{"605257":{"#nid":"605257","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Distinguished Alumna Honored by the Georgia State Senate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the final days of this year\u0026rsquo;s Georgia legislative session, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution \u0026ldquo;Recognizing and commending Melody DeBussey for receiving a Georgia Tech Distinguished Alumni Award and for other purposes.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EState Senator Jack Hill, who is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, presented the resolution to DeBussey. She was awarded the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award by the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and its School of Public Policy on March 28. DeBussey is a 2006 graduate of the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Melody DeBussey\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/community\/distinguishedalumniawards\/alumnirecipients\/melodyDeBussey\u0022\u003EMelody DeBussey\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;serves as the director of the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office (SBEO) for the Georgia State Senate. In this role, she provides fiscal and budgetary analysis and support to the State Senate and its committees, specifically the Senate\u0026rsquo;s Appropriations Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy Georgia Tech is part of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo watch the State Senate honoringg DeBussey, visit the\u003Cem\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/26021522\/events\/7940809\/videos\/172512641\u0022\u003ELivestream\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the final days of this year\u2019s Georgia legislative session, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution \u201cRecognizing and commending Melody DeBussey for receiving a Georgia Tech Distinguished Alumni Award and for other purposes.\u201d "}],"uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2018-04-18 17:30:31","changed_gmt":"2018-06-01 21:14:58","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"604906":{"id":"604906","type":"image","title":"Melody DeBussey","body":null,"created":"1523375428","gmt_created":"2018-04-10 15:50:28","changed":"1523375428","gmt_changed":"2018-04-10 15:50:28","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230621","name":"SBEO-DeBusseyMelody.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SBEO-DeBusseyMelody.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SBEO-DeBusseyMelody.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6596,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SBEO-DeBusseyMelody.jpg?itok=ubj1nIMe"}}},"media_ids":["604906"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"The School of Public Policy"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"The Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170901","name":"senate"},{"id":"116581","name":"resolution"},{"id":"11480","name":"Chairman"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}