Elected GPA Board Chairman
Jepson, who was first appointed to the Board of Directors in 2008 and previously served as vice chairman, was elected June 25th to serve as Chairman of the Board for the Georgia Ports Authority.
Jepson vowed to make the $652 million Savannah Harbor deepening project his top priority.
“As we enter the final stages of approval, it is important that we continue to stress the vital impact of this project, the completion of which will preserve the port’s roll as a dynamic economic engine for Georgia and the region,” Jepson said.
Jepson is the chairman and CEO of Jepson Associates Inc., a private investment firm he founded in 1989. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Richmond. Jepson was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kuhlman Corporation (NYSE) from 1993 until its sale to Borg-Warner Automotive Inc. in 1999. Prior to that, Jepson founded and was Chairman and CEO of the Jepson Corporation from 1983 until its sale in 1989. During his tenure as CEO, Jepson built the corporation into a Fortune 500, NYSE-traded company. He currently serves as Chairman on SCAD’s Savannah Board of Visitors and is on the board of the Georgia Historical Society.
Jepson will Succeed Alec Poitevint of Bainbridge, who chaired the ports authority board for the past two years.
Also elected to a one-year term is Stephen S. Green, who will serve as vice chairman – a roll he previously fulfilled before his June 2007 election as chairman. Green was first appointed to the GPA’s Board of Directors in July 2004 by Governor Sonny Perdue. He was board chairman for fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
The Maritime Executive “Jepson Elected GPA Board Chairman”
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