Board of Directors

President – Roger L. (Chip) Mitchell
Roger L. “Chip” Mitchell has been President of the Bettye Reed Scholarship Foundation since its inception. Chip, a cousin of Bettye Reed, was instrumental in the formation of this scholarship foundation. Having spent several years in educational fundraising Chip has offered a keen insight in to laying the groundwork to build this foundation from the ground up. Chip holds dual degrees from Shorter College in both Church Music and Music Education, and is currently pursing his Masters degree in Business Administration.  He has taught in the Floyd County School System as well held the position of Minister of Music at various churches in the Greater Rome area. Currently Chip is employed at Shorter College as Director of Alumni Services and Development in the Office of Institutional Advancement. He is a resident of Rome where he resides with his English bulldog/beagle mix, Lulu.

Vice-President – Alfred R. Mitchell
Alfred R. Mitchell, a native Roman, holds the position of Vice President of the Bettye Reed Scholarship Foundation Inc. Al, a close cousin of Bettye Reed, has played a vital role in the formation and administration of the foundation.

Mitchell began his education at Model Elementary School before his family moved to Summerville, GA during the middle of his 6th Grade year. Al graduated from Summerville High School with the Class of 1957. An interest in electronics led Al to obtain an Associates Degree in Electronics Technology from United Electronics Laboratory in 1960. In addition to his degrees, Mitchell acquired an amateur radio license in 1958 that he still holds to this day.

Al began a lifelong career in two-way radio repair and engineering in 1962 when he opened his first business in Summerville called Communications Engineering Company. Mitchell operated this business, which served all of Northwest Georgia until the death of his father in 1967. At that point, he and his family moved back to Rome where he went to work as a Tech/Installer at Rome Mobile Radio Service. Al kept that position until he bought the company in 1976. At that time, the name changed to Coosa Valley Communications, Inc and remains to this day as a major player in NWGA two-way radio sales and service.

Al retired from Coosa Valley Communications in 2003 after over 40 years in the radio business. Al is married to Jeanne Whitehead of Rome and has one son, Chip. In his retirement, Al has found pleasure in remodeling both his son’s and his own homes. Al and his family are members of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Rome.

Secretary & Treasurer – Robert T. Masters

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