpet - Gordon/Bartow
Shawn Prather | 706-503-0355
Meets 2nd Thursday at USDA Building, 1282 SR. 53 Spur SW, Calhoun, Ga. 30701-7636
Tri State - Dade/Walker
Dalton Green | 423-385-5475
Meets 3rd Tuesday of Month, Normally at Walker County Ag. Or Dade County Ag. Center
Region 2
Appalachian - Cherokee/Gilmer/Pickens
John Clark Pettit | 706-273-8457
Meets 1st Monday at 7 p.m., Location rotates between Gilmer, Pickens, and Cherokee Counties.
Blue Ridge Mountain - Fannin/Towns/Union - GA; Cherokee/Clay/Graham - NC
Will Patterson | 706-851-7278
Meets 1st Thursday of Month at 4 different locations. Contact to see where the next meeting will be held.
- Union County Ag. Center, 22 Lovell Dr., Blairsville, Ga. 30512
- Fannin County Ag. Center, 43 Station Ridge, Blue Ridge, Ga. 30514
- Murphy Ag. Pro, 88 Butler Mountain Rd., Murphy, N.C. 28906
- Union County Civic Center, 165 Wellborn St., Blairsville, Ga.
Lumpkin - Lumpkin/Dawson
Anthony Grindle | 706-300-6605
Meetings in 2026 will be February 2, April 9, August 13, October 8. Location: The Mill on Highway 60
North Georgia - Forsyth
Liam Tewksbury | 706-818-2001
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday each month at Free Home Community Center, 9253 Freehome Highway, Canton, Ga. 30115
Region 3
Banks
Kody Rylee | 678-634-9355
Meets 4th Thursday of each month at Banks County Farm Bureau, 1337 McDonald Cir., Commerce, Ga. 30529
Elbert
Brian Bradford | 706-308-7275
Meets 2nd Monday every other Month at Elbert County Extension Office, 1190 Athens Tech Rd., Elberton, Ga. 30635
Franklin
Kris Waller | 706-206-9378
Hall
Steve Brinson Jr. | 770-869-1377
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Hall County District Farm, 4439 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville, Ga. 30506
Hart
Scott Fleming | 706-376-0151
Jackson
Beau Brissey | 678-848-0801
Madison
David Echols | 706-540-6517
Meets at Madison Co. School Systems Ag. Center, 175 Hope Thompson Ln., Danielsville, Ga. 30633
Northeast Georgia - Habersham/Rabun/White
Christopher London | 706-968-3465
Meets each Month except May and November, July 4th is Saturday picnic. Location at North Georgia Tech College. And the Decevember meeting is on the 1st Thursday of December for the Christmas banquet.
Stephens
Hannah Haygood | 706-599-3355
Meets the 4th Monday of month at Stephens Ag. Center/Ferman Gregory Ag. Center, Eastanollee Middle School 7 p.m.
REGION 4
Carroll
Kim Hagen | 404-386-9918
Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Carroll Co. Ag. Center, 900 Newnan, Rd., Carrollton, Ga. 30117
Coweta
Ron Chamberlain | 770-309-3715
Meets 1st Monday of each Month at Coweta Co. Fairgrounds, 275 Pine Rd., Newnan, Ga. 30263 at 6:30 p.m.
2027 Dates: January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July – NO MEETING, August 2, September 7, October 11, November 8, December 13.
Haralson
Dustin Huddleston | 678-332-7790
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at Callaway Livestock Pavillion, 1812 Macedonia Church Rd., Buchanan, Ga. 30113
Heard
Matt Kaurin | 678-237-6545
Meets 3rd Monday of each Month at Hog Waller Cafe, 229 Centralhatchee Pkwy., Centralhatchee, Ga. 30217
Polk
Bryan Babcock | 404-379-1963
Meets 4th Tuesday of each month at one of two locations. Contact to learn which location for the month.
- Cedartown High School,167 Frank Lott Dr. Cedartown, Ga. 30125
- Rockmart High School Ag. Building, 990 Cartersville Highway, Rockmart, Ga. 30153
Tri County - Cobb/Douglas/Paulding
Chloe Moody | 470-330-4759
Meets every other month at Rodney's BBQ, 4724 Dallas Acworth Highway, Dallas, Ga. 30132
Region 5
Barrow
Sharon Cassidy | 417-425-9830
Clarke-Oconee
Max Liebl | 706-248-1827
Meets 3rd Monday of each month at the Thomas Cotton Gin 3783 Greensboro Hwy. Watkinsville, Ga. 30677
Henry
Allen Garland | 678-977-1357
Meets every other month, 3rd Thursday, at Henry County Ga. Ext. Office, 97 Lake Dow Rd. McDonough, Ga. 30252
Morgan
Michael Ivy, Jr. | 706-202-5046
Piedmont - Butts/Jasper/Newton
Earnest Nichols, Jr. | 770-314-6061
UGA
Lauren Dowdell | 813-765-7244
Meets bimonthly at 2435 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, Ga., 30695, also known as The Pit
Walton
Jared Carithers | 770-362-7537
Meets 3rd Tuesday of Month at Walton County Ag. Center, 1208 Criswell Rd., Monroe, Ga. 30655
Region 6
Greene Area
Jon Dyar | 706-453-7586
Lincoln
Dalton Tankersley | 706-504-1905
Little River - Columbia/Glascock/McDuffie/Warren
Joe Newton, Jr. | 706-595-0520
Meets the 1st Thursday of the Month, Warren County 4H, 48 Warren St., Warrenton, Ga. 30828
Oglethorpe
Johnathan Wells | 770-880-6678
Wilkes
Mason Cronic | 706-817-3696
Region 7
Harris - Harris/Muscogee
Brian Griffith | 706-888-1665
Meets on the last Tuesday of the Month at Ag. Center, 10695 Ga. 116, Hamilton, Ga. 31811
Meriwether
Lanny Rampley | 336-803-2920
Meets 3rd Tuesday of each Month at Mckoy Grading, 450 Callaway Rd., Greenville, Ga. 30222
Troup
Will Turner | 706-298-1143
Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at Vulcan Materials Dr., Lagrange, Ga. 30241
Region 8
Baldwin-Jones-Putnam
Bob Neligan | 706-318-3183
Meets the 3rd Thursday of February & April. Location rotates.
Central Georgia - Crawford/Dooly/Houston/Pulaski
Brent Hartley | 478-919-8710
Mid Georgia - Lamar/Monroe/Pike/Spalding/Talbot/Upson
Will Godowns | 770-624-4223
Meets 2nd Thursday of every other month at different locations. Off months they have Directors meeting in Barnsville at Thompson Veh. Clinic, 510 Rose Ave., Barnsville, Ga. 30204
Taylor
Wayne McInvale | 770-468-6971
Meets at Taylor Co. Extension office,196 E. Main St., Butler, Ga. 31006.
Region 9
Burke
Travis Hege | 706-554-4933
Meets six times a year. 2026 will be January, March, May, July, September, and November - on the last Tuesday of the month at Burke County Office Park, 715 W. Sixth St, Waynesboro, Ga. 30830
Jefferson
Caleb Torres | 478-206-7177
Meets 3rd Thursday every other month at Jefferson Ext. Office, 2529 US -1, Louisville, Ga. 30434
Johnson Area
Bray Hutcheson, Jr. | 478-521-2401
Washington
Daryl Frost | 478-232-1510
Meets every quarter on Thursday evening at Washington County Ag. Center, 882 Grady Mertz Rd., Tennille, Ga. 31089
Region 10
Pachitla - Calhoun/Dougherty/Lee/Randolph/Terrell
Matt Bruner | 229-449-0616
Meets at 6 p.m. on some Monday’s, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at Pataula Charter School, 18637 Hartford Street, Edison, Ga. 39846
Sowega - Marian/Schley/Stewart/Sumter/Webster
Matt Berry | 229-942-8456
Meets in winter months only at Experiment Station Rd., Plains, Ga. 31780
Region 11
Ben Hill/Irwin
Ronny Branch | 229-423-9625
Heartland - Bleckley/Dodge/Pulaski
Tony M. Rogers | 478-230-8740
Laurens
Travis Young | 478-456-0419
Macon
Bobby Griffin | 478-230-0422
Ocmulgee -Crisp/Wilcox
Bubba Hollingsworth | 229-406-0513
Three Rivers - Jeff Davis/Telfair/Wheeler
Theresa Molle | 229-315-1466
Meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month in February, March, April, May, & June, September, October & November at Telfair Co. Elementary School, 532 E. Oak St., McRae, Helena, Ga. 31055
Turner
Randy Hardy | 229-567-9255
Region 12
Jenkins
Horace Weathersby, III | 706-551-8384
Meets 2nd Thursday of the month, April, June, September, and December at 434 Barney Ave., Millen, Ga. 30442
Ogeechee - Bryan/Bulloch/Candler/Chatham/Effingham/Emanuel/Jenkins/Screven
Romaine Cartee | 912-531-0580
Tattnall
Timothy Jarriel | 912-585-1999
Region 13
Decatur
Stuart Griffin | 229-400-0097
Grady
Kimber Ouzts | 229-977-7135
Meets 3rd Thursday every other Month
Miller
Trent Clenney | 229-726-1368
Mitchell - Baker/Mitchell
Jimmy Clifton | 229-344-5723
On Thursdays at Mitchell Co. Ag. Center, 186 SR-37, Camilla, Ga. 31730. No set Thursday of each month. Reach out for more information.
Seminole
Bruce Barber | 229-442-0200
Region 14
ABAC
Devon Brown | 352-895-2846
Meets every other Wednesday at Ag. Building, room 137-138 on Campus, 2802 Moore Hwy., Tifton, Ga. 31793
Colquitt
Harry Thompson | 229-891-4351
Meets 4 times a year in October, January, February, and March. Location: Extension office, 350 Veterans Pkwy. N., Moultrie, Ga. 31788
South Georgia - Atkinson/Bacon/Coffee
Justin Jones | 912-309-1590
Tift
Andy Dunn | 229-848-3535
Wiregrass - Berrien/Brooks/Cook/Lowndes/Lanier
Jerry Kenbeek | 229-569-5440
Meet every other month. Location rotates between the five county region.
Worth
Hardy Goodman | 229-402-4806
Meets every 2nd Monday of the month at Worth Co. Cattlemen’s, 102 Rebecca Dr., Sylvester, Ga. 31791
Region 15
Piney Woods - Appling/Bacon/Toombs
David Eason | 912-221-8926
Satilla - Pierce/Ware
Alvin Walker, Jr. | 912-449-5352
South GA Black Cattlemen’s
Cedric Berry | 912-230-2610
Southeast Georgia - Brantley/Camden/Charlton/Glynn
Devin Harris | 912-286-1798
Meets 3rd. Tuesday of the Month at the home of Stephen Crews, 765 Samuel Crews Rd., Folkston, Ga. 31537
Wayne
Robin Thornton | 912-579-2181
