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Reed named CEO of the Year by Business League
By Ernie Suggs
May 17, 2011Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed was named “CEO of the Year” by the Atlanta Business League at their 33rd annual CEO Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday.
The ABL serves as the leading advocate for minority business development and advocacy in metro Atlanta. This marks the first time in the organization’s 78-year history that it has given the award to a seated mayor.
About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
