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Perdue makes executive appointments
Submitted by the governor's office
ATLANTA — Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments.
Chairman, Jekyll Island Authority Board of Directors
Robert “Bob” W. Krueger, 67, Hawkinsville, GA, – Krueger is the president and chief executive officer of ComSouth Corporation. He currently holds a seat on the Jekyll Island Authority Board of Directors. He is the chairman of the Middle Georgia Regional Development Authority and a member of the Hawkinsville Development Authority. Krueger serves as the director and treasurer of the Georgia Telephone Association and chairman and director of United Pulaski. Krueger serves on the board of directors for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University and a master’s degree from the University of Georgia. Krueger and his wife, Carol, have three grown children and two grandchildren.
Georgia Seed Development Commission
John Frank Raley, 48, Gibson, GA– Raley is the President of the Glascock County Farm Bureau. He owns a family farm and Agriculture and Seed Company in Gibson County. Previously he served as the Glascock County Commissioner and served as the former president of the Georgia Crop Improvement Association and the Georgia Seedsman Association. He is a member of the Glasock County Board of Education, Volunteer Fire and Rescue for Gibson/Glasock County Fire Department. Raley received an associate’s degree from Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. He and his wife Kathryn have three children.
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