Board of Directors

Robert Inman Ragsdale, III (Trey)

Trey Ragsdale serves as vice-chair for the Gwinnett Place CID Board of Directors. He manages external relations for Kaiser Permanente in Georgia. In this role, Trey is responsible for securing government and community support for Kaiser Permanente’s healthcare initiatives throughout Georgia. Prior to his role at Kaiser Permanente, Trey held leadership positions at MARTA, the United States Senate and The White House, King & Spalding law firm and The Coca-Coca Company.

Trey is also a part of other organizations, including the Atlanta Regional Commission Workforce Development Board, HINRI, Partnership Gwinnett Board, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Cherokee Chamber of Commerce, Cherokee Focus, Young Life, Chattahoochee Technical College, Reinhardt University and several more organizations.

He is the former chairman of the DeKalb Housing Authority, former president and Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Kiwanis, the former chair-elect of the Sandy Springs-Perimeter Chamber of Commerce, a 2005 graduate of the Georgia Academy of Economic Development, 2006 Leadership North Fulton graduate and a 2008 Leadership Atlanta graduate.

In addition, Trey has been extremely involved in the arena of politics having served in advisory and leadership roles to dozens of presidential, state and local campaigns. Trey is the chairman of Pure Politics, the world’s largest political education portal and rated by Forbes.com as “Best of the Web” for political sites.

Trey was honored when Georgia Trend Magazine named him as one of the Top 40 rising Business Leaders under the Age of 40 in the State of Georgia and the Atlanta Business Chronicle selected him as one of the top 50 rising Business Leaders under the Age of 40 in the metropolitan Atlanta region. In 2008, Jezebel Magazine named him as one of the Top 25 Most Beautiful Citizens in Atlanta. Trey holds a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and a MBA from Georgia State University.

Jill Edwards

Serving as the CID’s secretary/treasurer, Jill Edwards is Senior Vice President with United Community Bank. Jill received a a BS in finance and minor in management from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and has more than 30 years of business banking experience in Atlanta, the majority of which has been spent focusing on the Gwinnett market. Prior to joining United, she served as the Gwinnett Business Banking Manager for Wells Fargo where she was consistently recognized as a top performer in revenue production, sales and service. She has also served in commercial banking leadership roles at Wachovia, Washington Mutual and SunTrust.

She is heavily involved in Gwinnett County and is immediate past Chair of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Jill is also involved with the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services and Rainbow Village and Across the Bridge boards. Jill has 15 years of active membership in Kiwanis and leadership on Wachovia’s United Way Employee Campaign for Metro Atlanta.

Jill’s 30 years of managing Gwinnett County’s team of business bankers makes her aware of the issues challenging the Gwinnett Place area, and she wants to be a part of the solution to continue to drive economic viability in the Gwinnett market.

Christopher Caltabiano

As Senior Vice President of Northwood Investors, Christopher Caltabiano is responsible for overseeing asset management activities and for developing and executing investment strategies for a portfolio of office and mixed-use assets located across the country.

Prior to joining Northwood, Christopher was Senior Vice President at Shorenstein Properties where he was responsible for construction, leasing and financing trophy-caliber office properties along the east coast. He has also served as Vice President for AIG Global Real Estate, Associate for Rockwood Real Estate Advisors and as an analyst and consultant at Bloomberg Financial Markets.

Christopher graduated from St. John’s University with a Bachelor of Science and received a Master of Science from the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate where he is currently an adjunct assistant professor. Chris is a frequent lecturer on real estate, corporate finance, valuation and risk management and his research on these subjects has been published in the Real Estate Review.

Tim Hur

Tim Hur is the national director of inclusion and philanthropy at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC. In this role, Tim is in charge of growing the brand presence focusing on the diversity markets, which includes maintaining strong relationships with The Asian Real Estate Association of America, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals and National Association of Real Estate Brokers.

Tim Hur is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering. For the past 10 years since graduation, Tim has been operating a boutique real estate firm in Metro Atlanta.

Tim is also a charter member and past-President for the Gwinnett Mosaic Rotary Club, and serves many other nonprofit organizations within the Metro Atlanta area. He is a member of the Atlanta Realtors, Atlanta Commercial Board and Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of REALTORS®, having multiple designations obtained through the REALTOR® network, including the prestigious CRS, CIPS, ABR and GREEN designations.

Tim was also elected as the 2013 and 2014 President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America, was the past National Policy Chairman and the currently elected National Treasurer and Secretary of the Asian Real Estate Association of America. He was also appointed by both the 2013 President, 2014 President and 2015 President of the National Association of REALTORS® to be their President Liaison for South Korea, on behalf of the National Association of REALTORS®. He is currently the Chair for the Diversity Committee, on behalf of the National Association of REALTORS®, and is also spearheading the work to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Fair Housing Act.

Tim considers Gwinnett County one of the most populous and diverse areas in the Atlanta metro area, and wants to provide insight and input into the future of Gwinnett Place.

Ondria Jett

Ondria Jett has acquired 25 years of experience in commercial property management by managing capital and tenant improvements with a value of more than $100 million. As a Regional Manager for Banyan Street Capital, she is responsible for the oversight of nearly 3 million square feet of commercial property in Atlanta and New York, as well as annual business plans and budgets with a net operating income (NOI) of more than $45 million.

Ondria’s experience in commercial property management began as an Assistant Manager for a downtown Atlanta property that underwent a $26 million redevelopment. In her roles representing commercial property owners, Ondria has served as liaison for major tenants such as Salesforce, Google, RentPath, FDIC, Jacobs Engineering, National Financial Services Group, Wells Fargo and the GSA. Ondria was named CBRE Real Estate Manager of the Year in 2004, won the 2004 Building Owners and Managers Association Atlanta Office Building of the Year Award and served on the board for the Perimeter Transportation Coalition from 2007 to 2008.

Ondria holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She also supplemented her education through the Institute of Real Estate Management and the Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) earning her Certified Property Manager and Real Property Administrator designations.

June (Jeong-Hwa) Lee

June Lee is a partner with the Atlanta law firm, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. A graduate of the University of Georgia Law School, June is also the founding president of the Korean Bar Association of Georgia, the regional governor for International Association of Korean Lawyers, and is a member of the American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association and Council of Korean Americans. June specializes in corporate law, foreign investment, immigration, and international law where she works to promote business relationships between U.S. companies and Korean companies. June is also a frequent speaker on women’s issues, mentoring and economic development.

June is dedicated to being part of the process of the Gwinnett Place transformation. She intends to represent the concerns and interests of Korean-American owned businesses in the district, along with people of all origins, and will work to make Gwinnett Place the location in Atlanta to enjoy the diversity of culture, food, activities and music.

Chris McGahee

Chris McGahee is an economic development manager for the City of Duluth where he specializes in assisting individuals and companies interested in doing business in the City of Duluth. He joined the Gwinnett Place CID to help promote economic development and hopes the board will help bring redevelopment and growth to the Gwinnett Place area.

Prior to working for the City of Duluth, Chris was the economic development director for Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRDC) and has more than 30 years of experience in the economic development field. He’s also a member of Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) and is a graduate from the University of Georgia.

Romi Patel

Romi Patel, Vice President of BHG Hotels, was elected to a three-year term. BHG Hotels is a family-owned business that invests in hospitality ventures in the Midwest and Southeastern hotel markets, including two hotels in the Gwinnett Place CID (Wyndham Garden-Duluth and Wingate by Wyndham-Duluth). Mr. Patel’s primary responsibility is to oversee all aspects of operations, playing a key role in keeping renovations updated in all BHG properties, and assisting with the development and expansion of the company’s hotel portfolio. Romi has been interested in the hospitality industry since a young age- witnessing his parents’ ambition, interning at hotels, and taking the initiative of expanding BHG. Romi graduated from Indiana University prior to joining BHG Hotels in 2011.