CUMMING — A local nonprofit that helps low-income families find their own homes announced they have appointed three new members, including one from Cumming, to its board of directors.

Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia recently welcomed Brian Pounds, Susan Beers and Resa Kelley to its board.

The organization’s CEO, Russ Hayes, said in a statement that he was pleased to have the three.

“Each is committed to our mission, and they each bring expertise to the board in different areas, which will greatly benefit our ministry,” he said.

Pounds, a Cumming resident, recently relocated to Georgia with his family. He is the general manager of Siemens Industry Inc.’s U.S. operations for its low-voltage motors, drives and gear-motor business.

Prior to joining Siemens six years ago as a regional sales director in Texas, he was employed by General Electric for 15 years.

Beers, a resident of Marietta, also joined the Habitat board. Her environmental safety experience includes employment at Veritiv Operating Company for the past year as the director of EHS and Sustainability for North America and the International Operations of the company. She previously served at HD Supply and Home Depot for 19 years.

The third member to join the board, Kelley, has a background in cloud and Internet services and operations and has been employed by Oracle USA for the last year. Kelley lives in Roswell and is also a CPA.

They all will join the board to represent the interests of the Christian housing ministry that builds homes for purchase by low- to moderate-income families who demonstrate a capacity for responsible homeownership.

Since its inception in 1995, the local chapter of the nonprofit has completed 276 homes serving more than 1,000 family members in Forsyth, Dawson, Cherokee and north Fulton counties.

Each family who buys a house is required to attend six educational classes and perform 200-300 sweat equity hours on the construction of the home.

Eligible families earn between 30 and 60 percent of the Atlanta area median income and buy their homes from Habitat with a 30-year, no-interest loan that the organization provides.