SOUTHERN LAND EXCHANGE - Key Persons


Ashlie David

Job Titles:
  • Associate Broker
  • Office Manager

Ben Chaffin

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Cade Brock

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
Travis was true to his word all the way, he gave me confidence in this transaction that I could depend on, as a widow selling her lifetime home. I would recommend him as a great real estate agent.

Caleb Rundorff

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Chase Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

David Smith

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Garrison Spearman

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Harper Lane

Gently Rolling, 90 acres planted pine in 2002, thinned, balance of acreage in mature hardwood. Approximately 0.50 miles frontage on Turkey Creek. Adjacent to the city of Mount Zion.

Jesse Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
  • Registered Forester / Sales Agent
is a Registered Forester/Sales Agent with Southeastern United States Land Exchange specializing in timberland/recreational properties. Jesse graduated from the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forest Resources in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in Forest Management. Following graduation, Jesse worked for Rayonier Inc. as a land-management forester. He currently works as a timber market analyst with Timber Mart-South. His love of the outdoors and hunting is what made Jesse choose to enter the land brokerage business. He strongly believes that it is man's call to be responsible stewards over God's creation.

Katie Cowan

Job Titles:
  • Listings Manager, Agent

Kenneth Gibson

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
  • Listing Agent
Interested in this property? Kenneth is happy to answer all your questions. From 2001-2016 Kenneth served as Vice President, Land Sales & Exchanges for Temple-Inland and its real estate spinoff, Forestar Group. He was responsible for managing the analysis, and segmentation of over 350,000 acres of undeveloped land assets into long-term hold, strategic, and retail land sale opportunities. During his tenure, Kenneth oversaw the divestiture of these undeveloped land assets in Georgia and Alabama through a high- volume retail land sale program as well as Institutional/Investor sales. Prior to 2001 Kenneth held various wood procurement and land management positions with Temple-Inland and its successor companies, as well as Georgia Pacific. Kenneth graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources in 1983. He also is a former Board Member of the Georgia Forestry Association. He resides in Rome, Ga. with his wife Leigh Ann. Their 5 children have graduated or are currently enrolled in various Universities.

Mack Peeples

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
has worked on wildlife habitat management with his father and grandfather for as long as he can remember. He is familiar with beef cattle farms and farm management with having cattle producers on each side of his family and working with cattle since he was a child. He is a 3rd generation poultry professional in northeast GA with 4 years' experience working with one of the largest poultry integrators in the area. Mack is well versed in poultry housing and farm technical design and set up. He has an extensive background in recreational land management with proven results of producing bigger deer and more turkeys. Mack graduated from the University ofGeorgia in 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Avian Biology and will graduate from UGA in December 2021 with a Master's Degree in agribusiness. He currently lives in Athens, Ga with his wife who also graduated from UGA in 2016.

Mark Costello

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
is a 1994 graduate of the University of Georgia. Mark has extensive sales experience and has owned his own business for the past 15 years. Mark realizes that even though the land business has changed considerably in recent years, hard work is sill the best way to get results for his clients. Whether you want a listing agent who will work diligently to sell your property or if you re looking for the perfect piece of land, Mark will help you realize your goals.

Steve Ebbert

Job Titles:
  • Qualifying Broker & Registered Forester

Thomas Verner

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Todd Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist

Travis Ebbert

Job Titles:
  • Land Specialist
Travis graduated from the University of North Georgia with a degree in Business. He achieved the University's top leadership award while acting as President of SIFE (Students for Free Enterprise). He went on to achieve managerial and leadership roles across a variety of industries. These roles consisted of Director of Sales for a prominent hospitality group in Athens, as well as a licensed Property Manager responsible for 11 large communities throughout Atlanta. Growing up in a rural area, and having the privilege of hunting and fishing on the family farm, Travis has always felt a calling to the great outdoors. Surrounded by the land business his entire life, it only made sense to one day learn the family trade. Travis is excited to bring his diversified experience to the table as an agent for Southern Land Exchange. "I've always enjoyed helping folks, and I continuously strive to put other's interests before my own. I try to live by the philosophy that you can achieve all you want in life if you will help enough other people get what they want. I can't wait to help you!"