Our Team
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Skipper G. StipeMaas
Skipper G. StipeMaas is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center’s founding Executive Director. Skipper is a Community Economic Development Attorney with over 25 years of professional specialization in heirs property and nonprofit, land-based development projects involving complex real estate acquisitions, conservation easements, affordable housing development, estate planning, and leasehold agreements. As a native of Dixie, GA (Brooks County), located in South Georgia, and long-term resident of Athens, Georgia, Ms. StipeMaas is familiar with the capacity of both rural and urban communities to sustainably revitalize while fostering generational wealth building.
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P.O. Box 49294 | Athens, GA 30604
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Delene W. Porter
Delene W. Porter is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center’s Chief Operating Officer. Delene has over 15 years of experience in nonprofit management and community development. She leverages her passion for fundraising, budgeting, strategic planning, and research to increase the Center's impact. Before joining the Center, Delene served as the founding CEO & President of the Athens Area Community Foundation, raising over $6 million in community assets and facilitating over $1.5 million in grants during the Foundation’s start-up period.
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P.O. Box 49294 | Athens, GA 30604
LEGAL PROGRAMS Director
Will Worley
Will Worley is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center's Legal Programs Director. Will joined the Center after spending almost 20 years as the Senior Assistant County Attorney for Glynn County, Georgia. While there, he specialized in planning, zoning, land use matters, contracting, and provided legal counsel to the governing board and all constitutional officers. Will's extensive experience with real property law has shown him firsthand the detrimental impact heirs property can have on a family and a community. Will graduated from Berry College with a B.S. in Political Science. He received his J.D. from the University of Georgia.
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P.O. Box 2630 | Brunswick, GA 31521
LEGAL PROGRAMS SPECIALIST
Gentry E. Mander
Gentry Mander is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Legal Programs Specialist and is based in the Center’s Atlanta office. Gentry joined the Center in late 2017 after spending two years practicing estate planning law in a small firm in Atlanta. Gentry graduated from Stetson University with a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish. She received her J.D. and a certificate in Environmental and Land Use Planning Law from the University of Florida. Driven by a passion for equity, Gentry simultaneously obtained a Masters in Sustainable Development Practice (M.D.P.), also from the University of Florida.
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54 Ellis Street NE | Atlanta, GA 30303
LEGAL PROGRAMS Deputy DIRECTOR
Terri HendLey
Terri Hendley is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center’s Legal Programs' Deputy Director and is based in the Center's Atlanta office. Terri comes to the Center with more than 30 years of law firm experience. In her most recent role at an Am Law 50 law firm, she managed 40% of the firm's pro bono practice, built and managed relationships with community partners across the Southeast, and designed and implemented pro bono projects with in-house legal departments of top 20 corporate clients. Her professional experience includes roles in attorney professional development, paralegal management, and as a business litigation paralegal where she was fortunate to work with attorneys committed to increasing access to justice. She graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in Sociology and Political Science, the National Center for Paralegal Training, and is a PACE® Registered Paralegal® through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations. Terri is a member of the inaugural class of recipients of the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Corporate Citizenship Awards.
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54 Ellis Street NE | Atlanta, GA 30303
SENIOR ATTORNEY
Wanda L. Ferreira
Wanda L. Ferreira (née Milton-Strickland) is a Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Senior Attorney based in the Center’s Valdosta, Georgia office. Wanda came to the Center with over 10 years of legal expertise having previously worked for Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc. and having run her own law firm with a focus on wills, probate, real estate and family law matters. Prior to her legal career, Wanda practiced for 12 years as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Wanda holds a B.S. from Troy State University, an M.S. from Valdosta State University, and a J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law.
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P.O. Box 5817 | Valdosta, GA 31603
STAFF ATTORNEY
Tory Holloway
Tory Holloway is a Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Staff Attorney based in the Atlanta office. Tory comes to the Center with over 15 years of legal experience having run her own firm with a focus on personal injury law. Prior to joining the Center this year, Tory spent 10 years teaching in the Clayton County School District. Tory holds a M.Ed. from Georgia College and State University, a J.D. from Cooley Law School, and a B.A. from Georgia State University.
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54 Ellis Street | Atlanta, GA 30303
STAFF ATTORNEY
nathan dupree
Nathan Dupree is a Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Staff Attorney. Nathan graduated from Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in May 2024. During law school, Nathan was a Research Fellow for the National Agricultural Law Center and was also a Judicial Intern for Georgia's Appalachian Judicial Circuit Courts. Prior to law school, Nathan served the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation for five and a half years. There, he was the District Federation Manager for 15 counties in northwest Georgia, and before that, he was a Grain Broker. Nathan graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Diversified Agriculture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 2015. He met his wife, Faith, while at ABAC, and they now reside in Cherokee County. Nathan enjoys leveraging his legal education to assist the Center in serving fellow Georgians in securing and preserving their property rights.
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P.O. Box 4333 | Canton, GA, 30114
OUTREACH & pARTNERSHIPS cOORDINATOR
JASMINE N. HELMS
Jasmine Helms is the Georgia Heirs Property Law Center’s Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator. She graduated from McPherson College with a B.A. in Communication and in Spanish. She later graduated from the University of Florida – Levin College of Law with a Juris Doctor. Prior to attending law school, Jasmine interned for the United Nations Office of Human Resources Management as a Communications and Outreach Intern. After her internship, Jasmine worked as a Legal Assistant for a boutique firm specializing in estate planning, probate, and corporate formation. During law school, Jasmine interned for the Center from May 2021 to May 2022. After gaining experience in criminal law, family law, and personal injury through other internships, Jasmine returned to the Center and utilizes her communication, marketing, and legal skills to reach underserved individuals and further the Center’s vision to remedy heirs property.
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P.O. Box 5817 | Valdosta, GA 31603
Intake SPECIALIST
LAUREN JUSTICE
Lauren Justice is an Intake Specialist for Georgia Heirs Property Law Center. She graduated from Bainbridge College with a degree in Paralegal Studies. Prior to joining the Center in September 2024, Lauren worked 11 years as a Paralegal for a private law firm in South Georgia.
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P.O. Box 112 | Bainbridge, GA 39818
Intake cOORDINATOR
Sara CrosS
Sara Cross is the Intake Coordinator for Georgia Heirs Property Law Center. A retired elementary school teacher, Sara joined the Center in mid-2022 and is based in the Athens office. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in German and an M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education.
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P.O. Box 49294 | Athens, GA 30604
Our Board
Pearson Beardsley, Esq.
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Principal,
Beardsley, P.C.
Seletha Butler, Esq.
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VP and Senior Corporate Counsel, Truist Bank
Hon. Robert Chasteen, Jr.
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Superior Court Judge, Cordele Judicial Circuit
Katherine "Kitty" Meyers Cohen, Esq.
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Of Counsel,
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Nikola Djuric, Esq.
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Shareholder,
Djuric Spratt PA
Russell Henry, Esq.
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Partner, Coleman Talley LLP
Shana Campbell Jones, Esq.
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Unit Program Manager, Planning and Environmental Services, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Neil Kinnebrew, Esq.
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Assistant General Counsel,
Synovus Financial Corp.
Reginald O’Shields, Esq.
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Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
Hon. Pinkie T. Toomer
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Retired Probate Judge, Fulton County
Skipper G. StipeMaas, Esq.
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Executive Director,
Georgia Heirs Property Law Center, Inc.