In 1998, Synovus Financial Services Corporation, the Columbus-based company where William “Bill” Turner served as Chairman of the Executive Committee, was named the “Best Place to Work in America” by Forbes. A reporter from the magazine interviewed him, wanting…
NCR Corporation, a global technology company, was founded in 1884 as the National Cash Register Company, headquartered in Ohio. It went public in 1926, was owned for a time by AT&T, then became an independent public company in 1997…
Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State in 2010 by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue to complete the term of Karen Handel, who re-signed. Later that year, Kemp ran for election and won a four-year term of his own. He’s a…
Dr. Jennifer Frum Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia West Virginia native Dr. Jennifer Frum was bitten by the international bug after traveling and living, briefly, in Europe as a teenager. Later, with degrees in…
When Robert L. Brown Jr. set off from Dublin to study architecture at Tuskegee University, he had never actually met an architect. But he had spent a lot of time working with his father, a builder and small businessman,…
There is no telling where Tom Fanning would have ended up if injuries hadn’t kept him out of the United States Military Academy. Twice. But it’s a sure bet he wouldn’t be doing what he’s doing now. Fanning became…
Atlanta Community Food Bank Founder and Executive Director Bill Bolling is Georgia Trend’s 2012 Georgian Of The Year. His work has never been more difficult or more important.
Sam Olens was the personification of local government and Metro Atlanta regional planning. He served on the Cobb County Board of Com-missioners from 1999 through March 2010, the last eight years as chairman. He chaired the Atlanta Regional Commission…
A Civil Rights legend and a giant among civic leaders are the new Georgia Trustees for 2012. Former Ambassador and Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, a close confidant of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and philanthropist and retired…
The Mohawk Nation sent some of its best and brightest to meet Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, hoping to teach him a lesson in leadership. Young was one of Jimmy Carter’s trusted advisors on human rights,…
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