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Lunch w/Dr. Alfie Meek

May 15 @ 11:30 am 1:30 pm America/Atlanta

Please join us for another great luncheon with a timely topic where we will meet with Alfie Meek, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Economic Development Research at the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute. Dr. Meek will be discussing US National Debt as a National Security Risk.

Alfie Meek, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Economic Development Research at the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²). He has more than 25 years of experience in economic/fiscal impact analysis and community-based research. Over the years Dr. Meek has served the State of Georgia in various roles including the technical advisory committee for the Georgia Rural Development Council and the Rural Research Consortium. Currently, Dr. Meek is serving as a member of Governor Kemp’s Coronavirus Task Force Economic Impact Committee. See Dr. Meek’s full Bio.

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