{"606601":{"#nid":"606601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Michael\u0026nbsp;Cassidy, alumnus of the School of\u0026nbsp;Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was featured\u0026nbsp;in \u003Cem\u003ESaporta Report\u003C\/em\u003E, May 23, article\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;\u003C\/em\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy to retire.\u0026rdquo; The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMike Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliancesince 2000, will be stepping down by the end of the\u0026nbsp;year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Research Alliance with its high-powered public-private board has led the state\u0026rsquo;s technology and innovation efforts since its founding in 1990. Cassidy joined the organization in 1993 as its fourth staff member.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I will have been there 25 years this May. I will be 65 in November. And we will have a new governor next January,\u0026rdquo; Cassidy said in an interview. \u0026ldquo;All those forces converged, and I thought it would be a good time for a change in leadership.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saportareport.com\/georgia-research-alliance-ceo-mike-cassidy-to-retire\/\u0022\u003ESaporta Report\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2018-05-30 15:57:53","changed_gmt":"2018-05-30 16:05:03","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/georgia-research-alliance-ceo-mike-cassidy-to-retire\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"296431":{"id":"296431","type":"image","title":"Michael Cassidy","body":null,"created":"1449244530","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:30","changed":"1475894995","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:55","alt":"Michael Cassidy","file":{"fid":"199411","name":"imgres_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4396,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/imgres_0_0.jpg?itok=U9DHCAFl"}}},"media_ids":["296431"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1464","name":"Georgia Research Alliance"},{"id":"178130","name":"Micheal Cassidy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}