Mayor’s Office Seeks Export Feedback to Guide Global Business Programs

The City of Atlanta’s Office of International Affairs is seeking feedback from local companies to improve its export- and global business-related content.   In previous years, the mayor’s office has assisted business through its Passport to Export programs, which connected companies to trade resources.   More recently during the pandemic, it has highlighted export successes through business […]

Carter Center Names New VPs of Peace, Health Programs 

New faces abound at the Carter Center, which has been filling open executive roles  throughout the pandemic, most recently naming vice presidents for peace and health programs. New CEO Paige Alexander took the helm in June after Ambassador Mary Ann Peters’s departure earlier this year.   This month, the center named Barbara Smith, founder of the […]

Record Incoming Graduate Class at Georgia State Business School Includes Enrollees From 45 Countries 

Georgia State University’s business school saw graduate enrollment increase by 78 percent this fall, supplemented with significant diversity gains including students representing 45 countries.   The incoming fall class at J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 862 students, up from 484 in 2019, amid a broader trend toward increased enrollment at public universities across the […]

Life After Lockdown: Travelport Staffer in China Shares Insights With Team in Atlanta

Editor’s note: This article first appeared early April on the blog of Travelport, which connects buyers and sellers through its distribution systems and technology solutions for the $9 trillion global travel industry.  The U.K.-based company employs hundreds of people in Atlanta, where it operates an Americas headquarters in Cobb County and a data center in Hapeville.  While its business ahas […]

Swedish Chamber Selects New Board Members, Hosts Online Networking

Toward the end of March, the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia named three new members to its board of directors, growing its leadership at a time of uncertainty.  The chamber has continued hosting virtual networking sessions and encouraging interactions via LinkedIn during the coronavirus pandemic, just after postponing a spring innovation series highlighting Swedish […]

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