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Creative State

Karen Kirkpatrick,

Georgia’s literary heritage includes the likes of Margaret Mitchell, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O’Connor and even those who may not be thought of primarily as writers, but whose words have touched millions, like Martin Luther King Jr. These authors have inspired…
Business Industry, Features, People

Expecting Excellence

Susan Percy,

It’s hard to imagine anyone better prepared to lead the state’s flagship university than Jere Morehead. He’s a 1980 UGA law school graduate who became president in July 2013, after serving as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.…
Features, People

New Strategies For Job Creation

Susan Percy,

Hala Moddelmog, a veteran of the corporate and nonprofit worlds, became president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber this year. A Georgia native, Moddelmog is the first female to head the organization, which traces its beginnings back to 1859 and the…
Business Industry, Features, People

Q&A with A.J. Robinson

Susan Percy,

This is an exciting summer for Downtown Atlanta and its citizens. Within a few short weeks, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Atlanta Streetcar and the College Football Hall of Fame are all opening. There’s activity around…
Environment, Features, People

When Powers Combine

Susan Percy,

Laura Turner Seydel is chairperson of the Captain Planet Foundation, which was inspired by the groundbreaking Captain Planet and the Planeteers cartoon series and provides funds for learning gardens and other environmental projects in schools. Like her father, media mogul…
Features, People

2014 Most Respected Business Leader

Susan Percy,

Will Harris calls his farmland in Bluffton, along Highway 27 in Southwest Georgia, “a magic place.” Not in a mystical sense, he’ll tell you quickly, but in more elemental terms of weather and soil. “It’s where meteorology meets geology,” he…
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Back From The Brink

Susan Percy,

Veteran banker Kessel Stelling joined Columbus-based Synovus in 2006, when the financial services corporation acquired his Riverside Bank and merged with the Bank of North Georgia (BNG), just in time to present Stelling with the toughest challenge of his 37-year…