REGIONAL BUSINESS COALITION ELECTS 2001 SLATE OF OFFICERS

Regional

Business Coalition elects 2001

slate of officers

A prominent

metro-area business coalition has tapped a new slate of officers to lead

the group's efforts to tackle the issues facing business in 2001, including

a regional coordination of water management.

The Regional

Business Coalition, comprising 15 chambers of commerce in 12 metro counties

including Fayette, named Greater North Fulton Chamber chairman and Georgia

Power Company statewide manager/distribution Clyde Heath as chairman,

to replace Henry County real estate developer J.T. Williams.

Cobb County

banker Kessell Stelling will serve as vice chairman. The other officers/Executive

Committee members for 2001 are: Secretary Barbara Noon (Forsyth/director,

physician relations, Northwoods Medical Specialists); Treasurer Tom Andersen

(Gwinnett/Andersen, Davidson & Tate); Policy Board John Dewberry (Atlanta/president,

Dewberry Capital); Tate Godfrey (Fayette/director, industrial sales, Pathway

Communities); J.T. Williams (Henry/president and CEO, Killearn Inc.).

The Regional

Business Coalition is a consortium of the Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Conyers-Rockdale,

Cumming-Forsyth, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, greater north Fulton, Gwinnett,

Henry, metro Atlanta, Newnan-Coweta, south Fulton chambers of commerce

and Central Atlanta Progress.

A non-partisan,

not-for-profit association, the RBC focuses on key regional issues including

air quality, water and transportation. Its mission is to provide business

leadership on issues critical to the region's continued prosperity.

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