At first glance, Jim Blanchard and Muhtar Kent might not appear to have much in common, but dig just a little deeper and the reason the pair were selected as 2016 Georgia Trustees becomes obvious. Servant leadership, says Todd Groce,…
Each day at hospitals throughout Georgia, doctors are using techniques that were once unimaginable to treat patients with heart disease. Robotics allow surgeons to operate with greater precision; faulty aortic valves are replaced through catheters, not large incisions; and machines…
Lawmakers returned in January to what could be an interesting session based on HB 170, the landmark transportation funding package that dominated last year’s session. Or not. The temptation to put up their feet must be great after the passage…
Chris Appleton Executive Director WonderRoot Atlanta Holmes Bell IV Chairman and CEO Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung Savannah Sanford Bishop U.S. Representative District 2 Albany Robert Brown President and CEO RL Brown & Associates Decatur Bobby Cagle Director Division of…
Arthur Blank Co-founder, The Home Depot Owner, Atlanta Falcons Atlanta When Arthur Blank founded The Home Depot with Bernie Marcus in 1978, no one knew how significantly their home-improvement superstore would change not only their own lives, but the lives…
The new year has barely started, and Curtis Foltz is already sure “2016 will be an incredible year.” The level-headed executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is not a man given to exaggeration, so you know he has…
Every month the new unemployment rate in Georgia is announced, and we learn how, despite the number creeping down, it continues to be higher than the U.S. rate. What we don’t hear as often is that in Georgia, there are…
He’s a lot more, but Sam Olens is basically a good guy. Georgia’s Republican attorney general, in the middle of his second term, is a plays-well-with-others, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work consensus-builder, a lawyer’s lawyer who is quick to share credit and gives every…
Here in Georgia, we have a lot to be proud of: a strong economy, top-rated universities, nationally recognized restaurants – the list goes on. And while it can be easy to take all this for granted, it’s because of many…
What’s more important than your mouth? “It’s how we communicate with people, how we express our pleasure or displeasure and how we nourish ourselves,” says Atlanta dentist Richard Smith. “It’s the first thing people look at when they see us.”…
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