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J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 2 6
COLUMNS
ON THE COVER MORGAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S
RACHEL KINSAUL. PHOTO CREDIT: JASON CLAY,
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTS
9
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 47
FEATURES
MAKING MACON SHINE 9
BAKER OWENS
21
GEORGIA’S TOP COLLEGES
& UNIVERSITIES
THE 2026 RANKINGS 21
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
PKENT@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
MDOBBINS@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING SALES SUPERVISOR CRAIG MALCOLM
CMALCOLM@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER TIM KELLEY
TKELLEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
PHICKEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
RSOUTHERLAND@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
NOT INTERESTED IN AI?
AI IS INTERESTED IN YOU 19
LLEWELLYN KING
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
OPPORTUNITY WITH PURPOSE 49
CINDY MORLEY
COBB COUNTY SCHOOLS
AIMING FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS 55
PHIL KENT
TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION
CAN HELP FIGHT CYBER THREATS 61
COL. ERIC TOLER (USA-RET.)
THE JAMES STAFF
2026 MOST INFLUENTIAL GEORGIANS EVENT 65
PREPARING GEORGIA’S
FUTURE LEADERS
WHY CIVIC
EDUCATION MATTERS 33
GEORGIA IS ON ISRAEL’S MIND
AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME 69
MATT CAMPBELL
37
GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY
FROM HIDDEN GEM TO HOUSEHOLD NAME 15
ROWEN
A FIRST OF ITS
KIND IN GEORGIA 37
PHIL KENT
HON. EITAN WEISS
PARTY PRIMARIES AND RUNOFFS
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT 73
CHARLES BULLOCK, III
WOODWARD ACADEMY PREPARING STUDENTS
FOR A CHANGING WORLD 77
DR. CHRIS FREER
CEO SPOTLIGHT
GRIZZLY MEP’S
JOHN ADAMS 42
LARRY WALKER JR. REMEMBERED
“A LITTLE BIT BETTER” 81
CINDY MORLEY
MATT TOWERY
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
CHARLES BULLOCK, III
MATT CAMPBELL
DR. CHRIS FREER
LLEWELLYN KING
COL. ERIC TOLER (USA-RET.)
MATT TOWERY
HON EITAN WEISS
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