Thanks to our Atlanta partners

The organizers of the “U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities” Forum series – first in Chicago, IL in April 2010 and now in Atlanta, GA December 5-7, 2011 – work in close cooperation with local and regional partners. These partnerships enhance the Forum in every regard and also ensure ongoing ties and collaboration that carry forward after the Forum is completed.

The Atlanta Forum is enthusiastically supported by both an impressive Host Committee and a working group of institutions and groups dedicated to promoting Atlanta and the Southeast region.

We are grateful for their irreplaceable contributions to the 2011 “U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities” Forum in Atlanta. This event would not have been possible without them.

Atlanta Host Committee

Chairmen

Chris Cummiskey, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development

Sam A. Williams, President, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Members

Jim Abrahamson, President, the Americas, InterContinental Hotels Group

Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University

Susan Bell, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

Tom Bell, Chairman, Mesa Capital Partners

William Clement, CEO, Atlanta Life

William E. Dorris, Chair, Managing Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Walter W. Driver, Jr., Chairman – Southeast, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Curtis Foltz, CEO, Georgia Ports Authority

Wyche Fowler, Former U.S. Senator (GA), Chairman of the Board, Middle East Institute

Mike Gerber, President, ARCHE (Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education)

James B. Hannan, CEO & President, Georgia-Pacific, LLC

John Hardman, President and CEO, The Carter Center

Richard R. Hays, Managing Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Robert Hays, Chairman, King and Spalding

Fenwick Huss, Dean, Robinson College, Georgia State University

Thomas M. (“Tim”) Lowe, III, President, Lowe Engineers

Frank Mann, Senior Director, Cushman Wakefield of Georgia

Steven McLaughlin, Vice Provost for International Initiatives, Georgia Tech

Egbert Perry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Integral Group

Frank Poe, CEO, Georgia World Congress Center

John Portman, Chairman, John Portman & Associates

Gary Price, Market Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Suzanne Sitherwood, President, Atlanta Gas Light Company

John W. Somerhalder, II, Chairman, President & CEO, AGL Resources, Inc.

James Suciu, President, Global Sales/Marketing, GE Energy

Aaron Watson, Member, Atlanta City Council

Monte Wilson, Senior Vice President, HOK

Michael Young, CEO, Grady Hospital

Atlanta Institutional Partners

Metro Atlanta Chamber

Georgia Department of Economic Development

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Export Assistance Center, Atlanta

U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Export Assistance Center, Southern Network

The Carter Center

Office of the Governor of the State of Georgia

Office of the Mayor of Atlanta

World Trade Center

Atlanta Development Authority

GlobalAtlanta

World Affairs Council of Atlanta