Joe Bankoff, president and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center, is heading to Georgia Tech to lead the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.

He will retire from Woodruff next month and is scheduled to start at Tech in September, school officials announced Friday.

Bankoff, a former senior partner with the law firm King & Spalding, has experience with government, economic development, fiscal planning and global issues. He's been involved with policy forums at the school.