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COLUMNS
MARCH–APRIL 202 5
18
39
DEPARTMENTS
MATT TOWERY
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 51
RANDY DAVIDSON
FEATURES
GEORGIAN OF THE YEAR
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
TYLER HARPER 12
THE 2025 MOST INFLUENTIAL
GEORGIANS 18
THE 2025 EXCEPTIONAL STATE
LAWMAKERS 37
GWINNETT COUNTY
LOOKING AT NEW OPPORTUNITIES
& PROJECTS 39
EVERETT CATTS
46
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
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ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
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ADVERTISING SALES SUPERVISOR CRAIG MALCOLM
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ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER TIM KELLEY
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CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
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CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
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JIMMY CARTER
ONE FINAL WORD 9
CEO SPOTLIGHT GEORGIA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION’S
CAYLEE NOGGLE 46
CINDY MORLEY
GEORGIA ON THE WORLD STAGE
THE STATE OF FILM PRODUCTION 43
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER
100 YEARS OF WORLD-CLASS EXHIBITS 53
EVERETT CATTS
JAMES AWARDS
THE 2024 TOP GEORGIA LOBBYISTS 65
A NEW CEO
THE GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER 69
BAKER OWENS
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA’S DAVID HESS
RESEARCH & MODERNIZING CURRICULUM 73
EVERETT CATTS
AVIATION
KEEPING GEORGIA’S ECONOMY FLYING HIGH 77
BAKER OWENS
A CONVERSATION
GEORGIA TECH’S DR. áNGEL CABRERA 81
PHIL KENT
MARTA
DELIVERING TRANSIT SOLUTIONS FOR
A GROWING METRO ATLANTA 89
COLLIE GREENWOOD
METRO ATLANTA CIDS
ENHANCING COMMUNITIES
& GEORGIA 57
ON THE COVER
GEORGIAN OF THE YEAR, TYLER HARPER
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