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Sam Williams, President of the metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was known for having assembled the best business and civic minds in Atlanta to study and present a report concerning Atlanta's long-term future of quality jobs, quality of life in balance growth. In addition, he launched the chambers, “industrious of the mind" a campaign to grow and retain high-tech workers and businesses. He has successfully recruited 85 companies to the metro area and created more than 10,000 new technology jobs
Advisor Planning & Implementation
Bill Ray has over 40 years of executive level management experience in the fields of administration, engineering, construction supervision, contract administration, environmental planning and facilities planning. He has extensive experience with state & local governments, federal agencies and foreign governments. While serving as Senior Vice President of Georgia Tech he led the programming, design, and construction of a host of facilities for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Mr. Ray is a retired Major General from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Advisor Government and Education
Peter White is the retired Editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, the city’s premier newspaper, and, founder and President Emeritus of The Southern Center for International Studies. He graduated from Fordham University, attended the Academy of International Law at The Hague and the National War College. Mr. White has over thirty years of experience in international programming, and also advises a number of governors, university, and state government officials and corporations. Mr. White is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, the Atlanta Rotary Club, and is on the Board of Visitors of the CDC Foundation. He regularly contributes articles relating to U.S. foreign policy issues to newspapers and periodicals. He has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Africa.
