Samir Abdullahi
Director, Select Fulton
Donald Beamer, Jr.
Senior Technology Advisor to Mayor Andre Dickens, City of Atlanta
Balram "B" Bheodari
General Manager, Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
Greg Bluestein
Politics/Government Reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Darius Broughton
Vice President, HNTB
Angelyne Butler
Mayor, City of Forest Park
Ricky Clark
City Manager, City of Jonesboro
Cherry Collier, Ph.D.
Executive Coach, Personality Matters, Inc,
Andre Dickens
Mayor, City of Atlanta
Collie Greenwood
General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, MARTA
Glenn Halliday
Electric Transportation Program Manager, Georgia Power
Darryl Hicks
Board Chairman, Fayette County Development Authority
Michael Hightower
Managing Partner, The Collaborative Firm
Shannon James
President/Chief Executive Officer, Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance
Tharon Johnson
Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Paramount Consulting Group
Phil Kent
CEO, InsiderAdvantage Georgia/James Magazine
Colleen Kiernan
Senior Director of Government & Community Affairs, MARTA
Sarah-Elizabeth Langford
Executive Director, Development Authority of Fulton County
Rob LeBeau
Manager of Workforce Solutions, Atlanta Regional Commission
Georj Lewis, Ed.D.
President, Clayton State University
Veronica Maldonado-Torres
President and CEO, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Vida Mannings
Senior Director of Transportation Services, The Collaborative Firm
Gerald McDowell
Executive Director, ATL Airport CIDs
Bianca Motley-Broom
Mayor, City of College Park
Michael Paris
President/Chief Executive Officer, Council for Quality Growth
Keith Parker
President/Chief Executive Officer. Goodwill of North Georgia
Chris Pumphrey
President, Elevate Douglas Economic Partnership
Anna Roach
Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission
Erica Rocker
Economic Development Officer, Clayton County Board of Commissioners
Terreta Rodgers
Head of Community Affairs, Atlanta Region Amazon
Christopher Saldana, Ph.D.
Ring Family Professor and Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Victoria Seals
President, Atlanta Technical College
Doug Shipman
President, Atlanta City Council
Nathaniel Smith
Founder and Chief Equity Officer, Partnership for Southern Equity
T. Dallas Smith
Founder/Chief Executive Officer, T. Dallas Smith & Company
Michael D. Stinson, M.D.
Pastor, First Mallalieu United Methodist Church
Jeffrey E. Turner
Chairman, Clayton County Board of Commissioners
Roger C. Tutterow, Ph.D.
Director of Econometric Center, Kennesaw State University
Larry Vincent
Executive Director, Invest Clayton
Valencia Williamson
President/Chief Executive Officer, Clayton County Chamber of Commerce
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