{"354461":{"#nid":"354461","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Talk: Lara Hodgson, NOWaccount","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince attending Georgia Tech herself, Lara Hodgson\u0026nbsp;has launched product and service businesses, raised capital, and served in executive management roles with Nourish, Insomnia Consulting LLC, Dewberry Capital Corporation, DCH, Dunk, and iXL, an Internet development company.\u0026nbsp;Lara has extensive experience in brand development, corporate strategy, business development, marketing, and operations, and has worked with companies such as\u0026nbsp;Nike, Coca-Cola, The Home Depot, Keds, and others.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELara received an MBA from The Harvard Business School and a Bachelor\u2019s in Aerospace Engineering with highest honors from Georgia Tech where she was a scholarship member of the Varsity Track team, was named one of the top 20 students in the U.S. by USA Today, and was selected to study in Japan with the U.S. Department of Defense.\u0026nbsp;Lara also served as the Ambassador to Lebanon for the 1996 Olympic Games.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Hodgson currently serves as an appointee of the Governor to the board of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Regional Transit Committee, is an adjunct lecturer in finance at Georgia Tech\u2019s graduate school of Management, and serves as a founding Board member of Atlanta Heights Charter School.\u0026nbsp;Lara has also served on the Boards of Flag Bank, Society of International Business Fellows, Central Atlanta Progress, and Georgia Tech\u2019s Alexander Tharpe Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, Georgia Tech Athletic Association honored Lara with the Total Person Alumnus Award and Alumnus of the Year by the Georgia Tech Women in Engineering.\u0026nbsp;Lara is a member of the Georgia Tech Young Alumnus Hall of Fame and is an internationally recognized speaker on innovation and creativity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHodgson\u0026nbsp;will speak at Georgia Tech\u0027s IMPACT Speaker Series on Wednesday,\u0026nbsp;March 4, 2015. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. 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