VaHi Resident Named to Most Influential Georgians List

Photo credit: Jason Getz, AJC

Georgia Trend’s annual list of the most influential Georgians was released recently, and a Virginia-Highland resident’s name is on it.

Mark Becker, president of Georgia State Univerity, is one of 75 Georgians named to the list. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

“Since beginning his tenure as GSU’s seventh president in January 2009, Becker has led this 100-year-old institution of some 32,000 students into a period of marked growth and advancement. Under his leadership, Georgia State’s graduation rate has already increased by 10 percent, and the university is becoming a national model for undergraduate education.”

For those who don’t know, Mark is married to Laura Voisinet who has worked tirelessly to reduce graffiti in Virginia-Highland as chair of the the neighborhood’s graffiti abatement task force.

To see the rest of the list, click here.

Congratulations, Mark Becker!!