Buddy Glazner, CEcD - Senior Associate

Buddy is a trained facilitator with significant experience in working with local community organizations in the development and implementation of strategic economic development plans. Buddy retired from Georgia Power Company in Atlanta after 34 years of service. Buddy received his undergraduate degree from Delta State University, in Cleveland, Miss., and then served our country for three years in the U.S. Army. He returned to Delta State to obtain his master’s in business administration and then immediately started with Georgia Power in 1975.

Buddy spent 18 months consulting to the Turkish Electric Company through a Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Electric International. He was part of a team that redesigned the accounting and financial reporting systems for the Turkish Electric Company.

Buddy worked in community and economic development within Georgia Power as a senior community development advisor. He has worked with over 320 community economic development organizations to develop strategic economic development plans.

Buddy was also one of the initial creators of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development. He was part of a core team that developed the curriculum and course content. During a six-year period, Buddy trained nearly 1,000 elected officials and other community leaders in the principles of economic development.

After obtaining the CEcD designation from the International Economic Development Council in 1998, Buddy transferred his knowledge and experience to the economic development department of Georgia Power. His focus was in recruiting quality jobs and capital investment to Georgia. Over a nine-year period, Buddy was a direct contributor to a team that resulted in the recruitment of 40 companies to Georgia, which represented over and above 8,000 jobs and more than $1.4 billion in capital investment. Many of these businesses were international companies from Japan, South Korea, Germany and France.

Buddy is active with the International Economic Development Council and the Georgia Economic Developers Association.