Jody Reeves, Gwinnett County Public Schools' executive director of academies and career and technical education, has been named 2017 Administrator of the Year by the Georgia Technology Student Association. Reeves has been involved with career and technical education for 27 years. Under her leadership, the CTE program has grown to almost 400 teachers teaching courses in 58 pathways in all 17 of the national career clusters. These teachers and programs have produced countless region, state, and national winners in the six career and technical student organizations. Since March 2016, Reeves has been recognized with the Administrator of the Year Award by three different CTSOs: Future Business Leaders of AmericaFamily, Career, and Community Leaders of America, and the Technology Student Association.

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Devon Horton talks with members of the media after the DeKalb County Board of Education hired him for the superintendent position at the DeKalb County Administrative Center on April 19, 2023, in Stone Mountain, Ga. Behind Horton are five of the six board members who voted yes for him. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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A native of Columbus and a fine arts graduate of Clark Atlanta, Amy Sherald was chosen as the official portrait artist of former first lady Michelle Obama. On the same week that the portrait was unveiled at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, it was also announced that Sherald was awarded the High Museum's 2018 David C. Driskell Prize. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

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