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Summary Sentence: "Leadership in the Innovation Economy"
Full Summary: President and CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Hala Moddelmog, will lecture at Scheller College. Her talk is called "Leadership in the Innovation Economy"
Hala ModdelmogPresident and CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Hala Moddelmog, will speak at Georgia Tech's IMPACT Speaker Series on September 24, 2014. All are welcome to attend.
As the first female president and CEO in the 154-year history of the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Hala Moddelmog serves as a catalyst for business partnerships and coalitions to drive economic growth in the region. A multi-dimensional leader with more than 19 years in president and CEO roles, Moddelmog is well-respected for her expertise in strategic planning, marketing, branding and assembling and managing high performance teams.
Prior to joining MAC, Moddelmog was president of Atlanta-based Arby’s Restaurant Group, an international quick-service restaurant chain with approximately 3,500 units and annual system-wide sales of approximately $3 billion.
In 2006, she was chosen as president and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest grassroots organization working to eradicate breast cancer. While there, Moddelmog established a world-renowned Scientific Advisory Board with an annual grant of $100 million for scientific research.
Moddelmog was also the first woman to lead an international restaurant company when, in 1995, she was named president of Church’s Chicken, the world’s third largest chicken brand with more than 1,500 restaurants in 15 countries and nearly $1 billion in system sales.
About the Impact Speaker Series:
Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.
The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.
