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SUMMARY:General Membership Meeting featuring Pete Correll\, Grady Health Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Join the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce for a General Membership Meeting featuring Pete Correll\, Chair of the Board of the Grady Health Foundation. \n\n\n\nPete Correll will discuss the vital role Grady plays in the medical community\, the city's entertainment & sporting industries and the overall economic health of Atlanta and the surrounding areas.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nBrunswick\, Georgia\, native A. D. "Pete" Correll had a lifelong career in the pulp and paper industry and is the chairman emeritus of Georgia-Pacific Corp.\, the company he served as President\, CEO and Chairman for thirteen years. He also serves as Chair of the Board of the Grady Health Foundation. \n\n \n\nCorrell's involvement with Grady began in 2007 when he agreed to lead an effort to save the then-failing hospital. Drawing upon his relationships with Atlanta's business and philanthropic communities\, he formed and co-led the "Saving Grady Task Force" and helped raise $325 million that has since been invested in new facilities and services including the Correll Cardiac Center. He also served for eight years as the inaugural Chair of the new Board of Directors formed after the health system's governance was restructured into the non-profit Grady Memorial Health Corporation. \n\n \n\nCorrell and his wife\, Ada Lee\, continue to make a significant impact on organizations throughout the state including the University of Georgia\, Emory University\, College of Coastal Georgia and the Teen Center of the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia\, which was named in honor of his late mother\, Elizabeth F. Correll. When Ebenezer Baptist Church\, where Martin Luther King\, Jr. preached before his death\, needed funding for restoration\, Correll again reached out to the business community and quickly raised the funds needed to ensure the future of the historic site. He also played a leading role in the renaming of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to honor the late Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. \n\n \n\nCorrell currently serves on the boards for the Georgia Aquarium and the Mother Nature Network. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and received his master's degree from the University of Maine. He has also been bestowed honorary degrees from the University of Georgia and the College of Coastal Georgia in honor of his ongoing impact on his home state. \n\n \n\nPete and Ada Lee Correll have two children and five grandchildren\, all of who reside in Atlanta. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities\n\n\n\nPresenting $3\,000\n\n Verbal recognition from podium\n Welcoming remarks by CEO or company official\n Ten (10) tickets to the event\n Prominent logo placement in program\n Logo and/or name in all digital and print marketing\n Place company promotional items at each table\n Complete listing of attendee list\n\n \n\nGold $1\,500\n\nMultiple Available\n\n Verbal recognition from podium\n Eight (8) tickets to the event\n Prominent logo placement in program\n Logo and/or name in all digital and print marketing\n Complete listing of attendee list \n\nSilver Sponsors $750\n\nMultiple Available\n\n Verbal recognition from podium\n Four (4) tickets to the event\n Prominent logo placement in program\n Logo and/or name in all digital and print marketing\n\n \n\nBronze Sponsors $500\n\nMultiple Available\n\n Verbal recognition from podium\n Two (2) tickets to the event\n Name placement in program\n Name in all digital and print marketing\n\nTo secure your sponsorship and logo or name placement on all event print and digital marketing (program\, event presentation\, social media\, website)\, contact Emily Yang at eyang@dekalbchamber.org or call the Chamber at (404) 378-8000.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce for a General Membership Meeting featuring Pete Correll\, Chair of the Board of the Grady Health Foundation. \; \; \; \;
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\nPete Correll will discuss the \;vital role Grady plays in the medical community\, the city&rsquo\;s entertainment &\; sporting industries and the overall economic health of Atlanta and the surrounding areas.
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\nAbout the Speaker
\nBrunswick\, Georgia\, native A. D. &ldquo\;Pete&rdquo\; Correll had a lifelong career in the pulp and paper industry and is the chairman emeritus of Georgia-Pacific Corp.\, the company he served as President\, CEO and Chairman for thirteen years. He also serves as Chair of the Board of the Grady Health Foundation. \;
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\nCorrell&rsquo\;s involvement with Grady began in 2007 when he agreed to lead an effort to save the then-failing hospital. Drawing upon his relationships with Atlanta&rsquo\;s business and philanthropic communities\, he formed and co-led the &ldquo\;Saving Grady Task Force&rdquo\; and helped raise $325 million that has since been invested in new facilities and services including the Correll Cardiac Center. He also served for eight years as the inaugural Chair of the new Board of Directors formed after the health system&rsquo\;s governance was restructured into the non-profit Grady Memorial Health Corporation. \;
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\nCorrell and his wife\, Ada Lee\, continue to make a significant impact on organizations throughout the state including the University of Georgia\, Emory University\, College of Coastal Georgia and the Teen Center of the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Georgia\, which was named in honor of his late mother\, Elizabeth F. Correll. When Ebenezer Baptist Church\, where Martin Luther King\, Jr. preached before his death\, needed funding for restoration\, Correll again reached out to the business community and quickly raised the funds needed to ensure the future of the historic site. He also played a leading role in the renaming of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to honor the late Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. \;
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\nCorrell currently serves on the boards for the Georgia Aquarium and the Mother Nature Network. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and received his master&rsquo\;s degree from the University of Maine. He has also been bestowed honorary degrees from the University of Georgia and the College of Coastal Georgia in honor of his ongoing impact on his home state.  \;
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\nPete and Ada Lee Correll have two children and five grandchildren\, all of who reside in Atlanta. \;
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\nSponsorship Opportunities
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\nPresenting &mdash\; $3\,000\n