Dean Burnette, founder of Savannah-based Best Business Brokers (B3), has been named president of the Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB) for 2019.

GABB members help business owners establish sales prices, create marketing plans and strategies for the sales, identify and qualify potential buyers and protect owners’ and buyers’ confidentiality.

“I am excited about the many opportunities that the current economic conditions and recent economic events have created in Georgia,” said Burnette. “We have a powerful group of very connected leaders in Georgia who will be on the board this year, and I’m proud to serve alongside these talented folks.”

Burnette has more than three decades of business ownership and management experience in a variety of industries. He has been a member of the GABB Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Club and is a member and past president of the Savannah Small Business Chamber. He also belongs to the Savannah CFO Council, Savannah Traffic Club, Savannah Real Estate Commercial Alliance, Georgia Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors and serves on the Education Advisory Committee for the Georgia Real Estate Commission.

Additional GABB officers for 2019 include Judy Mims, vice president, qualifying broker for Childcare Properties; Jon Roman, treasurer, business intermediary, franchise consultant and developer at Transworld Business Advisors; and Nick Modares, secretary, president and managing broker of Business Brokers Inc./Atlanta Business Advisors.

Other board members include Jeffery Merry, founder and owner of the Business House; Matthew Wochele, founder of Preferred Business Brokers; Michael Ramatowski, president of Georgia Business Associates; and Kim Eells, vice president and of SBA Lending at Renasant Bank.