The influential Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) held its April 10 meeting at Invesco’s headquarters in the Midtown Union development. The location was not a coincidence. It was the first ACP meeting to be chaired by Andrew Schlossberg, CEO of Atlanta-based Invesco, and it was the public-private group’s first quarterly meeting of 2026. ACP consists […]
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Coca-Cola announces $4.3 million in World Cup legacy donations
The annual State of the City Business Address once again crystallized the relationship between City Hall, the Coca-Cola Co. and the Atlanta Committee for Progress. The evening event filled Atlanta’s Symphony Hall, complete with a welcome from Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center. It was the third consecutive time the event […]
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Atlanta Committee for Progress selects its 2026 board chair
The 2026 chair for the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP) will be Andrew Schlossberg, president and CEO of Invesco, an Atlanta-based independent investment management firm. Kathy Waller, executive director of the highly influential business and civic group that advises Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, said Schlossberg will succeed Michael Russell, the CEO of H.J. Russell & Co., who is […]
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Mayor Andre Dickens says fixing MARTA will be a ‘big push’ in 2025
The Atlanta business community and Mayor Andre Dickens expressed concern about the state of MARTA, and they vowed that the transit agency would be a top priority in 2025. MARTA was a focus of the Dec. 13 meeting of the highly influential Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP), an organization that includes top business, civic and […]
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Mayor Andre Dickens on Atlanta Committee for Progress: ‘Atlanta is a group project’
The Atlanta Committee for Progress has been a pivotal organization for every Atlanta mayor since Shirley Franklin in forging a relationship between City Hall and the Atlanta business and civic community. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is continuing the tradition
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OnBoard finds continued progress of women at Georgia’s public companies
A year ago, no public company in Georgia had as many women as men on their board. Today, four companies have reached or exceeded gender parity.
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Mayor Andre Dickens working with Atlanta Committee for Progress on key issues
In his second “in person” meeting with the Atlanta Committee for Progress as mayor, Andre Dickens thanked the business and civic leaders for their support of the “Moving Atlanta Forward” campaign.
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Atlanta Committee for Progress names Kathy Waller as new executive director
Kathy Waller, retired chief financial officer of the Coca-Cola Co., has been named executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress in what is one of the most influential civic roles in the city.
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Leadership Atlanta is a cult that cultivates our city’s leaders
When I attended Leadership Atlanta’s opening retreat two years ago as a new member of the 2020 class, I wrote a column saying I had joined a cult.
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Pick of Roz Brewer as Walgreens CEO makes Atlanta, Spelman proud
Key Atlanta women leaders expressed delight that Rosalind “Roz” Brewer will be the next CEO of Walgreens on March 15 becoming the only Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.
