The American Planning Association (APA) elected Thomas Hamed, a master of city and regional planning student at Georgia Tech, to serve as the Region II representative on the Student Representatives Council. The council promotes student engagement with APA at the national, state, and local levels, and helps ensure that APA's programs and services benefit student interests. The council is an elected body of student representatives from planning schools across the U.S. and abroad with one student representative from each APA-recognized planning student organization, and an executive committee made up of the chair, immediate past chair, and six regional representatives. Hamed’s term begins April 28, 2014.