September Monthly Meeting
September 19, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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The Snelling Center
3165 Washington Road
Augusta, GA 30907
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$35.00 For PMIAA members only
$45.00 For non-members
Join us this month for dinner and enjoy a great talk from our guest speaker Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President of Augusta Technical College.
Earn a couple of PDUs while gaining some project management insight to improve your game, as well as spend some time with some pretty cool people.
Schedule:
6:00PM Networking
6:30PM Dinner
7:00PM Program
Dr. Jermaine Whirl currently serves as president of Augusta Technical College (ATC), a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia. In the last year alone he’s been awarded the Paragon Award for new presidents from Phi Theta Kappa, Man of the Year award from the Success Team Non-Profit Organization, Georgia Southern University’s George and Lucy Armstrong Alumni Award, Soul Awakening Award of Excellence from Perry Broadcasting of Augusta, been inducted in the second annual Titan 100 class, and was an inaugural member of the Georgia Trend 500 most influential leaders in Georgia. He’s a graduate of the Executive Leadership Augusta Forum, Leadership Columbia County, Furman University’s Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI), the SC Economic Development Institute, Leadership Greenville Class 44, and Leadership Gwinnett Class of 2016. He is also the only college president in the United States selected to serve a three-year term on the U.S. Inaugural 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board that provides guidance to the Secretary of Energy. Dr. Whirl also serves other regional and national boards, taskforces, and councils for various organizations. Within the CSRA he serves on the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce Board (Chairman Elect), United Way of the CSRA Board, CSRA Regional Commission, SRS Community Reuse Organization, and the CSRA Alliance for Fort Eisenhower. He also holds an honorary board membership with the Morris Museum of Art and is a member of the Rotary Club of Augusta.
A Charleston, South Carolina native and second-generation technical college graduate, he earned his associate of arts degree at Trident Technical College, a bachelor’s degree in economics at Winthrop University, a Master of Business Administration degree at Charleston Southern University, a second master’s degree in adult education & community leadership at Georgia Southern University, and a doctorate in organizational leadership at Valdosta State University.
Dr. Whirl is married to Mrs. Marqueta Whirl and has two children: Jaylen Lee Whirl and Madison Renee Whirl.