An Aspen Fellow, Whirl previously served as president of Augusta Technical College before taking on the leadership of Georgia’s oldest public Historically Black College and University (HBCU) on April 1, 2025. Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President, Savannah…
You don’t have to leave the community to have a job. Getting that message out is part of the workforce education mission in each of Georgia’s 159 counties, says Anna Chafin, CEO of the Development Authority of Bryan County. And…
It’s hard to remember the economic conditions in Georgia when Nathan Deal became governor in 2011. But Deal certainly does. “We were still in the midst of the Great Recession,” he says. “We had a 10.4% unemployment rate. It was…
While industries from distribution to cybersecurity have continued to grow in Georgia’s East Central region, more and more conservation-minded sectors are taking hold there as well. Two major recycling companies, Aurubis and PureCycle, are building plants in the Augusta area…
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