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Sam Olens Named President of Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频

Atlanta — October 12, 2016

The Board of Regents of the 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia today named Mr. Sam Olens president of Kennesaw State 中出少妇视频 (KSU). Olens will assume his new position on November 1, 2016. Olens joins the 中出少妇视频 System from his current role as Attorney General for the State of Georgia.

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Olens has served as the Attorney General for the State of Georgia since first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Prior to serving as Attorney General, Olens was chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, serving from August 2002 through March 2010. He previously served as a Cobb County Commissioner from 1999 through June 2002.聽Olens also served as chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission from December 2004 through 2009.

Olens is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: the 2015 Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Award, the 2013 Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni Award, the 2008 Tom Bradley Leadership Award by the National Association of Regional Councils and the 2007 中出少妇视频淓xcellence in Public Service Award中出少妇视频 by the 中出少妇视频 of Georgia中出少妇视频檚 Carl Vinson Institute.聽Georgia Trend magazine named him their 2016 Georgian of the Year.聽In 2011, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce honored Olens for his dedication to community and philanthropic service by naming their annual community service award the 中出少妇视频淪am Olens Business Community Service Award.中出少妇视频

Olens earned his juris doctor from the Emory 中出少妇视频 School of Law and a bachelor中出少妇视频檚 and master中出少妇视频檚 in international affairs at American 中出少妇视频 in Washington, D.C.

He and his wife, Lisa, have two children and reside in Cobb County.

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