Secretary of State News

For Immediate Release
January 14, 2008
FFI Contact: Matt Carrothers
Director of Media Relations
 404-656-4269

Actions Taken by the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists at its January 11 Meeting

Macon, Ga.—The Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists held its monthly meeting on Friday, January 11.

The Board voted to ratify the following licenses:

Clinical Social Worker

  • Cobern Brown, Lithonia
  • William Lapierre, Kingland
  • Dawn Yockey, Douglasville

Master Social Worker

  • Terence Christopher, Atlanta
  • Trecia Lewis, Conyers
  • Deboard Massey, New York, New York
  • William Morningstar, Martinez
  • Katherine Rhinehard, Wichita, Kansas
  • Melanie Younger, Amarillo, Texas

Associate Professional Counselor

  • Amanda Burch, Oakwood
  • Rashida Byams, Decatur
  • Elisabeth Cummings, Flowery Branch
  • Philip Gnika, Atlanta
  • David Harris, Atlanta
  • Marzena Holly, Marietta
  • Lonja Jones, Lithia Springs
  • Porsche Laster, Smyrna
  • Lisa McDaniel, Bethlehem
  • Samantha McInnis, Atlanta
  • LaTonya Mitchell, Covington
  • Courtney Sims, Marietta
  • Tyrone Watson, Kennesaw
  • Corie Weathers, Dacula
  • Christie Williams, Carrollton
  • Tracey Wyatt, Athens

Professional Counselor

  • Carlye Abrams, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • LaShanda Amos, Milledgeville
  • Sheila Bell, Savannah
  • Erin Busby, Marietta
  • Andre Griggs, Covington
  • Lance Henson, Dahlonega
  • Nichelle Jackson, Stockbridge
  • Antonio Johnson, Ellenwood
  • Vinitha Pastor, Smyrna
  • Marisol Robles, Hinesville
  • Michael Roe, Atlanta
  • Amie Ross, Roswell
  • Anne St. Pierre, Portland, Maine
  • Dian Stevenson, Woodstock
  • Patrice Stokes, Atlanta
  • Danielle Tolbert, Douglasville
  • Michele Turner, Rome
  • Dena Williams, Atlanta
  • Kristin Young, Atlanta

 The next meeting of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists will be held on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 9 a.m. at the Professional Licensing Board in Macon.