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Top Investors                                                                                                      2014 Highlights


           AECOM Technical Services                                 Gas South, LLC
           American Medical Response                                Georgia - Pacific, LLC                                       The weather in mid
                                                                                                                                 September was perfect
           APD Solutions                                            Georgia Piedmont Technical College                           for a day on the greens at
           Arcadis                                                  Georgia Power                                                the 11th Annual DeKalb
                                                                                                                                 Chamber Golf Classic.
           AT&T                                                     Google                                                       Taylor Wright of Atkins,

           Atkins                                                   Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home                        and Chair of the Golf
           Atlanta Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort             HDR, Inc.                                                    Committee relocated
                                                                                                                                 our tournament to the
           Atlanta Gas Light                                        Hormel Foods Corporation                                     beautiful Druid Hills Golf
           Brown and Caldwell                                       Hyatt Atlanta Perimeter - Villa Christina                    Club, and for the first
           CDC Federal Credit Union                                 Image360 Tucker                                              time the Chamber held a
                                                                                                                                 ladies golf clinic.
           CERM                                                     Interprint Communications
           CH2M Hill                                                ITA, LLC                                                     Following McClarty’s farewell
           Chase                                                    Kaiser Permanente                                            the DeKalb Chamber’s Executive
                                                                                                                                 Committee named Katerina
           Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta                         Levett & Son’s Funeral Homes                                 Taylor,  Director of Operations/
           CHRIS Kids                                               Marta                                                        Interim Leadership.  Under
           Citizens Trust Bank                                      McBride Research Labs                                        the guidance of Patrick
                                                                                                                                 Putman (Private Bank and Trust)
           City of Stone Mountain                                   McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP                                  and John Kelley (Georgia Power),
           City Schools of Decatur                                  Mercedes Benz of Buckhead                                    Taylor oversaw all Chamber
                                                                                                                                 operations while a search
           Cornerstone Bank                                         Morris, Manning & Martin LLP                                 committee ensued for a new
           Country Financial                                        Nordic Cold Storage                                          leader.  In mid-September 2014, the board
           Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Decatur Down-              Oglethorpe Power Corporation                                 voted unanimously to name Katerina the first woman President
                                                                                                                                 and CEO of the DeKalb Chamber. In October the Chamber hosted
           town Emory                                               Onyx Media Services                                          a “Meet the President Reception” that brought in new corporate
           DeKalb Convention & Visitors Bureau                      Pattillo Construction                                        supporters to the Chamber along with a myriad of Atlanta’s top
           DeKalb County School District                            Peach State Federal Credit Union                             young professionals.
           DeKalb Regional Health Systems                           PNC Bank                                                                                  On December 16, the DeKalb Chamber hosted its Annual Legislative Preview
           Delta Community Credit Union                             Private Bank & Trust Company                                                              to discuss the upcoming legislative agenda and topics around cityhood and an-
                                                                                                                                                              nexation, homestead option sales tax, transportation, education, and the impact
           Development Authority of DeKalb County                   Publix Super Markets Incorporated                                                               of those economic development decisions. The forum was moderated by
           DeVry University/Keller Graduate School of               Selig Enterprises, Inc                                                                                 Tharon Johnson, Managing Director of McKenna Long & Aldridge.
           Management                                               Silverman Construction Program Management                                                                    Elected officials who participated included Representative
                                                                                                                                                                                        Howard Mosby, D-Atlanta; Representative Michele
           E.S.P. Electrical Services                               Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP                                                                                                                Henson, D-Stone Mountain;
           Edward Jones Investments                                 St. Vincent de Paul                                                                                                                           Representative Mike Jacobs,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  R-Brookhaven; Senator
           EGM Services, Inc.                                       State Farm Insurance Companies (Corporate)                                                                                                    Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody
           Emory University                                         Steel Mart LLC                                                                                                                                and Representative Mary
           Fidelity Bank                                            SunTrust Bank                                                                                                                                 Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur.

           Gables Residential                                       The LPA Group Inc.
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