September 2021 Early Bird Breakfast presented by Jackson Services

Join us for EBB on Tuesday, September 14 at Del'avant, presented by Jackson Services. 

Our featured speaker is Dr. J. Marshall Sheppard. He will speak to us about the Georgia Climate Project and Drawdown Georgia. This program is brought to you by The Ray C. Anderson Foundation and The Callaway Foundation.
 

Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia.  Dr. Shepherd was the 2013 President of American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s largest and oldest professional/science society in the atmospheric and related sciences. Dr. Shepherd serves as Director of the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography where he was a previous Associate Department Head. Dr. Shepherd also holds a joint appointment in the College of Engineering and is the Associated Director for Climate and Outreach in its Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS). 

Dr. Shepherd is also the host of The Weather Channel’s Award-Winning Sunday talk show Weather Geeks, a pioneering Sunday talk podcast/show and a contributor to Forbes Magazine. In 2021, Dr. Shepherd made history by becoming the first UGA faculty member to be elected to the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the same year. 

Special thanks for our Gold sponsor, Kimble's Food by Design and registration table sponsor, Piedmont Urgent Care. Catering provided by Tulla White Cuisine & Catering.