2010-2011 Foundation Trustee
Term: July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2015
Merry Tipton
Director of Corporate Communications
Sea Island Company
Merry Tipton is a native of Glynn County and a graduate of Glynn Academy. After graduating with a degree in Journalism from the Henry Grady School of Journalism, University of Georgia, she moved to Columbus. In Columbus, she worked at The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspapers (Knight-Ridder Newspapers) for 18 years, all on the marketing/business side of the paper, rose from Assistant Promotion Manager to be a member of the Executive Team as Director of Promotion and Market Research. Mrs. Tipton returned home in 1991 when her husband, Bill, was named Executive Director of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Visitors Bureau. Mrs. Tipton is extremely active in her community, currently on the board Habitat for Humanity of Glynn County and the Georgia Humanities Council.
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