The Georgia Legislative Outlook is an annual event hosted by the SPIA Alumni Board of Directors featuring a discussion with Georgia legislators about the current legislative session. Funds raised for the event support the initiatives of the Alumni Board which include support for need-based scholarships for study abroad, MPA students, and top funding priorities established annually by the dean.

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2025 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2025 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Pepper Locke on Monday, February 24, 2025, featured a discussion between Burt Jones, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

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 • Silver Sponsors •

 • Bronze Sponsors •

Capital City Public Affairs
Council for Quality Growth
Energy Marketers of America
Mika Kawana
TikTok

 • Patron Sponsors •

American Chemistry Council
Alex Bradford
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Ecolab
Representative Spencer Frye
Georgia Beverage Association
Georgia Hospital Association
Grady Health System
Home Builders Assoc. of Georgia
McGuireWoods Consulting
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Middleton Public Affairs
Midnight Rider Consulting
Taylor Murray
Dan Regenstein
James Robson
UGA Office of Government Relations

2024 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2024 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Pepper LLP on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, featured a discussion between Marty Kemp, First Lady of Georgia, and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

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 • Silver Sponsors •

Delta logo

Georgia Power logo

 • Bronze Sponsors •

Amerigroup
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Mika Kawana

 • Patron Sponsors •

Capital City Public Affairs
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Council for Quality Growth
Energy Marketers of America
Georgia Hospital Association
Georgia’s Rural Telephone and Broadband Association
Grady Health System
Kelly Loeffler
Metro Atlanta Chamber
McGuire Woods Consulting
Middleton Public Affairs
Jay Morgan
True North Strategies

2023 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2023 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Pepper LLP on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, featured a discussion between Jon Burns, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

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Silver Sponsors

Delta logo

Georgia Power logo

Verizon logo

Bronze Sponsors

Georgia Hospital Association
Lockheed Martin
McGuireWoods Consulting
Robbins Firm
Troutman Pepper

Patron Sponsors

Kevin Abernethy, UGA VP of Government Relations
Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Capital City Public Affairs
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Council for Quality Growth
Energy Marketers of America
Rep. Spencer Frye
Georgia Beverage Association
Georgia Chemistry Council
Georgia’s Rural Telephone and Broadband Association
Home Builders Association of Georgia
Impact Public Affairs, LLC
Mika Kawana
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Middleton Public Affairs
Commissioner Jason Shaw
Michael & Rebecca Sullivan
Wellstar Health System

2022 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2022 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Pepper LLP on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, featured a discussion between David Ralston, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

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THANKS TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS

THANKS TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS

THANKS TO OUR SILVER SPONSORS

THANKS TO OUR BRONZE SPONSORS

Home Builders Association of Georgia

Southern Company

Georgia Chemistry Council

Michael and Rebecca Sullivan

2021 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2021 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Pepper LLP on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, featured a discussion between Geoff Duncan, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.


THANKS TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS

THANKS TO OUR SILVER SPONSOR

THANKS TO OUR BRONZE SPONSOR

Matt Ralston

Michael and Rebecca Sullivan

 

2020 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2020 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Sanders LLP on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, featured a discussion between Brian Kemp, Governor of Georgia and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

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THANKS TO OUR DIAMOND SPONSOR

 

THANKS TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS

 

THANKS TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS

 

 

THANKS TO OUR SILVER SPONSORS

 

 

 

THANKS TO OUR BRONZE SPONSORS

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

Daniel Regenstein

Doug Matties

Impact Public Affairs

JL Morgan Company

Lockheed Martin

MagMutual

Middleton Public Affairs

Parlay Marketing Partners, LLC

Senator Butch Miller

Terminus South

True North Strategies

 

2019 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2019 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Sanders LLP on February 13, 2019, featured a discussion between David Ralston, Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

2018 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The sixth annual Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Sanders LLP on February 1, 2018, featured a discussion with SPIA Alumni in the Legislature and a keynote address by Christopher Carr, Georgia Attorney General.

2017 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2017 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Sanders LLP on January 31, 2017, featured a discussion between Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.  The conversation covered the recent failure of Amendment 1, the possibility of legalizing casino gambling in Georgia, and the potential of having the discussion of the campus carry bill reemerge.

For more details on the event, see the February 1, 2017 Red & Black article.

To see photos from the event, click here.


THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

-GOLD SPONSOR-

-SILVER SPONSORS-

     

-BRONZE SPONSORS-
    

    

Caitlyn Cooper (‘07)  •  Sen. Jeff Mullis
Sully (‘97, ‘00) and Rebecca (‘97, ‘00) Sullivan

-PATRON SPONSORS-
Capitol Partners Inc  •  Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta  •  CVS Health
Rep. Chuck Efstration (‘04)  •  Rep. Earl Ehrhart (‘81)
Rep. Stacey Evans (‘00, ‘03)  •  Georgia Beverage Association
Georgia Hospital Association •  Christie Haynes (‘10) •  Sen. Butch Miller
Kinder Morgan  •  The McDonald Firm  •  PruittHealth
Thompson Victory Group  •  Sen. Blake Tillery (‘06, ‘10)

2016 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2016 Georgia Legislative Outlook event, hosted at Troutman Sanders LLP on March 17, 2016, featured a discussion between Lieutenant Governor of Georgia Casey Cagle and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

To see photos from the event, click here.


THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

-PLATINUM SPONSOR-


-SILVER SPONSOR-

-BRONZE SPONSORS-

Aristotle  •   Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Caitlyn Cooper (’07)  •   Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce

Rep. Geoff Duncan  •   FrogueClark
Dr. John and Mrs. Mary Helen McGruder    

Sen. Butch Miller/Milton Martin Honda
Commissioner Cindy Mills  •   Sen. Jeff Mullis  

Red|Clay Communications   •   Sen. David Shafer (’88)  

-PATRON SPONSORS-

CVS Health  •  Nick deJong (’09)  •  Christie Haynes (’10)
Samantha Hill (’09)  •  Matthew (’06, ’09) and Katharine (’07) Josephson
Kinder Morgan  •  Stephanie Kindregan (’07)  •  Dean Stefanie Lindquist
Josh (’09) and Kallarin Mackey  •  Jason O’Rouke (’06, ’11)
Daniel Regenstein (’06)  •  Matthew Suber (’09)
Commissioner Brian and Mrs. Kelly Tam  •  Matthew Weiss (’05, ’08)

2015 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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On February 24, 2015, the Alumni Board of Directors hosted the annual Georgia Legislative Outlook event. Dr. Jamie Monogan moderated a conversation between Larry O’Neal Georgia House Majority Leader and Stacey Abrams Georgia House Minority Leader. The discussion covered both electoral politics and issues on the legislative agenda.

To see photos from the event, click here.

2014 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The 2014 Georgia Legislative Outlook was hosted in Atlanta, Georgia on February 24, 2014 and featured a discussion between Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

To see photos from the event, click here.

2013 Georgia Legislative Outlook
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The inaugural Georgia Legislative Outlook event in 2013 featured a discussion between Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston and President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate David Shafer moderated by Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.

To see photos of the event, click here.

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