Development Authority Executives (Chair: Darrell Moore)
Description
The special networking and professional development needs of those who have responsibility for local development authorities, and authority member and attorney training needs, provide the focus for this committee, established in 1997. All GEDA members who are Development Authority Executives, or who otherwise provide professional staffing for development authorities, are encouraged to participate actively in this committee. Based on the input of these professional practitioners, the Development Authority Execs committee is coordinating the development and implementation of a GEDA-UGA partnership to provide specific training for local development authority board members at various locations several times each year. GEDA also works through this committee with the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) to provide credit seminars specifically for attorneys representing local development authorities. In 2001, GEDA accepted an invitation by UGA's Office of Economic Development Assistance to become a co-sponsor of a new program called the "Development Authority Executives Leadership & Management Institute". GEDA has also recently partnered with the Georgia Cities Foundation, UGA and ICLE to sponsor a downtown development law seminar. The committee has also sponsored workshops at the GEDA Spring Workshop and the GEDA Annual Conference, and is developing a resource manual for development authority execs.
Members
- Jordan, Thomas C.
- Simmons, Robert
- Sprouse, Walter C.
- Jolley, Peggy
- Flythe, John
- Moore, Darrell
- McCaskill, Rick
- Teaster, Skip
- Moore, Linda D.
- Sherling, Judy