COBB VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
Professional Advisors
Mark a. Johnson
Attorney at law
Legal Counsel
Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation
pROFESSIONAL aDVISORS
mARK a. jOHNSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Legal Counsel
OVERVIEW
As the brat of a career Naval flight instructor, carrier and blimp pilot, nuclear weapons officer, meteorologist and oceanographer, Mark spent his formative years moving to Navy bases on both coasts and to a joint NAS/French Foreign Legion base in Port Lyautey, Morocco. Mark is honored and privileged to assist Cobb veterans as a practicing lawyer, having previously donated a 501(c)(3) corporation, the Bravo Victor Fund, Ltd., as an adjunct to Cobb County Military Court.
He splits his practice between civil trial and transactional work, emphasizing business law and the representation of closely-held and family businesses, including estate and transition planning. Significant practice milestones include the 7 year zoning approval of the 440 acre mixed use development at Sandy Plains and Shallowford Roads, anchored by the first Publix in Georgia; lawyering the Cobb County art exhibition From Ivan The Terrible To Peter The Great, utilizing icons, tapestries, jewels, manuscripts and central Iconostasis from the Novedevichy Convent from the State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russian Federation; Representing the parents in the first gestational surrogacy (1991), the first artificial insemination surrogacy (1992), and the first donor surrogacy (1999) in the state of Georgia; serving as General Counsel for Corporate Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), and as Legal Counsel for Williams Realty Advisors, LLC (“Advisors”); Holdings managed a high net worth individual’s investments, international transactions and philanthropy; Advisors managed real estate development and acquisition funds with $3 billion in assets; Prevailed 16 times in published appellate decisions.
EDUCATION, SERVICE AND/OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- BA (Journalism), UNC (Chapel Hill), Phi Beta Kappa, ACC Honor Roll, NCAA Division 1 Soccer, 1976
- JD/MBA, University of Georgia, Sigma Iota Epsilon, 1979/1980
- LLM (Taxation), Emory University Law School, 1987
- State Bar of Georgia member, 1979 to present
- Mediator/Neutral, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, 2008
RELEVANT PERSONAL AND/OR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating, Georgia Super Lawyer, James Magazine/Insider Advantage
- State Bar of Georgia (Business Court and Bridge the Gap Committees)
- Cobb County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, President of the Business Law and Litigation Section)
- Georgia Charter Educational Foundation Governing Board
- Leadership Cobb, Coverdell Leadership Institute/Republican Leadership of Georgia
- Hospital Authority of Cobb County Board Member, Wellstar Regional Health Board
- Cobb County Ordinance Review Committee
- Marietta Metro Rotary, Board Member, Paul Harris Fellow
- Addressing the Annual Conferences of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in San Diego and Philadelphia, as well as the annual conclave of Georgia’s Superior Court Judges on legal issues related to Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Georgia Ducks Unlimited Area Chairman of the Year
- Federalist Society
- Junior High and High Sunday School Teacher, St James Episcopal, Marietta First United
- Methodist Church Council
Robert t. Morgan
CPA
Financial Counsel
Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation
Professional Advisors
Robert T. Morgan
CPA
Financial Counsel
OVERVIEW
Bob is a native Georgian. He has traveled to many states and countries but has lived in Georgia, except for 1966 -1967, when he served in the military. He had three duty stations: Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia; Advanced Training at the Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky; and the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. In Vietnam he was assigned to a tank company where he served as a tank crewman. After his discharge Bob enrolled in college taking advantage of the GI Bill to help with the expenses. Upon graduating with a BBA in accounting he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and then to Cobb County to practice his profession. He has provided accounting services, tax preparation, and financial consulting to clients in the automotive, banking, construction, and manufacturing industry, as well as providing tax advice to countless individual clients.
EDUCATION, SERVICE AND/OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
BBA Accounting Georgia Southern, 1970
Received CPA certificate, 1973
Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Member of the North Atlanta Chapter of Certified Public Accountants
Relevant Personal and / Or Community Activities Information
- Charter member and member of Board of Directors of the North Atlanta Chapter of Certified Public Accountants
- Treasurer and member of the original Board of Directors of the Southwest Cobb Youth Soccer Association
- Board of Directors of Calvary Children’s Home
- President of the Cheatham Hill Farms Home Owner’s Association
- Distinguished President of Metro Marietta Kiwanis Club
- Campaign Treasurer for candidate and Congressman Phil Gingrey
- Campaign Treasurer for Cobb County Commission Chairman and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens
- Vice Chairman of Development Authority of Cobb County
- Treasurer and member of Board of Directors of Franklin Gateway Community
Improvement District - Managing Partner of the Accounting Firm Cerqueda, Morgan, & Collins –
Established in Marietta, GA in 1952
Bob is married to Toria Estes Morgan from Waycross, Georgia. They have lived in Cobb County since 1970 and have two children — Paige and Rob. They also have one grandchild, Thai Johnson, who is a student at Columbus College. Bob enjoys traveling, fishing, hiking, and gardening.
Robert Ott
COBB COMMISSIONER
General Counsel
Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation
Professional advisors
Robert Ott
COBB COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 2
General Counsel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Delta Air Lines Pilot
- Small Business Owner
- Former Military Pilot
EDUCATION
- MS in Systems Management
- BA in Biology
- Classroom Teacher
Personal
- Married to Judy for 22 years
- Two Children Katie and Chris
- Active members of Mt. Bethel UMC
- Scoutmaster Troop 1011
Community Service
- Symphony on the Square Board
- Earl Smith Strand Theater Board
- Big Brother/Big Sister Cobb Board
- Cobb County Planning Commission
- Cobb Board of Zoning Appeals
- East Cobb Civic Association
- Neighborhood Safety Commission
- SPLOST Oversight Committee
Kathy m. collar
gvva secretary
Executive Assistant
Cobb Veterans Memorial Foundation
Professional advisors
Kathy mchugh collar
gvva secretary
Executive Assistant
Born in 1947 in McKeesport, PA to James and Betty McHugh. The family was a lot like the military as her father was an Air Traffic Controller and moved around until finally settling in Columbia, South Carolina. Kathy met her husband in 1969 and were married for 47 years.
As a brand new Army wife, Kathy’s first assignment with her husband was the 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC. Other assignments included Ankara Turkey, Alaska, and Hawaii. The final assignment was to Fort McPherson, Georgia where her husband, Roy, retired from the US Army with 29 years of Active Duty.
Kathy retired as Executive Administrative Officer for the Director, Information Management, Headquarters Army Reserve Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia. She ended her 30 year Civil Service Career in May 2011.
Kathy remains active in the community and is currently the secretary for the Georgia Vietnam Veterans’ Alliance. Other volunteer work includes church activities and the Woodie Fite Senior Center, Douglasville, GA.
Kathy has received numerous achievement awards throughout her Civil Service career. Her proudest moment was when she became an Army wife. Kathy currently resides in Douglasville, Georgia.