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Marla Gorges
Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance
Marla Gorges is director of the Southeastern Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (SETAAC), administered at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years. The SETAAC is one of 11 such centers nationwide funded by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to assist import-impacted manufactures with business plan development and project funding to better compete in global trade. Before becoming director, she served in both business development and project management roles with SETAAC, developing and implementing outreach and referral network strategies and petitioning EDA for program certification on behalf of firms in the center’s eight-state region.
Before coming to Georgia Tech, Ms. Gorges worked as a consultant in the consumer packaged goods industry and held senior project management positions at national and international food and beverage companies. She has a bachelor of science degree and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the University of Central Florida.
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, N.W., Suite 330
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640
Phone: (404) 894-6787
Fax: (404) 894-8194
E-mail: marla.gorges@innovate.gatech.edu |
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Tracy Cole
Client Development Manager
Tracy Cole is the marketing manager for Georgia Tech’s Southeastern Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, which helps manufacturers hurt by import competition. She is responsible for marketing the program to industries, various economic development groups and trade associations, as well as to potential firms. Previously, she served as marketing specialist for marketing and professional development in the Enterprise Innovation Institute where she managed aspects of the organization’s marketing communications and coordination of activities associated with program implementation
Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Cole conducted research for the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce and developed personalized marketing materials for prospects. She has a B.B.A. in marketing from North Georgia College and State University.
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
604 Washington Street, NW, Suite B5
Gainesville, Georgia 30506
Phone: (770) 531-4550 or (404) 385-4222
Fax: (770) 535-5847
E-mail: tracy.cole@innovate.gatech.edu |
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Vivian Edwards
Administrative Coordinator
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 336C
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640
Phone: (404) 894-3858
Fax: (404) 894-8194
E-mail: vivian.edwards@innovate.gatech.edu |
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J. Mark Hannah
Project Manager
J. Mark Hannah is a project manager with Georgia Tech’s Southeast Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, providing turn-around planning and improvement project implementation for import-impacted firms in eight Southeastern states. His more than 25 years of manufacturing experience include manufacturing management, industrial engineering, lean manufacturing, cost analysis and reduction, and process improvement. He has had primary responsibility for four plant start-ups and has experience in numerous industries including fiber optics, second-tier automotive supply, vehicle fabrication and assembly, plastics, non-woven textile, and metalworking.
Mr. Hannah has a B.S. degree from Lowell Technological Institute and an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia. He recently completed requirements for Six Sigma Black Belt training at Georgia Tech.
Enterprise Innovation Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
760 Spring Street, NW, Suite 330
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0640
Phone: (404) 894-4407
Fax: (404) 894-8194
E-mail: mark.hannah@innovate.gatech.edu |
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