Barge has recently elected Doug Hooker to the Board of Directors.

Doug Hooker, one of the firm’s three external board members, has been a prominent leader in both public and private sector organizations, recently retiring after 10 years serving as Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional Commission. In this role, Doug worked with state and local transportation entities in managing the region’s long-range transportation plan and facilitated community and development strategies to enhance the region’s growth and competitiveness. Doug has been active in numerous community organizations having served in board member or advisory board roles with such notable organizations as the Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance, Emory University, Georgia Tech (School of Civil & Environmental Engineering and President’s Advisory Board), and the Georgia Conservancy. Doug continues to serve in similar capacities with both community and higher education organizations. Doug has engineering and public policy degrees from Georgia Tech and from Emory’s Goizueta School of Business.

Doug joins current board members Bob Higgins, Shannon Lambert, Steve Edwards, Dan McConville, Chris Provost, Nancy Schultz, and Carrie Stokes.