Alfred John set to be sworn in as new District 2 Commissioner Alfred John will be sworn in as the new District 2 Commissioner on Tuesday, Dec. 29. He will join the BOC at its first meeting of 2021 on Thursday, Jan. 7. John is replacing Dennis Brown, who chose not to run for reelection. John’s professional background includes working in the human resource tech space at a company in Buckhead. For the last three years, he has been working on the Zoning Board of Appeals, or ZBA, hearing variances and other appeals. “[The ZBA] gave me a good transition into the [Forsyth County] Board of Commissioners,” John said.