Capital City Bank Group Announces New Board Members

Capital City Bank Group recently announced four new members to its board of directors, Will Butler, Kimberly Crowell, Bonnie Davenport, and Ash Williams.

“I am pleased with the new additions to the Capital City Bank Group Board of Directors. We value diversity of talent, knowledge, and experience for the essential interplay of ideas and perspectives it brings to the table,” said William G. Smith Jr., Chairman, President, and CEO. “Each of these outstanding individuals is at the top of their respective businesses and contribute a wealth of knowledge I am confident will complement, strengthen and enhance the existing board.”

Will Butler, the founder and principal of Real Estate InSync and graduate of Florida State University is a real estate project and portfolio manager with over 30 years of experience. His projects range from commercial portfolios to mixed-use facilities and residential developments. He has held the positions of senior vice president with St. Joe Land Company, principal of Boutin Brown Butler Real Estate Services, and vice president of New York-based Landauer Associates, Inc.

Kimberly Crowell, a native of Tallahassee, is the co-founder of Kalo Companies, which owns and operates 40 Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant franchises in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the International Franchise Association and has previously served on the National Advisory Council for Jersey Mike’s. Before entering the franchise industry, Crowell practiced corporate law in Charlotte, specializing in Commercial Real Estate and Development. She maintains an active law practice in both Florida and North Carolina.

Bonnie Davenport, president and founding principal of BKJ, Inc Architecture, is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a Certified General Contractor. In addition, Davenport holds a National Council of Architectural Registration certification. In addition to her service on the Capital City Bank Group Board, she is a member of the Maclay School Board of Trustees and former chair and current board member of the Urban Land Institute-Capital Region. Davenport graduated from the University of Florida with her Bachelor of Design and her Master of Architecture.

Ash Williams is the former executive director and chief investment officer for the Florida State Board of Administration. Williams was responsible for managing over $250 billion in assets, including those of the Florida Retirement System, the fifth-largest public pension fund in the United States. Williams chairs the Managed Funds Association’s Institutional Investor Advisory Council, AIF Global Investor Advisory Board, Council of Institutional Investors’ Board of Directors. In addition to being a member of the National Institute of Public Finance Board of Trustees, he serves the Florida State University Foundation as a trustee and investment committee chair. Williams received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Florida State University. He completed his post-graduate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Lastly, Charles Davis, the Capital City Bank President of Grady and Gadsden counties, retired on December 31, after 35 years of service. Leon County, President William Smith III, will succeed him as president of Gadsden County.