Jackson Spalding One of “Best Places to Work in Georgia”

Georgia Trend magazine selects Jackson Spalding as one of Georgia’s best places to work.

15 Companies Named To Georgia Trend's 2008 "Best Places To Work In Georgia" List

Georgia Trend, the Magazine of Business and Politics since 1985, has selected 15 Georgia companies for its 2008 Honor Roll of the Best Places to Work in Georgia. The companies are featured in the November 2008 issue of Georgia Trend; the story and list will be available online at www.georgiatrend.com. An alphabetical list of the winning companies follows.

The magazine's editorial staff selected the winners from more than 400 nominations submitted by employees from businesses, government offices, educational institutions and nonprofits.

"We wanted to know where the best places to work in Georgia are, so we asked the experts — the employees," says Georgia Trend Publisher Neely Young.

Any employee at any level could nominate his or her company by using a ballot on the magazine's website.

This is the third year Georgia Trend has asked employees for nominations; the first year the magazine published the names of all nominated companies. Last year, as this year, the editorial staff selected 15 companies for the Honor Roll.

"We simply asked employees to tell us what makes their company the best," says Georgia Trend Editor Susan Percy. "And they did. We didn't just count the number of nominations, we evaluated what each company's employees had to say about where they work and made our selections accordingly."

One company, the Bank of North Georgia, is a repeat winner — it was on the 2007 list. Other winners include banks, law firms, a city government and an ambulance service.

Here are the 2008 winners:

Bank of North Georgia
Alpharetta
Kessel Stelling, President and CEO

The Beck Group (design & construction)
Atlanta
Brad Phillips, Managing Director

Carroll EMC
Carrollton
Ernest A. "Chip" Jakens, President and CEO

City of Decatur
Decatur
Peggy Merriss, City Manager

Connecture (automated solutions for healthcare industry)
Atlanta
Dan Maynard, President and CEO

Floyd County Health Department
Rome
Pat Townley, County Nurse Manager

Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley
Larry E. Rivers, President

Function (marketing & design)
Decatur
Dana Castle, Managing Partner

J&J Industries (carpet)
Dalton
Jim Bethel, CEO

Jackson Spalding (marketing & communications)
Atlanta
Glen Jackson and Bo Spalding, Co-Founders

Mid Georgia Ambulance Service
Macon
Ben Hinson, CEO

Morris, Manning & Martin (law firm)
Atlanta
Robert E. Saudek, Managing Partner

Nalley Automotive Group
Duluth
Henry Day, CEO

Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney (law firm)
Atlanta
H. Andrew Owen, Senior Partner

The People's Bank
Winder
Christopher B. Maddox, President and CEO

About Jackson Spalding

Jackson Spalding is one of the largest independent marketing communications firms in the Southeast, with offices in Atlanta, Athens, Ga. and Dallas. It is a full-service image creation, cultivation and communications firm, representing companies “from first step to blue chip.” The company includes more than 60 professionals working across many business and organizational sectors. Clients include Chick-fil-A, Cousins Properties, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Delta Air Lines, Morehouse School of Medicine, Orkin Inc., Post Properties, Primrose Schools, Publix Super Markets and The University of Georgia. Jackson Spalding is a partner in Public Relations Organisation International, a global network of independent public relations consultancies, and in the Issues Management Network, a consortium of crisis communications firms. For more information, please visit www.jacksonspalding.com.

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