Ms. Elizabeth Brannen Chandler

Rollins Inc

Beth Chandler is a multi-faceted C-suite leader with deep and diverse experience with governance, mergers & acquisitions, and regulatory agencies.  She has served as general counsel in high growth acquisitive public companies.  She began her career as a transactional attorney and has closed complex cross border transactions and managed complex litigation and investigations.  

Currently, Chandler is the Chief Legal Officer for Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL), a global pest control company with a market cap of $24 billion, 2023 revenues of $3.1B and 19,000 employees worldwide.  She sits on the executive leadership team, and leads the enterprise risk management, privacy, compliance, internal audit, legal and corporate governance efforts and supports corporate development with 25-30 acquisitions a year.   Rollins has experienced long term revenue growth over 7% and double digit in recent years. She is the Executive Sponsor for the Company’s ESG efforts and the Women’s Business Resource group at Orkin, the Company’s largest brand. 

Previously, Chandler served as general counsel for Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE: ABG) and Assistant General Counsel of Mirant (Formerly NYSE: MIR) when it went public and was spun off by Southern Company (NYSE: SO).  In those roles, she led significant M&A activity, public company compliance, financial restructuring and litigation management.  Her sector experience includes business and consumer services, health and safety, energy, international and government, giving her a unique perspective on the challenges that companies face in global environments.  For public companies, she has established compliance efforts, enterprise risk management programs and environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. 

She was selected by Mayor Shirley Franklin to serve as City Attorney in 2005 where she advised on the development of the Atlanta Beltline and the renegotiation of the Delta contract with Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. She also managed litigation related to all aspects of the City, including public service segments, watershed and airport. She began her career at Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) where she was a partner on the Corporate Team. 

  Chandler currently serves on the Board of Crider Foods, a large Georgia based food processing company. She chaired the Board of Atlanta Beltline, Inc. from 2009-2012, and currently sits on the Board of the Atlanta Beltline Partnership, where she is Vice-Chair.  The Atlanta Beltline is one of the most successful urban redevelopment projects in the US building a series of trails, transit, and parks in the City of Atlanta. She is also on the Board of the Georgia Research Alliance, which supports Georgia’s University scientists in research and entrepreneurship opportunities and recently retired from the Board of Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation which has redeveloped the Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlanta into an award-winning revolutionary golf experience.  She is a member of the International Women’s Forum.
 
Ms. Chandler holds a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia and BBA in International Business, magna cum laude, also from UGA.  She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and is the proud parent of two adult sons.