Upon election as Chairman Poitevint said: “I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the people of Georgia. On your watch, Steve, we have achieved great things, and I hope to follow in your large footsteps.”
“Steve Green has been a tireless advocate for the port,” said GPA’s Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz. “Thanks to his leadership, the GPA is poised to strengthen its global leadership position and strengthen the long-term interests and advantages of our region.”
Poitevint currently serves as Vice-Chairman and Director of First Port City Bank of Bainbridge. He is Chairman of American Feed Industry Insurance Company and past Chairman of the American Feed Industry Association and National Feed Ingredients Association. He serves as a Director of the Georgia Agribusiness Council and was Federal Commissioner of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Water Compact. He was a former mission member of the U.S. Agricultural Trade and Development Mission to Europe in 1990 and U.S. Delegate to World Food Summit in 2002. “Clearly, our number-one priority is the deepening of the Savannah River channel,” said Poitevint. “I look forward to working with my fellow board members and GPA staff to enhance our role as a major economic engine of our state.” Other Board members elected to one-year offices were James R. Lientz, Jr. of Atlanta, Vice Chairman and Roy H. Fickling of Macon, Secretary and Treasurer. Lientz served as the state of Georgia’s chief operating officer for the last seven and a half years and will return to the private sector on June 30. Fickling is the president of Fickling & Company, Inc., a regional real estate development, brokerage, management and consulting firm.
