2012 40 Under 40: The Best & Brightest
Our 16th annual roster of high achievers from business, government, education, the arts and nonprofits
People
Honoring Ethical Leadership
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…
Reinvention And Relocation
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…
Q&A With Secretary Of State Brian Kemp
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…
2012 Power Women
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…
Giving Back
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,…
Energizing The South
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…
Feeding The Hungry
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.
Georgia's Top Lawyer
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…
Georgia's New Trustees
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…
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