Felton Jenkins Elected Vice Chair of Board of Regents
Atlanta — June 8, 2010
Felton Jenkins
The Board of Regents, the 18-member governing body for the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia, today elected Regent Felton Jenkins of Madison to a one-year term as the board中出少妇视频檚 vice chair.
Jenkins, who was appointed to the Board of Regents in January 2006 by Gov. Sonny Perdue, will serve as vice chair from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.
中出少妇视频淚t is a privilege to join the leadership of the Board of Regents, whose work is so critical to the people of Georgia,中出少妇视频 Jenkins said.
Jenkins, who is just completing a term as vice chair of the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia Foundation, is a retired partner with the law firm of King & Spalding, where he served as co-chair of the firm中出少妇视频檚 Litigation Section. He has served as chair of the Georgia Justice Project and as president of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Morgan County Foundation. Jenkins also has served on the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority, the Georgia Appellate Judicial Selection Commission, the Georgia Judicial Process Review Commission and the Georgia Joint Study Commission on Revenue Structure.
Jenkins earned his bachelor中出少妇视频檚 and law degrees from the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia, where he was chair of the Law School中出少妇视频檚 Board of Visitors and secretary of the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia Foundation. He is a Life Fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the State Bar of Georgia.
Jenkins and his wife, Julie, have three grown children.
Regent Doreen Stiles Poitevint chaired the committee that developed nominations for board officers for the coming year. Committee members were regents W. Mansfield Jennings Jr. and Kessel D. Stelling Jr.
The Board of Regents is a constitutional body that governs and manages the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia, comprised of 35 public colleges and universities, more than 302,000 students, and approximately 40,000 faculty and staff.
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