Karole F. Lloyd is Vice Chair and Southeast Regional Managing Partner for Ernst & Young. For the last seven years, she has also served as a member of the U.S. Executive Board, Americas Operating Executive and the Global Practice Group at EY. Since taking the southeast regional leadership role...

Sam Williams is one of the nation’s leading experts on urban competitiveness. He ran the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce for 17 years and Central Atlanta Progress for two years. He continues to work at the intersection of business, government and academia through his consulting firm, Business...