Who We Are

A clear industry voice for Georgia.

The Georgia Bitcoin Council is a 501(c)(6) business league being formed to serve as the organized voice of the bitcoin industry in Georgia.

Our Goals

Educate. Advocate. Represent.

The Council exists to educate lawmakers and the public, advocate for responsible bitcoin policy, support aligned candidates, advance adoption for everyday people, and represent the interests of companies working across the bitcoin economy.

This is a practical mission. Georgia needs serious policy conversations grounded in jobs, infrastructure, competition, energy, and economic freedom. The Council is being built to make those conversations sharper and more useful.

Team

Leadership

Executive Director

Jeffrey Carson

Jeff is a former U.S. Army Captain and Iraq War veteran with an MBA and two decades of experience across business, tech, and public policy. He's lived abroad, traveled to 70+ countries, and experienced firsthand the real-world costs of broken money — most notably in Zimbabwe and Argentina. These experiences helped shape his worldview and eventually led him to Bitcoin as a practical solution. Today, he spends most of his time in the education and advocacy space working to support responsible Bitcoin policy and adoption.

Board Chair

Rich Lassiter, MD

Rich Lassiter, MD, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical experience. He earned his medical degree and completed his emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia. Since completing training, he has practiced as an attending physician across six hospitals and has been a member of Vituity — the nation's largest democratic emergency physician group — for the past 20 years. For the last 15 years, he has served patients in the Atlanta area, primarily at Emory Decatur Hospital and Emory Hillandale Hospital.

A passionate advocate for Bitcoin and sound money, Dr. Lassiter is a founding member of the Bitcoin Physicians Network and the Founder & Chairman of the Georgia Bitcoin Council. Through the Council, he works to educate policymakers, promote responsible pro-Bitcoin policies, and empower everyday Georgians with the tools and knowledge for greater financial sovereignty and self-reliance.

Board Member

Stephen DeLorme

Stephen DeLorme is a designer and developer whose career has spanned manufacturing, creative agencies, the tech industry, and most recently, bitcoin. A graduate of Georgia State University's design program, he was in college during the 2008 financial crisis — a formative experience that primed his later interest in bitcoin. He is the founder of ATL BitLab, a community space in Atlanta for people interested in freedom technologies like bitcoin.