The February meeting is at noon, Thursday, February 17th, at the Capital City Club downtown.
Our speaker is Dr. Brian Blake, the new president of Georgia State University. Prior to joining Georgia State, he was Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at George Washington University.
Dr. Blake’s undergraduate degree is from Georgia Tech in electrical engineering. His PhD is in information and software engineering from George Mason University. Blake worked as an engineer with General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and the MITRE Corporation before joining Georgetown University as a professor of computer science. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles and refereed conference/workshop papers.
Blake grew up in Savannah and attended Benedictine Military Academy. He and his wife, Bridget, have two sons, Brendan and Bryce.
About Georgia State University:U.S. News and World Report ranks GSU as the second most innovative university in the nation. GSU has the largest student enrollment in the state (above 50,000) and has gained national recognition for having closed the achievement gap across socio-economic and racial divides. GSU’s massive building program has transformed a deteriorating quadrant of Atlanta.