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The Atlanta Young Republicans are proud to host former Governor Sonny Perdue at our Wednesday, Feb. 22 meeting. The meeting will be held at 7 PM at the 5 Seasons Restaurant & Brewery, 1000 Marietta Street, Atlanta: 5seasons.info.

Perdue, a founding partner of Perdue Partners, LLC, served as Georgia’s 81st Governor and is the owner of a successful commodity trading company and logistics company in the Southeast. On Oct. 26, 2010 Governing Magazine named Governor Perdue a Public Official of the Year for his outstanding leadership. Reason Foundation’s 2009 Innovators in Action Magazine recognized Governor Perdue as a leader who “aggressively pursued new strategies to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of government and deliver better value at less cost to taxpayers”. And in 2008 the Pew Center on the States ranked Georgia among the best managed states in the nation emphasizing the value and impact of improvements made by Governor Perdue’s Commission for a New Georgia.

Sonny Perdue served as Georgia’s Governor from January 2003 until January 2011. In 2003 Governor Perdue created the Commission for a New Georgia, populated by 400 of Georgia’s top business leaders, to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and culture of public service. The Commission for a New Georgia made and implemented 130 recommendations and inspired the book Smart Government: Bureaucracy with a Business Brain.

Prior to becoming Governor, Perdue served as a state senator for 11 years and was recognized as a leading authority on numerous issues including agriculture, transportation, emerging technologies and economic development. After earning a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia and serving as a Captain in the United States Air Force, Perdue became a successful business owner, concentrating in agribusiness and transportation logistics.