Chris Cummiskey (BBA ’96) Terry College of Business Commissioner for economic development for the state of Georgia Sandy Springs, Ga. As economic development commissioner, Cummiskey is charged with increasing the state’s employment base by growing existing Georgia companies and recruiting new companies to the state. Billy Skaggs (BSA ’96, MAL ’06) College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Chief Operating Officer for the Georgia Department of Agriculture Gainesville, Ga. A former agricultural extension agent, Skaggs was appointed to oversee the state Department of Agriculture in 2010. Julie Wade (AB ’96, JD ’00) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, School of Law Attorney at The Wade Law Firm Savannah, Ga. As a former federal prosecutor, Wade coordinated the Southern Georgia Project Safe Childhood, which focused on prosecuting Internet crimes against children. Now in private law practice, Wade serves on the Savannah Chatham County School Board.
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(Top) Chris Cummiskey, Billy Skaggs, Julie Wade, Matthew Hunt, (Middle) Jud Turner, Mary Paige Adams, (Bottom) Teddy Russell, Matt Stinchcomb
Matthew Hunt (AB ’97, BS ’97) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Vice President at Jones Lang LaSalle Washington, D.C. Hunt spent two years with the Peace Corps in Mauritania before returning to the U.S. to earn an MBA from Emory University. Now a development consultant in Washington, D.C., he mentors UGA students participating in the Semester in Washington program. Jud Turner (AB ’97) School of Public and International Affairs Lobbyist and lawyer at Georgia360 LLC and Turner, Bachman & Garret LLC Griffin, Ga. Turner earned his law degree from the University of Virginia and spent three years as executive counsel to former Gov. Sonny Perdue. He served as special executive counsel to Perdue on the Tristate water negotiations between Alabama, Florida
and Georgia, a position he still holds under Gov. Nathan Deal.
1998 Mary Paige Adams (ABJ ’98, JD ’02) Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, School of Law Partner at Green & Saap LLP Atlanta, Ga. An attorney in Atlanta, Adams represents hospitals, sometimes in defending their obligation to treat patients when a parent or guardian opposes treatment. She is on the board of directors for Peachtree Childtown, a Christian school for young children, and was recently appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to the Judicial Nominating Committee.
Teddy Russell (BBA ’98) Terry College of Business CFO for Russell Landscape Group Dacula, Ga. In his nine years with the family-owned landscaping business, Russell has helped the company expand into additional locations in Atlanta as well as in locations in Alabama, Tennesee and South Carolina, making it one of the Bulldog
100 Fastest Growing Businesses. Matt Stinchcomb (BBA ’98) Terry College of Business Client Executive for Seacrest Partners Peachtree City, Ga. A former UGA and NFL quarterback, Stinchcomb in 2005 established the Stinchcomb Family Foundation, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations that help children in need.
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