M. Brantley Barrow
Chairman, Hardin Construction Company, LLC

As Chairman, Mr. Barrow is responsible for the overall strategic direction and executive management of the firm, and also oversees the company’s financial affairs, human resource, risk management and information technology areas.

With over 30 years of financial and management experience to his credit — 30 of those in the construction and real estate industries— Brantley Barrow is a unique asset among Hardin’s executive corps. As former national president of the Construction Financial Management Association, his visibility and depth of industry contacts keeps Hardin in the forefront of competitors and clients alike.

Mr. Barrow is a member of the Board of Trustees for Young Harris College and serves as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Terry School of Business Alumni Association at the University of Georgia, a member of the Board of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trustees of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, Inc., and March of Dimes Georgia Chapter. He is a Past-Chairman of Junior Achievement of Georgia, Inc., has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1996 and serves as a class room volunteer. He is also a member of the Finance Committee for the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Inc. where he also has served as a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee. He is a former National President of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). He is the former president and a founding director of the Georgia Chapter of CFMA. He is also a certified Construction Industry Financial Professional and Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Buckhead Coalition.

Mr. Barrow holds an associate of education degree from Young Harris College and the bachelor of business administration (summa cum laude) from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.