Georgia’s Small Business ROCK STARS are outstanding, unique and impactful small businesses in the state of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Economic Development Association salute the risks, the innovations, and the outreach of these small businesses.… Read More
Craig Lesser is the Chairman of the Pendleton Group, which provides governmental affairs, economic development and strategic communications counsel to governments and businesses.
Lesser served as Georgia’s Commissioner of Economic Development from 2004 to 2007, where he directed efforts to… Read More
Jannine Miller is the Director of Planning at the Georgia Department of Transportation, serving on the Executive Leadership Team alongside Commissioner Russell McMurry. She was appointed to the position by Governor Brian Kemp and confirmed by the General Assembly in June 2020. In this role, Ms.… Read More
Sarah Houde spent her early career as a communications and public relations director in the private and non - profit sectors before becoming executive director of Youth Fusion, a pan - Canadian charity that doubled in size in its three years under her leadership. She then joined private equity firm… Read More
David Aspinwall is President of Heliox Technologies in the Americas . From the new headquarters in Atlanta, David drives the growth and adoption of Heliox medium and heavy duty charging solutions through education , customer designed solutions , and industry partnerships. Previous leadership roles… Read More
Allie Kelly is Executive Director of The Ray. In that role, she leads the nonprofit organization that has built the nation’s only publicly accessible, living laboratory for transportation innovation.
Allie was recruited to lead as its first Executive Director in 2015. She has helped the… Read More
Brian L. Johnson is the current City Manager of Peachtree Corners, Georgia. As City Manager, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the city and is responsible for the management of all city departments and of all city affairs. He is currently one of only 1,379 local government management… Read More
As director of industry partnerships and project-based learning at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Chris Rhodes will facilitate CAES’s participation in the university’s … Read More
Andrew has held Executive positions in industry in addition to corporate consulting, leveraging both perspectives in his leadership role at Xtivity.
He has worked in the manufacturing and supply chain sector for over 20 years, with experience delivering improvement programs to a global client… Read More
Stephanie Gossman is the Electric Transportation Manager at Georgia Power Company where she leads the department responsible for customer offerings to support the buildout of EV charging infrastructure. Prior to this role, she spent 11 years working in the Power Delivery organization including real… Read More
