Zab Mendez joins GNTC Foundation’s Board of Trustees

August 14, 2023

The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation announces the appointment of Zab Mendez to the GNTC Foundation Board of Trustees.

Mendez is the senior vice president and Dalton Market president of North Georgia National Bank. He has more than 25 years of banking experience in Whitfield County.

Mendez graduated from Dalton High School and attended Dalton State College. For more than three decades, he has lived in Dalton, where he has been actively involved in the community.

He has served as a youth counselor at Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida (New Life Baptist Church) for more than 20 years and has served as a community advocate on multiple community boards, including the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce and the Dalton Parks and Recreation Department. He has also been a member of the Dalton Civitan Club.

Mendez currently serves on the Hamilton Health Care Center Board of Trustees, the Royal Oaks Community’s Board of Directors, the Dalton-Whitfield Community Foundation Board of Directors and the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Advisory Council.

Mendez and his wife, Claudia, have three children. He has been recognized as one of Dalton Magazine’s Top 20 Under 40 honorees.

Zab Mendez has joined the GNTC Foundation Board of Trustees.
Zab Mendez has joined the GNTC Foundation Board of Trustees.

The GNTC Foundation Trustees are Valerie Brown, Whitfield County; Phillip Burkhalter, Floyd County; Linda Case, Dade County; Steven M. Henry, Catoosa County; Luther Ingram, Walker County; Amy L. Jackson, Catoosa County; Jay LeGrande, Polk County; Craig McDaniel, Floyd County; Zab Mendez, Whitfield County; Sherrie Patterson, Murray County; Damon Raines, Walker County; Becky Redd, Gordon County; Wil Stiles, Catoosa County; and Doris White, Walker County.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 11,601 people benefited from GNTC’s credit and noncredit programs. GNTC has an annual credit enrollment of 8,071 students and an additional enrollment of 3,530 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. GNTC is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia and an Equal Opportunity Institution.

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