GMC Service Award: This is given to GMC alumni or friends who have rendered special service to the school and their community through demonstrated involvement in campus and community organizations and activities. This is the highest recognition given for outstanding service and volunteerism.
Mrs. Teri White
Mrs. Teri White has made a true and lasting impact on Georgia Military College since becoming involved in 2015. She had recently retired from a prolific career in the financial sector and moved to Milledgeville. Upon arrival in the community, she became fascinated by the history and mission of Georgia Military College. After meeting some of GMC’s leadership team out in the community, they discussed that her background skills might be of service to GMC and she quickly started volunteering her time and immense talent to help the institution.
Mrs. White graduated from Auburn University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and then earned her Master of Business Administration from Clemson-Furman University in 1982. She has 30+ years of financial experience with 17 years working as a Chief Financial Officer.
From 1991-1998, she served as Vice President of Planning and Administration at Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University in Atlanta. In this role, she was responsible for managing a budget of $25 million and seventy full-time employees. She then transitioned to be the Chief Financial Officer of Visiting Nurse Health System in Atlanta from 1998-2004. Visiting Nurse Health System is a sixty-year-old provider of home health and hospice services with 1,000 employees.
From 2004 to 2015, she worked at DAVITA Healthcare Partners, Inc. as Chief Financial Officer of Laboratories/VP Finance of Corporation. At that time Laboratories were a $250 million wholly-owned subsidiary of a $9 billion global Fortune 500 corporation, serving approximately one million dialysis and primary care patients. Ms. White retired from DAVITA in 2015.
Ms. White supported and served on not-for-profit boards for 13 years, including serving as Secretary-Treasurer on three Emory Egleston Boards and supporting donor relations.
Ms. White joined the GMC Foundation Board of Trustees in 2016 and quickly assumed the role of Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Executive Committee. She currently serves as Treasurer of the GMC Foundation, Chair of the Operating Committee, and is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees. Teri consistently gives of her time and talent through her leadership in the GMC Foundation. She has been instrumental in key decisions and guidance for the Foundation during the COVID pandemic as well as during leadership changes. Her financial acumen has proven deeply invaluable in guiding the assets of the Foundation to reach unprecedented levels. Her expertise and leadership helped the GMC Foundation’s net assets to increase to over $40 million in recent years.
She is also a personal investor in GMC who has given generously of her assets to support the students and programs of Georgia Military College. In 2022, she served as a judge for the National Ethics Bowl Competition. In addition, she has been a proud volunteer at the annual Bulldog Club barbecue for several years.
She is active with Milledgeville First United Methodist Church, where she teaches Sunday School, is Chair of the Staff-Parrish Relations Committee, and serves on the Church Council and the Executive Committee. She is a volunteer for Vacation Bible School, River of Life, and Angel Tree, which benefits the Early Learning Center of Milledgeville. She also serves on the Board of the Methodist Christian Counseling Center.
She has a son, and daughter-in-law, Cliff and Theresia Harrell, and is a loving grandmother to Ava, age 7, and Rex, age 5, who live in Alpharetta, Georgia.
