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2025 SPEAKERS 

Mike Alexander

Chief Operating Officer

Atlanta Regional Commission

Leonte Benton

President

T. Dallas Smith & Co

Mayor Bianca Motley Broom

City of College Park​​

Lisa Cupid

Chairwoman

Cobb County

Mayor Andre Dickens

City of Atlanta

Melissa Free

Region Executive

Northwest Georgia

Georgia Power Company

Collie Greenwood

General Manager & CEO

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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Mayor Alan Hallman

City of Hapeville

Carlotta Harrell

Chairwoman

Henry County Board of Commissioners

Alieka Anderson-Henery

Chairwoman

Clayton County

Nicole Love Hendrickson

Chairwoman

Gwinnett County

Clyde Higgs

Chair

Council for Quality Growth Board of Directors

 

Evie Hightower

Associate General Counsel

Meta

Michael Hightower

Founder

South Metro Development Outlook Conference

Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham

City of East Point

Sarah Jacobs

President & CEO

Coweta County Development Authority

Shannon James

President & CEO

Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

Dekalb County

Mayor Edward Johnson

City of Fayetteville

Dr. Eloisa Klementich

President & CEO

Invest Atlanta 

Debra Lam

Executive Director

Partnership for Inclusive Innovation

Georgia Tech 

Sarah-Elizabeth Langford

Executive Director

Development Authority of Fulton County​​

Jan Lennon

Interim Airport General Manager

Hartsfield Jackson International Airport 

Dr. Georj Lewis,

President

Gerald McDowell

Executive Director

ATL Airport Community Improvement Districts

Landry Merkison

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Clayton County Board of Commissioners

Melissa Mullinax

Vice President

Business Development Officer

HNTB

Meg Pirkle

Chief Engineer

Georgia Department of Transportation

Robb Pitts

Chairman

Board of Commissioners Fulton County

Cheryl Preheim

Anchor

11 Alive WXIA

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

Joy Rohadfox

Rohadfox, CEO & President

Frank Rucker

Airport Senior General Manager

Infrastructure

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Michael Ruffin

Director of External Affairs

AT&T Georgia

Breezy Straton

Vice President

Elevate Douglas Economic Partnership 

Sharon D. Subadan

City Manager

City of South Fulton

Roger C. Tutterow

Director of Econometric Center

Kennesaw State University​​

Niki Vanderslice

President & CEO

Fayette County Development Authority

Mayor Vince Williams

City of Union City

Walter Vinson

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

Laron Walker

President

Sciberus, Inc.,

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