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GEDA Committee Information
Much of the work of GEDA is accomplished by the Committees. There are currently 10 standing committees within GEDA. Each year at the GEDA Planning Retreat, the incoming Chairs of these Committees meet with the GEDA elected leadership to form an Action Plan for the year.
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This is the best and easiest way to get involved with GEDA! If there is an area of interest (or two) below, login to your Member Compass, click Profile and then scroll down to the Committees section to join any of the below groups. Please note you must have a current GEDA membership to access this area.
Many of GEDA's Officers and Directors will tell you that they first started serving GEDA through Committee work. What you will find is, when you give to an Association, you get more back in return.
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Committee |
Chair |
| Location Strategies and Readiness | Virginia Sengewald, Georgia Department of Economic Development |
| Development Authority Executives | Grant Buckley, Cordele Crisp County Industrial Development Council |
| Marketing and Communications | Rachel Barnwell, Development Authority of Bulloch County |
| Breezy Straton, Elevate Douglas | |
| Membership Engagement | Eric McDonald, Haralson County Chamber of Commerce |
| Nominating |
Trip Tollison, Savannah Economic Development Authority |
| Public Policy | Jon Pannell, Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP |
| Leadership Development | David Cleveland, Jackson EMC |
| Cecilia Arango, Thomas & Hutton | |
| Daniel Buitrago, Georgia Power Company | |