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Reed names finalists to run Atlanta Development Authority

April 22, 2011

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has named three finalists to fill the permanent position as president of the Atlanta Development Authority.

Reed named: Ernestine Garey, the current interim president of the ADA; Daniel Gundersen, a senior advisor with Econsult Corporation; and Brian P. McGowan, a deputy U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development.

Reed did not indicate when he would choose the next leader of the ADA.

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.

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