Welcome!
2015
Basic
Economic Development
Course
(BEDC)
About GEDA
Mission
• Our mission is to provide and
promote networking and professional
development opportunities and to
shape economic development public
policy.
Vision
• GEDA is the leading professional
association dedicated to enhancing
Georgia's economic vitality.
Leadership
Chair – Tim Evans, Hall County
1st Vice Chair – Greg Wright, Coweta County
2nd Vice Chair – Anna Chafin, Bryan County
Secretary-Treasurer – Missy Kendrick, Lamar County
Immediate Past Chair – Angie Gheesling, Houston County
Board of Directors
Mary Ellen McClanahan – GDEcD
Senator Jeff Mullis – Northwest Georgia JDA
Charles Stallworth – Georgia Power Company
Greg Torre – GDEcD
Brian Dill – DCA
Maceo Rogers – City of East Point
Amanda Shailendra – GDEcD
Mike Worley – Worley & Assocs.
Tom Croteau – GDEcD
Ricky McGee – Georgia EMC
Chris Pumphrey – Dev. Auth. of Douglas County
Andrea Schruijer – Valdosta-Lowndes Dev. Auth.
Get Involved!
Committees
• Business Expansion & Retention
• Business Recruitment
• Communications & Marketing
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Development Authority Executives
Membership/Special Services Awards
Professional Development
Public Policy
Sponsorship
Young Professionals
John Scott, Brunswick-Glynn County
Wylly Harrison, GDEcD
Kevin Johnson, Georgia Power
& John Riddle, Wayne Co. IDA
Chris Pumphrey, Douglas County
Dorie Bacon, Screven County
Saralyn Stafford, DCA
Niki Vanderslice, TCSG/QuickStart
Ricky McGee, Georgia EMC
Annie Baxter, GDEcD
Shared Interest Groups (SIG)
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Education/Workforce Development
Entrepreneurship/Small Business
Infrastructure
Natural Resources/Environment
Non-Traditional Economic Development
Research
Rural Development
Sean McMillan, UGA Econ. Dev.
Donna Armstrong-Lackey, Carroll Tom.
John Cushnie, Georgia Chamber
vacant
Tiffany Andrews, Forsyth-Monroe C/DA
Jennifer Zeller, Georgia Power Co.
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Public Policy
• Our role is to “educate, not advocate”
• Legislative Monitor
Upcoming Events
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Small Business Rock Star Awards - March
New State Leaders Triumvirate - April
Spring Workshop @ Callaway – May
Annual Conference @ Savannah– September
Monthly Meetings – Third Monday
E-GEDA
• Websites:
• www.geda.org
• www.GEDAtimeline.org
• Social Media
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• YouTube
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Committee information
Committee sign-up
Event registration
Job Center
Photo galleries
Acronyms page
GEDA Gazette newsletter
Library of documents
Other good “stuff”
Initiative
Attend the Meetings
Set Goals to Meet People
Mix & Mingle
Share GEDA with Others
Join a Committee
Suggest a Speaker
Be a Sponsor
Bookmark the webpage
Edit Your Profile
Send in Press Releases
Read GEDA Newsletter
Submit info to Newsletter
Participate on Discussion
Forums
Suggest Forum Topics
Submit an Event for the GEDA
Calendar
Checkout Job Center
Other Ideas?
Awards/Recognition
Rip Wiley Award for Professional Excellence
Governor Zell Miller Public Policy Leadership Award
Volunteer of the Year
Deal of the Year
Committee Chair of the Year
Committee Member of the Year
Honorary Life Membership
Past Presidents / Chairs
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
E. A. Yates, Jr.
E. A. Yates, Jr.; F. Adrian Norton
F. Adrian Norton
James H. Nutter; Ross Hammond
W. N. Galphin, Jr.
Harold Diffenderfer
H. Hearn Lumpkin
David C. Morgan
Allen D. Stephenson
Col. Harold A. Dye; William O. Burke
William O. Burke
Michael Easterly
Glenn Cornell, CEcD
John W. Talley, Jr.
Robert H. Evans
Michael H. Lott
James A. Steed, CEcD
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
James D. Hall, Jr.
James F. West, Jr.
L. Thomas Murphy, Jr.
George Rogers
Ron Robinson
Cliff McDuffie
Randy Cardoza
Sherman Dudley, CEcD
James L. Martin, Jr., EDFP
Charlie Gatlin, CEcD
M. Kevin Shea
H. Wayne Hodges
James H. Topple
David C. Garrett, III
Jones Hooks, CEcD
Nancy Nolan, CEcD
Randal Morris
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Martha Schoonmaker, CEcD
Annie Hunt Burriss, CEcD
Timothy L. Martin, CEcD, EDFP
David M. Luckie, CEcD, EDFP
Willie M. Paulk
Dennis Chastain
Rick Duke, CEcD, EDFP
Al Hodge
Jim Finch
Peggy Jolley, CEcD
Todd Greene, CEcD
Chris Clark, CEcD
Pat Topping, CEcD
Bob White, CEcD
Misti Martin, CEcD
JoAnne Lewis
Angie Gheesling
Tim Evans, CEcD
Honorary Life Members
2010 Jim Ewing
Jim Finch
Robin Spratlin
2009 Ronnie Evans
2008 Nancy Nolan
2007 Cullen Larson
Martha Schoonmaker
2005 John Malone
2004 Glenn Cornell
2004 Mike Lott
2003 George Rogers
Jim Steed
2001 Sherman Dudley
2000 Randy Cardoza
James L. Martin, Jr.
1998 Barbara Gunn
1997 Roy Cooper
1996 Robert H. Evans
David Morgan
1989 Charlotte Anderson
Andy Andrews
1986 George Dubuc
W. Milton Folds
1985 John Gilliland
James D. Hall, Jr.
1984 George Busbee
1982 Penn Worden
1981 Bob Cassell
1976 Louis W. Truman
Rip Wiley Award
for Professional Excellence
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Peggy Jolly, CEcD, EDFP, CCM
David Luckie, CEcD, EDFP
Albert M. Hodge, Jr.
Dennis Chastain
Nancy Kinsey
Jim Finch
Peggy Chapman
Jim Ewing
Timothy L. Martin, CEcD, EDFP
Annie Hunt Burriss
Willie M. Paulk
Daniel M. McRae
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1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
Charles R. Gatlin
Deborah Lohnes
Sherman Dudley
Michael H. Lott
George Rogers
Jane Fryer
David C. Garrett III
Randy Cardoza
Kevin Shea
Roy B. Cooper
James L. Martin, Jr.
Parks Burton
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
Ron Robinson
Jim Steed
Lamar Clifton
Cliff McDuffie
Glenn Cornell
Jack Talley
Bob Cassell
Penn Worden
Andy Andrews
David Morgan
Bob Evans
Volunteer of the Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Francis Lott, Coffee County
Bobby Smith, Screven County
W. Morris Jordan, Walton County
Philip Wilheit, Hall County
Chuck Dobbins, Whitfield County
James Jarrett, Bartow County
Steve Holcomb, Cherokee County
W.L. “Billy” Carter, Henry County
Rabun Neal, Greene County
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1998
1997
Randy Hayes, Fayette County
Fred Finney, Lee County
Mary Jo Stephens, Johnson County
George Gill, Upson County
William G. Fallin, Colquitt County
Riley Stamey, McDuffie County
Jack Edmunds, Hart County
William P. (Bill) Marshall, Dade County
Vince Ciampa, Baldwin County
Zell Miller Public Policy
Leadership Award
2014 U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss
2013 Chris Clarke, CEcD
2010 State Rep. Larry O'Neal
2009 Dan McRae
2008 State Senator Jeff Mullis
2007 State Senator Jack Hill
2006 Phil Jacobs
2004 Dr. Ken Breeden
2003 Harold Reheis
2002 Lindsay Thomas
2001 Max Lockwood
2000 A. W. (Bill) Dahlberg
1999 Ray Weeks
Accolades for Georgia
- The No.1 most competitive state in the nation - Site Selection
- No. 1 state in the U.S. for Business
- CNBC
- Top state for business, citing labor climate as best in the nation
- Area Development
- Georgia Department of Economic Development: “Best in Class”
State Economic Development agency
- IEDC Survey
Get Educated!
Certified Economic Developer (CEcD)
- International Economic Development Council (IEDC) certification
- Gives the opportunity to develop core-competencies across the
breadth of topics necessary to be well-rounded and successful.
Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP)
- National Development Council (NDC) certification
- A four course training series covering business credit, financial
analysis, loan packaging, negotiating and deal structuring.
Certifications – CEcD
Certified Economic Developer (CEcD)
Robert Bennett
Arthur L. Brown
Marva Bryan
Vivian Chandler
Tedra Cheatham
Nancy C. Cobb
Lisa Collins
R. Bradley Day
Sherman L. Dudley
Stefanie Dye
Timothy J. Evans
Jennifer M. Fordham
David J. Glazner
Todd Greene
Andrea Griner
C. Jones Hooks
Margaret K. Jolley
William Keir
Eloisa Klementich
Melinda Lemmon
Robert Long
James Loyd
David M. Luckie
Timothy L. Martin
Misti Whitfield Martin
William Murphy
Edward A. Nelson
Winston A. Oxford
Kathleen D. Oxford
Warren F. Pincombe
James Maceo Rogers
Walter C. Sprouse
Ralph C. Staffins
Gene Stinson
Justin K. Strickland
Ronald E. Tolley
Patrick Topping
Ryan C. Waldrep
Robert C. White
Joy Wilkins
Certifications – EDFP
Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP)
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Andrews, Tiffany
Archibald, Odessa
Armstrong-Lackey, Donna
Bryan, Marva
Cardoza, Brian R.
Duke, Rick
Evans, Todd
Griggs, Mitchell
Haggard, Susie
Jolley, Peggy
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Keir, William
Kendrick, Melissa
Langston, Kevin
Lenahan, Jim
Luckie, David M.
Martin, Timothy L.
Nelson, Jennifer R.
Perry, Joanie
Scragg, Chuck
Williamson, Brian
Money!
• GEDA provides more grant money to members for professional development
purposes than many other economic development agencies in the country.
• GEDA Conferences
• IEDC Events (Training sessions, Annual Conference, CEcD Exam)
• Economic Development Institute
• Georgia Tech Basic Economic Development Course (March 10-13, 2015)
• Community Development Institute
• International Trade Missions
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Opportunities
• Thank you for your membership!
• Become a member today!!
• Join our Economic Development
Community!!!