Last year, after 23 years with the Association County Commissioners of Georgia, or ACCG, Ross King became the third executive director in the organization’s history, succeeding Jerry Griffin. ACCG has been around since 1914, although it didn’t have an…
In 1994, President Bill Clinton was facing a crisis in Haiti, where a military coup regime was crushing the rights of the country’s people and killing a good number of them. Wishing to restore a democratic government, and do it…
Sometimes, when Vince Dooley talks to his plants, he sounds like one of those father-figure Confederate generals he admires so much, calmly redeploying soldiers, or a cool-headed football coach readjusting his team, moving players from one position to another. …
Speaker of the House David Ralston thinks the fraternity-party image that attached itself to the House under his predecessor was overblown. Nonetheless, that perception helped fuel his determination to put the House in order and insist that members get…
Ray Anderson Chairman Interface, Inc. Atlanta Age: 76 Ray Anderson has been counting down to zero for 16 years, and he won’t be happy until his company hits rock bottom. “We’ve made a lot of progress toward our goal of…
This is the 13th edition of Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians, and it reflects a changing of the guard at the highest levels of state government and business leadership, while furthering the notion of Georgia as, basically, a one-party…
Georgia’s new Speaker of the House David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has received high marks for his handling of the House of Representatives following the scandal-fueled resignation of his predecessor Glenn Richardson. Georgia Trend’s Neely Young and Susan Percy interviewed the…
With more than 11,000 employees, WellStar Health System is big healthcare business for Georgia. From its origins at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, the system has grown over the last 50 years to include four hospitals, extending out to West Georgia…
The Commerce Club, the premier meeting place for Atlanta’s civic-minded business community since it was founded in 1960, will combine its membership with the One Ninety One Club and move from its Broad Street location to the 49th floor of…
Bob Prechter wants to change the way you think. He wants to alter your most basic assumptions about cause and effect, the market, the economy, human social history and Shakespeare. To some, especially the 80 or so people who work…
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