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July 2, 2004
#04-397

Georgia Southern's Thompson appointed
to state advisory board

The director of the Coastal Rivers Water Planning and Policy Center (CRWPPC) at Georgia Southern University, Ben Thompson, has been appointed to the Stakeholder Advisory Board by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

The Stakeholder Advisory Board is charged with working with the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to establish education and training programs for professionals in the erosion and sedimentation field.

Thompson is the "educator representative" on the board. In addition to being director of the CRWPPC, Thompson is also the acting assistant dean for external relations and an associate professor of legal studies in Georgia Southern's College of Business Administration. He is a member of the state bars in Georgia and South Carolina and is on the board of directors of the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Georgia Southern and his law degree from the University of South Carolina.

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