Dr. Kathryn Martin joined as a Board Member in January 2026.  

Kathryn has worked with the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) for nearly 20 years. Her primary focus throughout her tenure at MCG has been the development and management of MCG’s regional campuses in different areas across the state. Kathryn first joined MCG in 2008 to help establish its Southeast Georgia regional campus in Savannah. At present, she leads MCG’s regional campus development endeavors in Albany, Thomasville, Rome, Dalton, and Atlanta. Prior to joining MCG, Kathryn served as Administrator of the Chatham County Health Department. A self-proclaimed “late bloomer,” Kathryn began her college education at age 40 and has since received her bachelor’s degree in sociology, her master’s degree in public health, and her doctorate in health administration. 

As a community leader, Kathryn has held multiple community leadership roles at the local, state, and national levels. She has served on several local boards, including chairing the Chatham County (Savannah) Board of Health and serving on the Savannah Mayor’s Healthy Savannah initiative. She was elected President of the Georgia Public Health Association in 2013 and serves as part of the Executive Board for Resilient Georgia. At the national level, Kathryn is the Immediate Past President of the Group on Regional Campuses for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). 

Kathryn’s passion for public health is rooted in her early life, having been born in Allendale County, South Carolina, one of the sickest and poorest counties in the state. Recognizing that individuals are only as healthy as our environment allows, Kathryn works tirelessly to improve the health of her community by recruiting and educating future physicians for MCG, which is the fifth-largest medical school in the country. She often notes that her greatest education has come from learning alongside her students at MCG.  

Kathryn is married to Chip Hardin, a Superior Court Judge residing over for six rural counties in Georgia. Kathryn and Chip have one daughter, two sons, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren—along with one precious furry dog-child named Little Kippa Hardin.