Gene Bottoms named UGA Grad School Alumni of Distinction

Gene Bottoms of Tucker was recently honored by the University Of Georgia Graduate School with one of its 2013 Alumni of Distinction Awards for achieving exceptional success in his professional careers and in service to his community. The Graduate School Alumni of Distinction Award was established in 2012 by the University of Georgia’s Graduate Education Advancement Board. Bottoms is the senior vice president of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). He is also the founder and director of the “High Schools that Work” program, which is used in more than 1,100 high schools in 26 states. He was appointed to the National Commission on the Senior Year, a U.S. Department of Education initiative that studies students’ final year in high school. Bottoms is the former executive director at the American Vocational Association. He also served as director of educational improvement for the Georgia Department of Education for 13 years.