Thurs Sept. 11 11:30 - 1:00 th
Augusta
Welcome
Sponsor
Remarks
Dennis Trotter, Immediate Past Chair Board of Directors
Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
Series Sponsors
Moment of Remembrance
John Ryan - Augusta University
Lunch
Introduction to the Ports
Keynote
Closing
Don A. Grantham Sr.
Board Member - Georgia Ports Authority
Flavio Batista
Chief Commercial Officer for the Georgia Ports Authority
Angie Cox, President & CEO
Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
Mark Your Calendars
Sept 16
Sept 18
Oct 21
Women in Business
First Baptist Church of Augusta
Third Thursday Business Builder
Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
Women in Business Signature Event
The Bell Auditorium
Media Sponsors
Technology Sponsor
Parking Sponsor
Flavio Batista
Chief Commercial Officer
Georgia Ports Authority
Flavio Batista serves as the Chief Commercial Officer for the Georgia Ports Authority, providing strategic leadership for all business and sales and marketing activities driving international business at the premier global gateway’s terminals in Savannah and Brunswick.
He is responsible for developing Georgia Port’s commercial activities to sustain long-term profitable growth and market share leadership, while leading the sales, marketing, economic development and customer experience departments. His passion for finding end-to-end solutions for customers, combined with more than two decades of maritime industry experience, drives his work promoting Georgia Ports across the globe.
Prior his appointment at the GPA, Flavio served at Ro/Ro logistics leader, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, as senior vice president and head of Americas sales; executive vice president and head of commercial activities for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; and as vice president in São Paulo, Brazil, responsible for South America.
Flavio earned a Bachelor of International Business Administration at Bandeirante University in São Paulo, and a Master of Business at The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland.
Cornerstone Members
Trustee Level
AurubisRichmond,LLC
DoctorsHospital
GeorgiaPowerCompany
PiedmontAugusta
SavannahRiverNuclearSolutions
SRPFederalCreditUnion
WellstarMCGHealth
Council Level
ClearwaterPaperCorporation
PiedmontOrthopedics-OrthoAtlanta
PremierNetworx
QueensboroughNationalBank&Trust Company,Inc.
SinghInvestmentGroup
SouthStateBank
StarbucksCoffeeCompany
TextronSpecializedVehicles
WaltonRehabilitationHospital
President Level
ADP
AmerisBank
AtlantaGasLightCompany
AugustaEconomicDevelopmentAuthority
AugustaMagazine
AugustaMarriottHotelat theConventionCenter
AugustaUniversity
AzaleaInvestments,LLC
CaroleFabrics
ClubCar
Comcast
CrownePlazaNorthAugusta
EllefsonTransportationGroup
MAUWorkforceSolutions
News1226
Nutrien
PeachStateFederalCreditUnion
Peraton
ThePinnacleClub,Inc.
SizemoreInc
Syensqo
TaxSlayer,LLC
TheAugustaChronicle
Truist
VineaCapital
Partnership Level
Amentum
AmericanThriftStores
AT&T
ATCDevelopment
AubenRealty,LLC
AugustaIndustrialServices,Inc.
AugustaNationalGolfClub
AugustaTechnicalCollege
BankofAmerica
BattelleSavannahRiverAlliance
BeasleyMediaGroup,Inc
Blanchard&CalhounRealEstate
BPCPlasma,Inc
BrandonWilde
CENTURY21Magnolia
ChoateConstructionCompany
Dave&Buster’s
Ferrero
FluorCorporation
FPLFood,LLC
FreshTakeGrocery
FulcherHaglerLLP
GeraldJonesAutoGroup
HullBarrett,PC
JimHudsonLexusofAugusta
JohnDeereCommercialProducts
JordanTrotterCommercialRealEstate
JP MorganChase
Kimberly-ClarkCorporation
MartinMariettaAggregates
MercedesBenzofAugusta
MeybohmRealEstate
MorganThermalCeramics
MurphyAutomotiveGroup
Parker’sKitchen
Prayon,Inc
RW AllenConstruction,LLC
ReevesConstructionCo
RegionsBank
SavannahRiverMissionCompletion
SecurityFederalBank
SEGRA
SelectSpecialtyHospital
Sherman&HemstreetRealEstateCo
SMECPAs
SouthernStatesChemical,Inc
Sparq
Spherion
TaylorAutoGroup
TheKrogerCo
T-Mobile
UnionAgenerAnimalHealth UnitiFiber
WJBF-TV
WOW!Business
YMCAofGreaterAugusta
Sustaining Level
AdvancedTechnologyLeaders,Inc
AlfredBenesch&Company,Inc
AmericanConcreteInc
AssuredPartners
AtomicTech/MojoHome&Appliance
AugustaEntertainmentComplex
AugustaMall
AugustaOfficeSolutions
AugustaRegionalAirport
AugustaSymphony/MillerTheater Bailey’sComfortServices
BlueRibbonAwards&Gifts
BrandsMartUSA
BravoAir
BuonaCaffeArtisanRoastedCoffee CadenceBank
ChickenSaladChick
Chick-Fil-AatAugustaExchange
ColonyBank
CranstonEngineeringGroup,PC
DavisAppliance&Furniture
Davis,Chapman,&Wilder,LLC
DickinsonArchitects,PC
DuckworthDevelopment,LLC
EndictusCorp
Family&Morale,Welfare&Recreation
FifthThirdBank
FirstCitizensBank
FirstCommunityBank
GoodwynMillsCawood(GMC)
GulfspanIndustrial,LLC
Heavener&Associates
ConstructionCompany,Inc
HomeInstead
Thomson&HarlemFamilyDental
IntelliGenesisLLC
IntelliSystems,Inc
JanusResearchGroup,LLC
JASINTConsulting&Technologies,LLC
JuniorAchievementofGeorgia
KeenSigns&Graphics
KendrickPaint&Body
LazizaMediterraneanGrill LOOP
MalcolmCunninghamChevrolet ManusBio
MasterAutomotive
MCBS,LLC
McKnightConstructionCompany
NorthStarHospitality, LLCdbaComfortSuites
OccidentalChemicalCorporation
OslaAgency
PaceLiving PowerServeInternational
PremierPackaging,LLC
ProvidenceFamilyHomes
PureCycleTechnologies,Inc
RBWLogistics
RichmondSupplyCompany &RubberDivision
SecurityOnionSolutions,LLC
SilvertonMortgage
Synovus
ThePartridgeInn
TopFlightMedia
TurnerPadgetGrahamLaney,PA
UniversalPlumbing
ValueAddedSolutions,Inc
W&AEngineering
Wier/Stewart
Willingway,Inc
YoungOffice
