John Culpepper

John Culpepper began his career in local government in 1975 as a staff member of the Oconee Area Planning and Development Commission in Georgia. He served as the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Milledgeville, Georgia (1978-1983). Then in 1983, he moved to Athens, Georgia to serve as the Finance Director of Clarke County. In 1991, the City of Athens and Clarke County consolidated and Culpepper served as the Finance Director for Athens-Clarke County until his retirement in 2014. For over 20 years he has served as an instructor on financial management for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia. He received his AB in Political Science from the University of Georgia (1972), his MPA from the University of Georgia (1975), and his MBA from Brenau University (2000).