The board

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Harrison is a Buckhead native and a proud 2012 Westminster graduate. He majored in computer science at Harvard with a minor in Classical Civilizations. He was on the varsity fencing team and served as design editor for the Harvard Crimson newspaper. 

Following college, he moved on to the start up world in Silicon Valley.  Beginning at the Series C cyber threat intelligence startup Anomali, Harrison learned his trade of Sales Engineering in the field of cyber security. 

Motivated by a job opportunity, Harrison moved home to Atlanta coinciding with the onset of the pandemic.  The events of 2020 compelled him to actively contribute to the conservative cause.  He currently works at Google as a customer engineer. 

 Jamie  is a personal injury attorney at Law & Moran, and a proud Buckhead  product. She attended Westminster from 2002-2013 and the University of  Southern California from 2013-2016, where she graduated cum laude with a  bachelors in Psychology and a minor in French. During her time at  Westminster and USC, she swam competitively for Dynamo Swim Club and  qualified for Olympic Trials. After college, she went to Loyola Law  School in Los Angeles. During law school, she worked at the Los Angeles  District Attorney’s Office and conducted preliminary hearings, keeping  criminals in jail until their trial dates. She also served as a mediator  for the underserved in Los Angeles.   

After graduating Loyola Law School, Jamie returned home to Atlanta and  studied for both the California and Georgia bar exams, passing both.  Prior to working at Law & Moran, she clerked for the Honorable  Timothy C. Batten, Sr., Chief Judge of the Northern District of Georgia.  She is excited to make Buckhead great again! 

 Anthony "Rek" LeCounte has worked and volunteered in the liberty  movement for nearly his entire adult life. While living in Northern  Virginia, he worked in communications for the American Legislative  Exchange Council and the Institute for Justice and previously served on  the board of the DC Chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans. He studied  Political Science at Yale and earned his MBA from the University of  Virginia Darden School of Business in 2021, after which, he and his  husband Alex, who graduated from UVA Law School, moved to Atlanta. While  living in Charlottesville, Rek and Alex were married in a ceremony  officiated by their congressman, Denver Riggleman of Virginia's 5th  district, after volunteering for his election campaign during the  contentious 2018 cycle. It marked the first time an incumbent Republican  congressman had ever officiated a same-sex wedding. Rek now works for  Google, where he manages engagement with right-of-center content  creators on YouTube. 

 After growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, Hunter  attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he  graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics. As a leader  in the Buckhead community, he currently serves as  Vice President for the Buckhead Business Association, Chairman for the  Young Bucks Professional Organization, Board Member for Buckhead Young  Republicans and is an active member of the Buckhead Club. In addition to  his community involvement, Hunter is a former  Division I football player, an Eagle Scout and the founder of Live  Action Capital, an Atlanta based live sports and entertainment  investment company.  

Growing up in both Dallas, Texas and Los  Angeles, California, Josh is a proud Republican with a background in  business, policy, and leadership. Currently, Josh is a Strategic  Enterprise Accounts sales representative for Snowflake Inc. He attended  Texas A&M from 2018-2022 for a Masters in Public Service  Administration with a minor in Russian and a concentration in Homeland  Security and International Affairs. 


During his  time at Texas A&M, Josh was a prominent campus leader: serving as  the Legislative Relations Chair, 3-year Student Senator, SBP Candidate,  4-year IFC VP, and held leadership on numerous honors societies and  philanthropic organizations. 


Josh has a  background in both the entertainment industry as an award-winning actor  for companies such as Disney, Sony, and Warner Bros. and policy  experience working for Congressman Pete Sessions in both his District  Office and D.C. Office as well as Public Law Enforcement entities such  as TABC. 

 Vashton Smith is from Dacula, GA, and is a current student at the  University of Georgia, majoring in Housing Management and Policy, and a  graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in History with a  minor in Latin  American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies. After he graduated from Bama,  he started work in his current role as an Insurance Sales Agent at  Acceptance Insurance in Athens, GA. He served as the Social Media  Director for the Georgia Gwinnett College Republicans  and the Diversity Outreach Coordinator for the University of Georgia  College Republicans. While he is a native Northern Californian, as  displayed by his often unrequited love of the Sacramento Kings, he loves  Atlanta, and enjoys participating in his church,  and going on road trips exploring the city! 

Jacqueline “Jacq” Flash is Buckhead born and raised, and  graduate from North Atlanta High School in 2018. She is currently  working on her Bachelors in International Studies at Georgia State  University. She served in the Georgia Air National Guard for four years  as an Airborne Radar Technician, where she is now a veteran of the US  Air Force. She currently works as a scribe in a medical practice.

She  has been a member of BYR since 2019 where she served on the board for a  year. Now that she has more time, she is very excited to be back on the  board as a Ladies Chair!