About Me

My name is Deanna Berry, and about twenty years ago my husband and I decided Bartow County was where we wanted to build our life and raise our family.

Both of my children attended Bartow County Schools from elementary through graduation at Cass High School, following different academic paths along the way. My daughter participated in the Bartow County College and Career Academy and dual enrollment opportunities, while my son pursued a more traditional track with Advanced Placement classes and athletics. Like many parents in this community, I spent years on the sidelines at ballgames and school events. Those experiences gave me a practical understanding of how the school system serves students with different interests, strengths, and goals.

Professionally, I serve as Chief Operating Officer of a real estate investment company that focuses primarily on outdoor advertising. In simple terms, I spend my days managing budgets, solving problems, and making sure organizations run the way they’re supposed to. It’s practical, detail-oriented work, and it’s exactly the kind of mindset I believe public service requires.

My own path to that career wasn’t completely traditional. I attended the University of Georgia after high school before joining the United States Marine Corps, where I spent four years serving as an Arabic linguist. Later, while building my career and raising a family, I returned to school and earned my degree in Economics from Kennesaw State University. Those experiences taught me discipline, responsibility, and the importance of doing your homework before making decisions.

Outside of work, I stay pretty involved in the community. I serve on the board of the Etowah Valley Humane Society, co-founded Cartersville UNCUT, and I’m usually somewhere around town with a camera asking people to “say cheese.” If there’s a festival, ballgame, fundraiser, or community event happening, chances are I’ve wandered through it at some point. I also coach the Bartow Cubs, a recreational softball team made up of teenage boys who wanted to keep playing together after aging out of Little League.

When I’m not working or chasing community events, I’m usually doing something slightly nerdy. I love theme parks, and my YouTube history is a strange mix of travel vloggers, alien conspiracies, and Knights Templar documentaries. I’m also a dog mom to four large rescue dogs, so our house is rarely quiet: Larry, Mary, Buddy, and Lady.

I’m running for the Bartow County School Board because schools should stay focused on their real mission: educating students and preparing them for the future.

That means supporting teachers, maintaining strong academic standards, respecting taxpayers, and keeping the focus on students instead of politics.

School board service isn’t about headlines or drama. It’s about steady leadership, thoughtful decisions, and doing the work.

That’s the approach I would bring to the job.