Pioneer RESA Executive Director
Executive Director
Tim Cochran was born and raised in Ashburn, Georgia. His father drove a semi and worked part-time as a city police officer, and his mother was a secretary for a local dentist. While growing up in Ashburn, he worked on a farm, loved fishing, and played high school baseball and football. After high school, he attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton for a year before joining the U.S. Air Force. After the Air Force, Tim transferred to Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where he majored in Economics and minored in History and Political Science.
He began his educational career in 1998 as a high school economics teacher and coach with Charlton County Schools. He returned to VSU and received a master’s and specialist degree in Educational Leadership. After leaving the classroom, he began his administrative journey in 2004 with Lanier County, where he served as a principal at both the elementary and high school levels. Mr. Cochran became the superintendent of Atkinson County Schools in 2011, where he served for five years, and then moved to Bainbridge in 2016 to become the superintendent of Decatur County Schools for seven years. After twelve years as a superintendent, Mr. Cochran moved to Northeast Georgia and became the Executive Director of Pioneer RESA.
Mr. Cochran always states that his greatest accomplishment has been his family. He and his wife, Ginger, met in college and were married more than 25 years ago. They have two boys, Tristan and Stetson. His ultimate goal in life is for his children to look up to him and respect him half as much as he did his own dad.
In his free time, he enjoys outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing, playing the guitar and singing, cooking, and traveling with his family.