Bambie Hayes-Brown is a native of Cordele, Georgia and a graduate of Shorter University with both a Bachelor's in Business Management and a Master's of Business Administration, and a Class of 2018 graduate of the Atlanta Regional Commission's Regional Leadership Institute. She completed additional studies in Secondary Education and is a PhD Candidate. Bambie is President and CEO of Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc., a statewide membership organization of housing and community development agencies. Bambie is a highly sought after speaker on affordable housing, community and economic development. Additionally, Bambie is the Qualifying Broker of Maximum One Realty Executives, a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional, co-chairs the HouseATL Policy Committee, and is Secretary of the Atlanta Housing Coalition and the ATL Airport Chamber of Commerce and serves on numerous advisory committees including the Enterprise SE Advisory Committee, Housing Justice League, Fifth Third Bank, and Cadence Bank. Bambie is married to Shearon Brown and the 'blended' mother of five children and splits her residence between Forest Park and South Georgia.