GeorgiaForward 2011 Forum Report

2011 GeorgiaForward Forum
Creating an Innovation Agenda for Georgia
August 17-18, 2011
Pine Mountain, Georgia

Contents
Preface………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3

Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5

How Can Georgia Foster Innovation? ……………………………………………………………………... 7

Speaker Recap……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8

Panel Recap………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11

Social Media Recap………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13

An Innovation Agenda for Education……………………………………………………………………….. 15

Creating a Vision for Statewide Prosperity…………………………………………………………………. 17

Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………………………………… 20

Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 23

Agenda……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24

List of Registrants and Panelists………………………………………………………………….. 27

2 2011 GeorgiaForward Forum

Preface
Amir Farokhi
Executive Director, GeorgiaForward

2011 marked the second year for GeorgiaForward and funds and holding poor performing schools to the highest
its annual Forum. Over the last year, GeorgiaForward expectations.
has received tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization, built a statewide Board of Directors, hosted The theme of the 2011 Forum was Creating an
open conference calls with key policy makers and Innovation Agenda for Georgia. As participants
expanded its annual Forum. explored a range of pressing issues, they were asked
to prioritize, through an interactive session, the top
This year, the GeorgiaForward Forum brought together two issues facing Georgia and then offer innovative
over 200 business, government, academic and civil solutions or goals for addressing those issues. You
society leaders from over 100 organizations and 20 can find the results of those sessions in this report.
Georgia cities. The event and took place in the midst of
difficult economic times for Georgia. Growth in every In 2012, GeorgiaForward will continue to engage
region of the state has slowed, unemployment is higher stakeholders in honest, open and ambitious dialogue
than the national average and education, infrastructure about the state’s future. We also want you to
and health care challenges loom large. Yet, despite this articulate specific goals and solutions for Georgia’s
backdrop, through the lens of innovation, the Forum success. To this end, we need your participation,
explored transformative solutions. Forum participants expertise and input. Join us in these conversations
asked big questions and examined bold and, in some and commit to acting for the good of Georgia. Indeed,
cases, overdue solutions. These included allowing while visionary leadership is important, equally
Georgia’s pension system to invest in venture capital important is the willingness of stakeholders to
collaborate and propose solutions.


Hill Hardman (Routematch Software), Mike Gerber (ARCHE)
and John Hardman (First Light Ventures)

Tjuan Dogan (IBM) and Curley Dossman
(Georgia-Pacific)

Terry Lawler (Regional Business Coalition of Metro Atlanta), Kris Hattaway (New Town Macon)
Tom Ratcliffe (Coastal Georgia Regional Water Planning
Council) & Dan Bollinger (Southwest Georgia Regional Council)


Executive Summary: Creating An Innovation Agenda for Georgia

The 2011 GeorgiaForward Forum brought together Yet, despite these challenges, Georgia has strengths
over 200 business, government, academic and civil and advantages. Higher education institutions are
society leaders from over 100 organizations and 20 highly-regarded. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
Georgia cities to create an “Innovation Agenda for International Airport and the state’s ports are massive
Georgia.” economic engines. Abundant natural resources sustain
a strong tourism and agricultural sectors. The state
Participants were asked to think about innovative, remains among the best in the country in which to do
cross-sector solutions to the state’s policy challenges, business and is a center for global public health,
from transportation to economic development, health corporate headquarters and technology. The cost-of-
care to education, and how best to create an living remains low. And, not to be discounted, Georgia
environment in which innovation is valued and leaders remain highly motivated and positive about
cultivated. continuing the state’s success.

To succeed, however, Georgia must be more
collaborative, show greater vision and political will and
produce more innovative people and solutions. This
year, at the Forum, participants were asked which issues
were most critical to Georgia’s success.

The first was dramatically improving K-12 education.
According to participants, the quality of public
education was critical to meeting nearly every other
policy challenge, from economic development to
public health to quality of life. To evolve into an
innovative, sustainable state, Georgia needs a public
Indeed, the economic recession challenging Georgia education system that produces critical thinkers and
and the United States, coupled with the growth of creative global minds while also meeting Georgia’s
competitive middle classes in India, China, Brazil and vocational needs. Georgia can no longer rely only
others, provided a backdrop requiring new approaches on the importation of educated talent and must be
for building on old successes. better at producing those with skills and talent to
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meet the needs of their regions in the 21 century.
As background, Metro Atlanta’s rapid growth that
fueled much of Georgia’s growth over the last 40 years Discussions on K-12 education included:
has slowed. In its wake sits a state with enormous
economic disparities, little vision for statewide • Improving the quality of early childhood
prosperity and a number of fundamental policy teaching and curricula, particularly with
challenges. Statewide unemployment is at 10.1%, a respect to literacy;
full percentage point higher than the national level.
Many cities have yet to diversify their economies to • Raising our expectations as to the quality of
adjust to smaller demand for domestic manufacturing teachers necessary and levels of
and a more global economy. Math, science and achievement possible; and
reading scores of Georgia’s students are either in the
middle of the pack or the bottom quartile among • Developing a curriculum that produces
states. critical thinkers and innovators alongside
strengthening vocational training in some
The comparative rise of other states and major regions of the state.
metropolitan regions, make attracting the best talent to
Georgia a more competitive proposition. The absence Second, participants prioritized the development of a
of ample venture capital often pushes innovative minds “Vision for Statewide Prosperity”, reasoning that a
and companies to other states. The state’s coordinated, inclusive plan for lifting each region of the
transportation network, despite strong road and shipping state was badly needed. While Georgia might have a
rail lines, struggles to meet the needs of rural, urban competitive advantage within the U.S. on price, globally it
and ageing communities. Long-term water supply does not. Accordingly, Georgia must increase the quality
solutions have yet to be fully articulated. State of its output. This requires creative leveraging of existing
revenues have yet to find solid footing and additional advantages and seizing opportunities in emerging fields
budget cuts are likely. Frustratingly, political and markets. To scale good ideas Georgia must provide
partisanship prevents pragmatic problem-solving. funding to take advantage of talent. Moreover, good policy

making requires cooperation and action at the intersection The consensus among participants was that Georgia
of government, business and civil society. can no longer afford to allow its divides to get in the
way of smart, proactive policy. Silos, whether regional
Too many regions of Georgia do not have sustainable or industry-based, are impediments to the problem-
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21 century economies. solving needed for Georgia to succeed on a global
playing field. Integral to success is visionary leadership
In the discussion regarding developing a vision for that puts the state’s interests above electoral or
statewide prosperity, participants articulated the industry interests.
need to:
Over the course of the 2011 Forum, participants heard
• Break down silos among regions and from keynote speakers and participated in panel
sectors and promote collaboration, workshops and an interactive agenda-setting session.
cooperation and integrated regional This format allowed participants to hear experts in fields
development approaches; and regions other than their own and think about
approaches that might benefit each corner of the state.
• Develop incubators for bolstering core What follows are key outcomes from the Forum.
strengths, like health care and logistics, and
developing new ones across the state; and

• Articulate what Georgia wants to look like and
then develop a comprehensive plan to
achieve the vision.

Megan Sparks (Leadership Atlanta), Tjuan Dogan (IBM) Lisa Borders (Grady Health Foundation), AJ Robinson
and Ben Reeves (Cushman & Wakefield) (Central Atlanta Progress), Cheryl Lomax (Bank of
America) and Ann Cramer (IBM)


How Can Georgia Foster Innovation?

A pre-Forum survey, asked for ideas to foster countries are doing (e.g., Germany) with
innovation in in public policy making or in the private respect to public-private partnerships, mass
sector. Forum participants also offered their ideas. transit and infrastructure.
Below are some select responses:
• Provide more state support for research and
• Allow the state pension fund to invest in development, including stem cell research.
venture capital and private Georgia
companies. • Create special incubators around the state to
fund and leverage the economic strengths or
• Instead of rewarding the “old guard” for past potential of each region.
service, make heroes out of new innovators.
• Ultimately, we need less provincial more
• Innovation requires innovative individuals. visionary leadership.

• Reform public education curricula to • Increase the talent at all levels of public policy
emphasize critical-thinking, creativity and making.
innovation.
• Invest in education, alternative energy
• Encourage entrepreneurship. infrastructure.

• Provide competitive funding for new • Consider a statewide version of the civilian
initiatives. conservation corps to employ citizens to work
in state parks.
• Foster growth in the arts sector.
• Promote cross-regional incentives.
• The state has to create an environment that
welcomes innovation, promotes the creation • Reduce regulation.
of small business and attracts the creative
class. • Find a pragmatic balance between tax breaks
and tax revenue that is grounded in data and
• Be less tradition-bound and conservative in not political or industry hyperbole.
our thinking. Consider things that other

Bank of America Senior Vice President Cheryl Lomax presents a $50,000 check to
the Georgia Council on Economic Education, represented by its Executive Director,
David Martin.

Speaker Recap

The typical state gets 35-42% of its revenues from
the federal government. That is not sustainable.
States that are assuming that the past is prologue
are making a big mistake…Government has an
important role to play but government is not the
engine of innovation and job creation.

David Walker, CEO, Comeback America Initiative

If we are going to survive, if we are going to be relevant as a
state, we must innovate. We simply cannot afford not to
innovate.
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We have the strategic vertical integration to drive innovation.
We have to start identifying and attracting innovators.

Ross Mason, Founder, Healthcare Institute for Neuro-Recovery and
Innovation

You are a middle of the pack state [with regard to educational performance].
Not a great place to be in a knowledge economy.
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You have to ask why we aren’t aiming higher. [It’s] really important that you not
be left behind again as other states are moving forward with much higher
standards.
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Nobody ought to be an ineffective teacher for more than two years. They ought
to be gone.

Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust

40% of jobs lost in the recession were in the high
wage category. Only 10% of jobs created post-
recession have been in the high wage category.
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If we are not willing to learn from others and change
the way we do business, we are missing a lot of
opportunities.

Chad Evans, Senior Vice President, Council on
Competitiveness


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States are operating “a 20 century tax
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system for a 21 century economy.”
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Tax on services is where the economy has
moved to. Some states are moving toward
that model incrementally.

Michelle Mariani Vaughn, Pew Center for the States

Social media is the most important asset
right now. It is how I leverage support; it is
how I get people to connect with me…it is
the biggest source of inspiration and
change, for free, absolutely free.

Navneet Singh Narula, CEO of nBrilliance

[When it comes to demography,] Georgia is the new
California.
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Georgia has a very fast growing population under the age of
18. By 2030, there will be an additional 1.1 million people
under the age of 18 than there are right now. That is a lot of
people. 1 out of 5 will be Hispanic…When we talk about
Georgia, it is becoming a very diverse group. How do you
plan for this change in Georgia?

Matthew Hauer, Public Service Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute Applied
Demography Program, University of Georgia

You cannot get away from
government. At all levels,
government is part of the
innovation chain.

Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost,
Enterprise Innovation Institute,
Georgia Institute of Technology


(L-R) Michael Love (GeorgiaForward) and Brian Brodrick (L-R) Diane Waugh (Coca-Cola), Ann Cramer (IBM), Erik
(Jackson Spalding) Johnson (Woodruff Foundation) and Lesley Grady
(Community Foundation of Metro Atlanta).

Panel: The State of Education in Georgia Clair and Catherine Muller

Heather Alhadeff (Perkins + Will) moderates a transportation panel.


Panel Recap

Central to the 2011 Forum were a series of panel public health relates to economic
workshops covering transportation, education, development;
economic development, water, healthcare and • Georgia’s high rates of obesity and related
governance. Each of the panel workshops included a chronic diseases; and
panel of experts followed by either an interactive • The need for more robust local health care
problem-solving session for participants and/or Q+A systems that can identify and implement
with the panelists. A complete listing of the panels strategies for disease prevention.
and panelists can be found in the Forum agenda in
the Appendix to this Report. Finally, participants were asked where Georgia should
focus its energies and limited resources in improving
Key takeaways and highlights from select panels health care and public health. The top three solutions
included the following: included:

Panel Workshop: The State of Education in Georgia: • Raise the tobacco tax to deter tobacco
Strengths Weaknesses and Opportunities use and raise revenue for Medicare;
• Restore physical education in public
As noted in greater detail later in this Report, the schools; and
quality of public education in Georgia was of • Improve incentives to purchase
paramount concern to most attendees. Participants of nutritious foods (e.g., use EBT cards at
this workshop identified several approaches they felt farmer’s markets and offer sales tax
were key to improving educational outcomes in exemptions to industries purchasing
Georgia. These included: healthy foods).

• Improving teacher quality through training Panel Workshop: What Do the Project Lists Mean for
and mentoring; Georgia’s Transportation Future?
• Empowering principals to learn from high
performing schools and poor performing In 2012, Georgia voters will vote on whether to tax
schools while also being given guidelines themselves one cent to fund a list of transportation
related to achieving national goals (e.g., Race projects. The list of transportation projects are
to the Top); and decided by political roundtables in twelve regions.
• Increasing community support of schools Two days before the Forum, the projects lists for each
with smarter parent outreach initiatives. region were released pending final approval later in
2011. This panel’s conversation included a wide
Panel Workshop: The State of Healthcare and Public range of perspectives from rural to urban, counties to
Health in Georgia cities. Despite these different perspectives, panelists
and participants agreed that there were commonalities
Georgia has its share of healthcare and public health among them including the positive economic impact
challenges. Here, participants agreed that the top that a new infusion of cash for transportation
health care challenges facing Georgia were: infrastructure would have, particularly in light of under-
investment in transportation infrastructure for many
• The high rate of uninsured residents years; a collective desire to care about the prosperity
(approximately 2 million uninsured of future generations of Georgians; and the
Georgians); importance in good transportation network and a
• Spotty access to health care, especially in thriving economy to keep university students in state.
rural areas; While participants were encouraged by the
• Too few residency spots for training statesmanship and cooperation evident in much of the
physicians of all specialties; and project list selection process, there were lingering
• Lack of knowledge among residents about concerns about (1) whether voters would see the
how personal behavior choices can affect benefit of the tax; and (2) the lack of statewide vision
health and health outcomes. on transportation infrastructure.

Participants also agreed that the top three public Panel Workshop: Solving Georgia’s Long-Term
health challenges include: Water Supply Problem

• Raising public awareness as to how public Georgia is mired in a long legal battle with Alabama
health is distinct from health care and how and Florida regarding water access and consumption.

Yet, Georgia still receives, on average, abundant rain
relative to most states. What are solutions to Panel Workshop: Do Creative Economies Work and
Georgia’s long-term water needs? Where will Can They Strengthen Georgia?
industry, agriculture, power plants and people get the
water they need? Participants praised the state for Georgia has a strong arts eco-system and, yet, arts
allocating money to build additional reservoirs but and culture rarely receive a prominent place in the
called on the state to pursue more innovative and economic development discussion. Recently, the
comprehensive approaches to encouraging and music and film industry has seen remarkable growth
incentivizing conservation. Other popular, if not aided in part by state programs and tax incentives for
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controversial, approaches included inter-basin film production. While Georgia ranks 11 per capita in
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transfers, higher water rates, regional water sharing the number of creative economy businesses and 4
agreements and rainwater catchment systems. per capita in creative economy employees, it ranks
th
47 in state funding for the arts. Panelists explored
Panel Workshop: The Politics of Slower Growth the economic benefits of the arts in rural towns and
major cities and the link between the arts and
After experiencing rapid or sustained growth across innovation and the arts and tourism. Also of concern
much of the state, most Georgia municipalities and is the fear that Georgia is losing talented young
counties are now faced with much slower growth. As professionals to cities like Austin, New Orleans and
a result, less tax revenue has forced local San Francisco due to their strong arts ecosystems.
governments to make difficult decisions regarding the
delivery of services. Experts in this panel workshop Too many cities view economic development through
made the following observations: an old paradigm of manufacturing. This view has
• Slow growth can be viewed as an opportunity slowed the economic reinvention of some smaller
as it gives those that experienced rapid towns. Chattanooga, Tennessee was cited as a city
growth time to catch up to community needs. that used the arts to transform a decaying downtown
• The past few years can be viewed as the into a vibrant urban core. Participants stated the need
“great reset”, forcing local government to to grow the role of the arts as economic
focus on its core mission and service delivery. development through more visible leadership (and
• State and local relations remain strong funding) from the state and greater visibility of the
because cities are not totally dependent on impact that the arts have on communities and
state budgets. Georgia’s economy.
• Residents want high level of services but low
taxes, a difficult demand. Public safety is Panel Workshop: Solving Georgia’s Childhood
often the one non-negotiable for residents and Reading Problem
often consumes 50% of municipal operating
budgets. Only 30% of Georgia’s children read at grade level by
• The slower economy has helped sharpen the grade 3. The long-term economic and societal impact
economic development focus of localities, of such underperformance is dramatic. Students that
often focusing on boosting and redeveloping fall behind in reading rarely recover academically and
downtowns. often do not graduate high school. Part of the
• Government needs leaders who have the problem is that only 17% of a child’s day in Pre-K in
courage and guts to make tough Georgia is spent on language instruction.
decisions. Disagreements surfaced on the level of the state’s
• The number of state and federal mandates concern for this issue, citing increased lip-service to
make it difficult for small, rural counties and the issue but little transformation in policy and funding.
cities to meet all the requirements, particularly In order to reverse course, teachers need be trained
when those requirements require significant in the latest methods and practices for encouraging
costs. verbal communication and increasing reading
aptitude. Integral to this approach, better research is
• There may be too many cities and counties
needed on the conditions under which children
in Georgia, which might lead to increased
learn to read.
conversations on consolidation of services or
shared purchasing agreements.


Social Media Recap
Forum participants were encouraged to publish reactions on Forum speakers or events via Twitter #gafwd. Below is
a sample of some of the “Tweets”.

iruncampaigns
Demography is destiny! GeorgiaForward
Awesome presentation @StephenFleming: meritocracy, free markets,
by Matt Hauer with the immigrants, collaboration & freedom to fail are
Carl Vinson Institute at key to innovation. #gafwd
Georgia Forward!
#gafwd

chadevans1019
@DaveWalkerCAI rocking his luncheon
paulgoggin keynote @GeorgiaForward #gafwd…Visit
I hate it when so many people are www.tcaii.org – Restoring Fiscal Sanity
tweeting about an interesting
conference - that I’m missing 
#gafwd

RyanTaylorAIA
GeorgiaForward StephenFleming @GeorgiaForward Forum digital
Kati Haycock of Ross King: more audience poll identifies #education as
Educ. Trust: US discussion of city-county the most important issue/challenge
falling behind (and multiple county!) for #Georgia. #gafwd #gapolitics
developed countries consolidation in Georgia
at scary rate. Start over last 12 months than I
giving have ever seen. #gafwd
underperforming
kids more, not less
#gafwd

joeventures
“I was in GA Senate for 12 years
GeorgiaForward & I learned more about what
Don’t need more med schools; need arts mean to GA communities in
bigger med schools with higher the past hour than I did in 12
quality education. Dr. Azziz at #gafwd years.” #gafwd


GeorgiaForward Board Chair, AJ Robinson

Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson Bill Steiner (NW GA Regional Comm.) Cynthia Perry Young (Bank of America) Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver

(L-R) Hill Hardman, Megan Sparks, Howard Franklin, Rukiya Eaddy, Amanda Shailendra, Mary Ann Portt, John Hardman and Amir Farokhi.


An Innovation Agenda for Education
Of the many policy challenges facing Georgia, none future success and the issue that GeorgiaForward
receives as much interest and call for action as public should focus its work on over the next year?”
education. At the 2011 Forum, participants were Education received the highest vote total (37%)
asked for the “most important issue to Georgia’s among the 106 attendees participating in the poll.

What is the most important issue to Georgia’s future success
and the issue that GeorgiaForward should focus its work on
over the next year?
Environmental
Sustainability
Quality of Life
3%
6%
Regional Competition Healthcare and Public
1% Health
Transportation 2%
Infrastructure
12%
Job Growth Water
11% 6%

A Vision for Statewide
Prosperity
22%
Public Education
37%

Accordingly, in the Forum’s interactive visioning What are the most important goals to which
session, participants were asked to discuss the Georgia must aspire if it is to make transformative
following questions: change in public education?

• What are the most important goals within this In the wake of a keynote address by Kati Haycock of
issue area which Georgia must aspire to if it is The Education Trust calling on Georgia to raise
to make transformative change? expectations for all students and not to accept
mediocre or failing teachers, significant discussion
• What are 2 to 3 ways we can significantly drive centered on goals that address changing perceptions
progress in this issue area over the next 5-10 about education and improving teacher and
years? curriculum quality. Among the goals discussed were:

• What will we and other leaders/stakeholders • Start early and expect excellence from the
have to do differently to promote innovative start.
solutions to policy challenges in this issue
area? • Zero in on key performance or quality goals
and commit to making progress.
A summary of the responses and ideas generated in
the interactive session follows:


• Focus on building public will for valuing
education and expecting excellence. • Focus on early childhood development and
education, especially early childhood literacy
• Provide teachers with strong professional from ages 0-8.
development and better salaries while also
weeding out poor teachers. What will leaders/stakeholders have to do
differently to promote innovative solutions to
• Focus on early childhood education, education policy challenges?
particularly language and literacy skills.
Talk means little without action. While the Forum
• Ensure that curriculum not only prepares consisted of ambitious and thoughtful conversations,
critical-thinkers but also does not eliminate only action and a change in behavior will create the
career specific curricula. transformative change needed in Georgia’s public
education system. Participants recommended the
What are ways to significantly drive progress in following behavioral and strategy changes necessary
public education over the next 5-10 years? to make significant improvements to Georgia public
education.
There are no shortages of theories on how best to
improve public education. For decades, debates • Commit to putting students before politics and
have raged over funding levels, class sizes, access to demand that legislators and state agencies
technology, teacher quality, the role of the parental embrace best-in-class approaches and high
involvement and external factors. The 2011 Forum expectations.
was no different. While consensus on a few specific
goals was elusive, approaches that gained repeated • Hold the quality of teachers as paramount to
mention or support included: educational success.

• Institutionalize the expectation of success and • Raise standards and education levels of
excellence; do not weaken standards for teachers while providing teachers with ample
learning or teaching. professional support.

• Encourage innovation: from systems to the • Create an environment that is open to
kinds of schools available to curriculum to innovation and adaptation and willing to
instruction. abandon unsuccessful approaches.

• Develop of a statewide communications plan • Study states that have made significant gains
relating to educational expectations and in public education (e.g., Massachusetts).
strategy.
• Articulate a set of goals and then doggedly
• Connect islands of educational excellence pursue those goals.
through technology and expose low-
performing schools/districts to their methods. OUTCOME

• Evolve curriculum to meet real world Transformative change to public education in Georgia
requirements including producing global- will take considerable more thought, specific goal-
minded, innovative, critical thinkers and setting and collaboration. Yet, participants in this
offering vocational schooling where needed. year’s GeorgiaForward Forum agreed that it was time
to articulate a vision and then act. Failing to do so
• Incorporate more public-private partnerships imperils the Georgia’s economic viability and the
into the education system. future of Georgia’s growing young population.
Accordingly, GeorgiaForward is developing a plan to
• Instead of premising the curriculum around lead a transformative goal-setting process for
(sometimes weak) standardized testing, dramatically improving Georgia’s public education
change assessment practices to focus on a system.
portfolio of desired skills and knowledge.


A Vision for Statewide Prosperity
In Georgia, disparities in regional economic the absence of a vision for statewide prosperity led
performance, natural resource consumption and many Forum participants to call for urgent articulation
health and education outcomes result in deep-seeded of such vision. In a poll participated in by 104 Forum
resentment and distrust. This distrust often manifests attendees, a vision for statewide prosperity was
itself in political battles which, in turn, makes viewed as the second most important issue to
consensus and vision rare. Although many localities Georgia’s future success.
and regions have robust, thoughtful long-range plans,

What is the second most important issue to Georgia’s
future success and that GeorgiaForward should focus
its work on over the next year?
Environmental
Quality of Life Sustainability
6% 7%

Regional Competition
1%
Transportation
Infrastructure
21%
Job Growth
14%
Healthcare and Public
Health
11%
Public Education
4%
A Vision for Statewide Water
Prosperity 8%
28%

While this poll did not result in broad consensus, the best to develop a vision for it. Ultimately, however,
Forum’s interactive workshop asked participants to there was broad agreement that the infrastructure for
discuss what is necessary for the development of a developing such a vision needs to (1) be created and
vision for statewide prosperity and what prosperity that any such process be open, take into account all
means. citizens of Georgia; (2) not be purely an economic
vision; and (3) propose solutions that fit a common
Similar to the interactive sessions on public education, vision but are decidedly local. To this latter goal,
participants were asked three questions. A summary participants often spoke of doing a better job
of the responses and ideas generated in the interactive leveraging the agriculture industry in southwest
session follows: Georgia, the medical strengths of Augusta, the
military bases near Columbus and Hinesville, the
What are the most important goals to which innovative talent in Atlanta and protecting natural
Georgia must aspire if it is to make transformative resources in north and coastal Georgia, among
change the development of vision for statewide others. Below are goals articulated at the Forum to
prosperity? which leaders and the state should aspire here:

Forum participants approached this issue with a wide • Break down silos between education, water,
range of ideas on what prosperity means and how economic development, quality of life, energy,

public health and infrastructure. These • Connect academics, policy makers and
issues are interrelated and cannot be business community in this process.
addressed individually.
• Create the infrastructure for a creative, open
• Define prosperity to include civic, cultural, statewide planning process.
economic, social, health, quality of life and
education. Aim to create happy, healthy • Develop an incubation culture that is focused
engaged citizens. on a few key issues and that seeks out and
supports big and small projects and
• Aspire to develop a common statewide vision companies that will benefit the state.
with local solutions.
What will leaders/stakeholders have to do
• Aim to develop a vision that leverages local differently to promote the development of vision
strengths like locally grown food, tourism, the for statewide prosperity?
arts, higher education, military bases, natural
resources and healthcare. To say that Georgians are frustrated with the absence
of vision and pragmatic problem-solving is an
• Develop reasons for the best and brightest to understatement. Central to their frustration is a
come to and stay in Georgia. seemingly intractable clash of partisan politics, egos
and regional and local balkanization. While
• Allow state pension funds to invest in the disagreement is expected and at times healthy,
venture capital market, to both grow local Georgia needs to do things differently, pull together
ideas and attract outside venture capital and help one another if it wants to have continued
firms. success. Participants called on leaders to make the
following changes to help a statewide vision take
• Make Georgia welcoming to outsiders, flight:
including immigrants, because they have an
enormously positive impact on the state’s • Work together and overcome regional and
economy and quality of life and are major political egos and stalemates.
drivers of innovation.
• Be willing to listen to all Georgians and
• Do not leave behind adults that need literacy incorporate their vision.
education or new workface training.
• Commit to an integrated statewide plan.
• Make robust use of tax allocation districts,
community improvement districts and • Think and plan beyond political terms.
empowerment zones.
• Engage young leadership.
• Collect good data on where we are as a state
and where we want to go. • Articulate the need for a statewide vision to
the public.
What are ways to significantly drive progress in
the development of vision for statewide prosperity OUTCOME
over the next 5-10 years?
The development and articulation of a vision for
Ideas abound as to how best make a vision for statewide prosperity requires significant time,
statewide prosperity become reality. Some ideas resources and engagement from many people.
articulated at the Forum follow: Participants at the 2011 Forum felt strongly that any
such effort be grassroots, collaborative and take a
• Be willing to listen to one another across the broad view of prosperity. GeorgiaForward will
state and collaborate. continue to be a voice calling for the development of a
statewide visioning process and, if appropriate, may
• Identify a leader or leading organization (or seek to lead such an effort. In the interim,
both) that can drive this process in a GeorgiaForward will work to engage Georgians
professional, open and positive way. around the state to help disparate regions see
common interests and opportunities for collaboration.


Kathryn Dennis (Community Foundation of Central Kymberlee Estis (Task Force for Global Health), Cliff Pyron
Georgia) and Danah Craft (Georgia Food Bank Assoc.) (Georgia Ports Authority) and Steve McWilliams (Georgia Forestry
Association)

Mattice Haynes Julie Ralston (Atlanta Regional Commission); Harry Matt Hauer (Univ. of Georgia,
West (Georgia Tech) & Patricia Barmeyer Vinson Institute) & Michele
(King & Spalding LLP) Mariani Vaughn (Pew Center)

Rickey Bevington (Georgia Public Broadcasting) and Terry Lawler Mien Dang


Acknowledgements
GeorgiaForward would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the 2011 GeorgiaForward Forum:

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Media Sponsor

GeorgiaForward would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their assistance in organizing,
supporting and/or running the 2011 Forum:

Michael Love, Camillia Brown, Wilma Sothern, Pamela Henman, Lynn Williamson, Dan Williams, Meg Modjeski, Jennifer Ball,
Isaac Boring, Dr. David Sjoquist, Megan Sparks, Dr. Janet Cummings, Mien Dang, Dr. Tony Mallon, Jamila Owens, Laura
McCarty, Emily Boness, Melanie Carlson, Dr. Janet Rechtman, Mattie Haynes and The Art of Community, Central Atlanta
Progress, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Georgia Municipal Association, Georgia Economic Developers
Association, Technology Association of Georgia, and Active Production and Design. We also thank all of our speakers,
panelists and moderators, without whom great ideas would not have flourished at the Forum.


Acknowledgements (cont.)
2011 Forum Steering Committee:

Shan Arora, Southface
David Edwards, IBM
Mattice Haynes, Art of Community
Amir Farokhi, GeorgiaForward
Sean Framton
Dr. Thomas Lockamy, Savannah-Chatham County Schools
Dr. Janet Rechtman, Fanning Institute, UGA
Otis White, Civic-Strategies
Dave Wills, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia
Ben Young, Georgia Trend Magazine

GeorgiaForward 2011 Board of Directors

A.J. Robinson, Board Chair, President, Central Atlanta Progress

Charles Stripling, Board Vice Chair, Stripling, Inc./Agricultural Landowner

Renay Blumenthal, Sr. Vice President, Public Policy, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Bill Bolling, Founder and CEO, Atlanta Community Food Bank

Amanda Brown-Olmstead, President, Amanda Brown-Olmstead and Associates

Deke Copenhaver, Mayor, City of Augusta

Ann Cramer, Director of Corporate Community Relations, IBM

Doc Eldridge, President, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce

Lesley Grady, Sr. Vice President of Community Partnerships, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Hill Hardman, Director of Corporate Strategy and Development, RouteMatch Software

Howard Morrison, Lebanon Plantation; Co-Founder and Chair, Savannah Ocean Exchange

Catherine Ross, Director, Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development

Wilma Sothern, Vice President of Marketing, Central Atlanta Progress

Charles Strawser, Vice President of Finance, Central Atlanta Progress

Ben Young, Associate Publisher, Georgia Trend Magazine


The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect those of GeorgiaForward.

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APPENDIX


2011 GeorgiaForward Forum Agenda

August 17, 2011 at The Lodge at Callaway Gardens

7:30-8:30am: Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:50am: Welcome from GeorgiaForward

8:50-9:40am: Michele Mariani Vaughn, Project Manager, Pew Center on the States: State of the States: Challenges
and Opportunities for Georgia and Beyond

9:45-10:35am: Mathew Hauer, Public Service Assistant, UGA Vinson Institute Applied Demography Program:
Georgia is the New California: Our Population and Implications

10:35-10:45am: Break

10:45-11:15am: Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost, Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute: Georgia: State of
Innovation

11:15am-12:00pm: Panel of Regions

• Moderator: Rickey Bevington, Georgia Public Broadcasting
• Coast: Tom Ratcliffe, Hinesville, Vice-Chair, Coastal Georgia Regional Water Planning Council
• Metro Atlanta: Terry Lawler, Executive Director, Regional Business Coalition of Metro Atlanta
• Southwest GA: Dan Bollinger, Executive Director, Southwest GA Regional Council
• West Middle GA: Teresa Tomlinson, Mayor of Columbus
• North GA: William (Bill) Steiner, CEO of the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission
• East GA: Deke Copenhaver, Mayor of Augusta

12:00-1:30pm – LUNCH with Keynote Address:

Ross Mason, Founder, Healthcare Institute for Neuro-Recovery and Innovation (HINRI) Ventures, HINRI Labs and
the HINRI Foundation: Making Georgia A Global Leader in Healthcare

1:30-3:00pm – Overview Workshops

- Transportation:
o What Do the Project Lists Mean for Georgia’s Transportation Future?
 Moderator: Heather Alhadeff, Perkins + Will
 Matt Hicks, Associate Legislative Director for Economic Development and Transportation, ACCG
 Howard Bicknell, Chair, Jackson County Board of Commissioners
 Billy Trapnell, Mayor, City of Metter, President, Georgia Municipal Association
 Kathryn Lawler, Atlanta Regional Commission
 David Millen, District 3 District Engineer, Georgia Department of Transportation
- Education:
o The State of Education in Georgia: Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities
 Moderator: Susan Walker, Deputy Director, Governor's Office of Student Achievement
 Teresa MacCartney, Deputy Superintendent, Race to the Top Implementation, Georgia
Department of Education
 Steve Dolinger, Executive Director, Georgia Partnership for Education Excellence
 Ann Cramer, Director Americas, IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs
 Bobby Cagle, Commissioner of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and
Learning
- Economic Development:
o Georgia’s Competitive Advantages and Disadvantages
 Moderator: Mike Cassidy, Georgia Research Alliance
 Mike Gerber, President Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education

 Cliff Pyron, Chief Commercial Officer, Georgia Ports Authority
 Tino Mantella, President, Technology Association of Georgia
 Jannine Miller, Executive Director, Georgia Regional Transit Authority
- Water:
o Where Are We on Water Now?
 Moderator: Andre Jackson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 Patricia Barmeyer, Partner, Head of Environmental Law Practice, King & Spalding LLP
 Allen Barnes, Director, Georgia EPD
 Joe Rozza, Global Water Resource Sustainability Manager, Coca-Cola
 Mike Gaymon, President, Columbus Chamber of Commerce
- Public Health and Healthcare:
o The State of Healthcare and Public Health in Georgia
 Moderator: Andy Miller, Editor, Georgia Health News
 Dr. Ricardo Aziz, President, Georgia Health Sciences Univ.
 Cindy Zeldin, Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future
 Matt Caseman, Executive Director, Georgia Rural Health Association

3:00-3:15pm – Networking Break

3:15-3:30pm – What Did We Learn?

3:30-5:00pm – Two “Think Big” Closing Keynotes

Navneet Singh Narula, Managing Partner, nBrilliance: How Social Entrepreneurship Can Change the Game for
Georgia.

Kati Haycock, President, The Education Trust: Improving Achievement and Closing Gaps Between Groups: Lessons
from Schools, Districts and States on the Performance Frontier

5:00-6:30pm –Cocktail Reception

August 18, 2011 at The Lodge at Callaway Gardens

7:00-8:00am: Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:15am: Welcome/Day 1 Summary

8:15-9:10am: Chad Evans, Senior VP, Council on Competitiveness: The Global Playing Field: Where America Stands

9:15-10:45am: Interactive Workshops

- Transportation:
o Approaching the 2012 Transportation Referendum Vote
 Moderator: Jennifer Ball, Vice President, Planning, Central Atlanta Progress
 Tim Kassa, Planning Division, Georgia DOT
 Paul Bennecke, Red Clay Strategies
 Doc Eldridge, president, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce
 Henry Lange, Harris County Commission
- Education:
o Solving Georgia’s Childhood Reading Problem
 Moderator: Stephanie Blank, Chair of the Board, GEEARS
 Comer Yates, Head of School, Atlanta Speech School
 Dr. Nicole Patton-Terry, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
 David Pennington, Mayor, City of Dalton
- Governance:
o The Politics of Slower Growth
 Moderator: Neely Young, Publisher, Georgia Trend Magazine
 Ceasar Mitchell, President, Atlanta City Council

 Paul Radford, Director, Georgia Municipal Association
 Clint Mueller, Legislative Director, Revenue & Finance, ACCG
 John Ward, City Manager, Jefferson, GA
- Water
o Solving Georgia’s Long Term Water Supply Problem
 Moderator: Dan Chapman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 Katie Kirkpatrick, Vice President, Environmental Policy, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
 Don Cope, President and CEO, Dalton Utilities
 Joe Cook, Director, Coosa River Basin Initiative
 Mark Masters, Director of Projects Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center
- Economic Development:
o Do Creative Economies Work and Can They Strengthen Georgia?
 Moderator: Jamil Zainaldin, President, Georgia Humanities Council
 Jessyca Holland, Executive Director, C4 Atlanta
 Leslie Breland, Cultural & Tourism Product Development Manager Georgia Department of
Economic Development
 Wayne Jones, Executive Director, Arts Connection
 Linda Bennett, Executive Director, Choose Chattanooga
- Public Health and Healthcare:
o Combating Obesity in GA
 Moderator: Andy Miller, Editor, Georgia Health News
 Greg Dent, President, Community Health Works
 Christi Kay, Executive Director HealthMPowers
 Dr. Kimberly Redding, Director of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program at the
Georgia Department of Public Health
 Dr. Bettylou Sherry, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control, Division of Nutrition, Physical
Activity and Obesity
 Dr. Juanita Cone, Chief of Population Care, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia

10:45-11:00am: Break

11:00-12:00pm: Interactive Session: Summary of Workshops and Creating an Innovation Agenda for Georgia

12:00-1:30pm: Lunch with Keynote Speaker: David Walker, CEO of Comeback America Initiative

1:30-2:00pm: Adjourn


List of Forum Registrants and Panelists

Terry Taylor 2020 Georgia
Alex Scavo A. Brown Olmstead Associates
Amanda Brown-Olmstead A. Brown-Olmstead Associates
Pamela Roshell AARP Georgia
Deborah Bowie Albany Area Chamber of Commerce
Cara Polk Aracacia
Wayne Jones Arts Connection
Ross King Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)
Matt Hicks Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)
Clint Mueller Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG)
Terry Smith AT&T
Doc Eldridge Athens Area Chamber of Commerce
Rukiya Eaddy Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Brian Leary Atlanta Betline Inc.
Bill Bolling Atlanta Community Food Bank
Cheryl Strickland Atlanta Development Authority
Dale Royal Atlanta Development Authority
Amanda Shailendra Atlanta Development Authority
Jeff Lam Atlanta Downtown Neighborhood Association
Steven Lindsey Atlanta Gas Light
Wayne Martin Atlanta Housing Authority
Tracey Scott Atlanta Housing Authority
Andre Jackson Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dan Chapman Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dan Reuter Atlanta Regional Comission
Kellie Brownlow Atlanta Regional Commission
Julie Ralston Atlanta Regional Commission
Kathryn Lawler Atlanta Regional Commission
Michael Gerber Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education
Mike Gerber Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education
Nydia Tisdale Atlanta Road, LLC
Comer Yates Atlanta Speech School
Ora Parish Bank of America
Cynthia Perry Young Bank of America
Cheryl Lomax Bank of America
Eric Melson Bank of America
Geri Thomas Bank of America
Steven Price Bank of America
Kenneth Bleakly Bleakly Adivsory Group
Bobby Cagle Bright From the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning
Joe Winter C4 Atlanta
Jessyca Holland C4 Atlanta
Beverly Johnson Carl Vinson Institute - University of Georgia
Dennis Epps Carl Vinson Institute of Government - UGA


Catrina Maxwell CatMax Photography
Dr. Bettylou Sherry Centers for Disease Control
Jennifer Ball Central Atlanta Progress
Wilma Sothern Central Atlanta Progress
Lynn Williamson Central Atlanta Progress
Pamela Henman Central Atlanta Progress
Dan Williams Central Atlanta Progress
Charles Strawser Central Atlanta Progress
Billie Izard Certified Literate Community Program
Kurt Hetager Chatham County Public Schools
Linda Bennett Choose Chattanooga
David Bennett City of Atlanta
Karyn Nixon City of Augusta
John Ward III City of Jefferson
John Ward City of Jefferson
A Ferguson IV City of West Point
Clair Muller Civc League for Regional Atlanta
Catherine Muller Civic League for Regional Atlanta
Tom Ratcliffe Coastal Georgia Regional Water Planning Council
Cathy Ramos Coca-Cola
Joe Rozza Coca-Cola
Diane Waugh Coca-Cola Refreshments
Mike Gaymon Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Rick Jones Columbus Consolidated Government
Will Johnson Columbus Consolidated Government
John Helton Columbus State University
Bob Diveley Columbus State University
Abraham George Columbus State University
Bob Jones Columbus Technical College
Jamie Loyd Columbus Technical College
David Walker Comeback America Initiative
Kathryn Dennis Community Foundation of Central Georgia
Gregory Dent Community Health Works
Kathleen Ashley Community Health Works
Greg Dent Community Health Works
Joe Cook Coosa River Basin Initiative
Bruce Drennan Cordele Crisp IDC
Chad Evans Council on Competitiveness
Craig Jones Cousins Properties, Inc.
ED Helton CSU Cunningham Center for Leadership Development
Ben Reeves Cushman & Wakefield
Don Cope Dalton Utilities
Joe Montgomery Darlington School
Bob Simmons Development Authority of Fulton County
Daniel Sherman DLA Piper LLP
Betty Willis Emory University

Emily Boness Fanning Institute, UGA
John Hardman First Light Ventures
Mark Masters Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center
Phillippa Moss Gainesville-Hall County Community Service Center
Daniel Groce Georgia Agribusiness Council
Alan Essig Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Angie Patterson Georgia Cancer Coalition, Inc.
Andrew Lewis Georgia Charter Schools Association
Patricia Nobbie Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Eric Jacobson Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
David Martin Georgia Council on Economic Education
Saralyn Stafford Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Leslie Breland Georgia Department of Economic Development
Teresa MacCartney Georgia Department of Education
Fred Aiken Georgia Department of Labor
Dr. Kimberly Redding Georgia Department of Public Health
David Millen Georgia Department of Transportation
Tim Kassa Georgia Department of Transportation
Mindy Binderman Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students
Stephanie Blank Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students
Bill Verner Georgia EMC
Allen Barnes Georgia EPD
Danah Craft Georgia Food Bank Association
Steve McWilliams Georgia Forestry Association
Andy Miller Georgia Health News
Dr. Ricardo Azziz Georgia Health Sciences University
Laura T. McCarty Georgia Humanities Council
Brett Davis Georgia Humanities Council
Jamila Owens Georgia Humanities Council
Jamil Zainaldin Georgia Humanities Council
Laura McCarty Georgia Humanities Council
Jim Langford Georgia Meth Project
Brian Wallace Georgia Municipal Association
Billy Trapnell Georgia Municipal Association
Paul Radford Georgia Municipal Association
Steve Dolinger Georgia Partnership for Education Excellence
Diane Hopkins Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Cliff Pyron Georgia Ports Authority
Rickey Bevington Georgia Public Broadcasting
Jannine Miller Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Michael Cassidy Georgia Research Alliance
Matt Caseman Georgia Rural Health Association
Dr. Nicole Patton-Terry Georgia State University
James Weyhenmeyer Georgia State University
Harry West Georgia Tech
Stephen Fleming Georgia Tech - Enterprise Innovation Institute

Neely Young Georgia Trend Magazine
Amir Farokhi GeorgiaForward
Michael Love GeorgiaForward
AJ Robinson GeorgiaForward & Central Atlanta Progress
Cindy Zeldin Georgians for a Healthy Future
Curley Dossman, Jr. Georgia-Pacific Foundation
Kathy Carlisle Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers, Inc.
Susan Walker Governor's Office of Student Achievement
Lisa Borders Grady Health Foundation
Henry Lange Harris County Commission
Ross Mason Healthcare Institute for Neuro-Recovery and Innovation Ventures
Christi Kay HealthMPowers
Dean Baker Historic Preservation Division of Dept of Natural Resources
David Edwards IBM
Tjuan Dogan IBM
Ann Cramer IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs
Howard Franklin Influence Factory
Hunter Bicknell Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Howard Bicknell Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Brian Brodrick Jackson Spalding
Noah Levine Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Beverly Blake John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Jason Anavitarte Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
Dr. Juanita Cone Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
Mason Stephenson King & Spalding LLP
Jonathan Letzring King & Spalding LLP
Patricia Barmeyer King & Spalding LLP
Megan Sparks Leadership Atlanta
Howard Morrison Lebanon Plantation
Deke Copenhaver Mayor of Augusta
Teresa Tomlinson Mayor of Columbus
David Pennington Mayor of Dalton
Jackie Wilson Mayor of Douglas
Sharon Gay McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Jeff Wansley Metro Atlanta Chamber
Renay Blumenthal Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Meadows Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Katie Kirkpatrick Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Dr. N.R. Farokhi Morris Brown College
Navneet Singh Narula nBrilliance
Kris Hattaway NewTown Macon
Mike Ford NewTown Macon
William (Bill) Steiner Northwest Georgia Regional Commission
Tracy Oosterman One More Sponsor
Yvonne Williams Perimeter CIDs
Heather Alhadeff Perkins + Will

Michele Mariani Vaughn Pew Center on the States
Ceasar Mitchell President, Atlanta City Council
Mary Zurn Primrose School Franchising Co
Jo Kirchner Primrose School Franchising Co
Margaret Ciccarelli Professional Association of Georgia Educators
David Weitnauer R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation
Paul Bennecke Red Clay Strategies
Terry Lawler Regional Business Coalition of Metro Atlanta
Katie Howard River Valley Regional Commission
Erik Johnson Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Janet Cummings Rollins School of Public Health
Hilliard ("Hill") Hardman RouteMatch Software
Joseph Porter, Jr. S. L. King Technologies, Inc.
Ellen Shellabarger S. L. King Technologies, Inc.
Stephen Nygren Serenbe Development Corp.
John Reyhan Skanska USA Building Inc
Gray Kelly Southface
John Sibley Southface Energy Institute
Dan Bollinger Southwest GA Regional Council
Charles Stripling Stripling, Inc.
Suzanne Burnes Sustainable Atlanta
Tyrone Williams Sustainable Neighborhood Development Strategies Inc.
Ryan Taylor taylor28design LLC
Tino Mantella Technology Association of Georgia
Melanie Goux Television by Design, Inc.
Jay Antzakas Television by Design, Inc.
Laura Lester The Atlanta Community Food Bank / 2020 Georgia
Lesley Grady The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Phil Smith The Concord Coalition
Kati Haycock The Education Trust
Maria Saporta The Saporta Report
Beth Schapiro The Schapiro Group
Kymberlee Estis The Task Force for Global Health
Suzanna Stribling The Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation
Debbie Burdette Troup County CLCP
Alec Fraser Turner Properties
Dr. Tony Mallon UGA School of Social Work
Melanie Carlson UGA School of Social Work
Mathew Hauer UGA Vinson Institute
Ann Mintz United Way Metropolitan Atlanta
Juliet Cohen Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Mark Riley Urban Realty Partners
Bobbie Munroe
Mien Dang
Vanitha Sivarajan
Doug Cox

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