Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero

Morris Multimedia recently an-nounced Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero will be one of the speakers at the inaugural Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum coming to Savannah Sunday, September 12 – Tues-day, September 14, 2021, at the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden.

Dr. Marrero became Georgia South-ern University’s 14th president in 2019.

As president, he leads a Carnegie R2
Morris Multimedia recently an-nounced Georgia Southern University President Kyle Marrero will be one of the speakers at the inaugural Southeast Georgia Leadership Forum coming to Savannah Sunday, September 12 – Tues-day, September 14, 2021, at the Kehoe Iron Works at Trustees’ Garden.

Dr. Marrero became Georgia South-ern University’s 14th president in 2019.

As president, he leads a Carnegie R2

institution with a special emphasis on public impact and collabora-tion that engages 27,000 students and 3,000 faculty and staff on three campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, and Hinesville.

In his tenure, Georgia Southern has established a culture of high performance and evidence-based leadership, data-informed

decision-making, communication transparency, and an unwav-ering focus on a new Strategic Plan and assessment methodol-ogy aligned with five main pillars: student success; teaching and research; inclusive excellence, operational efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability; and community engagement.

While navigating through a global pandemic last year, the uni-versity achieved several records, including a record freshman class in Fall 2020 and 3.4% overall headcount growth; record 4-year and 6-year graduation rates; record freshman to sophomore retention; record fundraising; and record faculty research awards.

Other reknowned speakers for the forum announced to date include world-class presenters Steadman Graham, Horst Schulze, Erica Dhawan, and Michael Thurmond.
institution with a special emphasis on public impact and collabora-tion that engages 27,000 students and 3,000 faculty and staff on three campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, and Hinesville.

In his tenure, Georgia Southern has established a culture of high performance and evidence-based leadership, data-informed

decision-making, communication transparency, and an unwavering focus on a new Strategic Plan and assessment methodology aligned with five main pillars: student success; teaching and research; inclusive excellence, operational efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability; and community engagement.

While navigating through a global pandemic last year, the university achieved several records, including a record freshman class in Fall 2020 and 3.4% overall headcount growth; record 4-year and 6-year graduation rates; record freshman to sophomore retention; record fundraising; and record faculty research awards.

Other renowned speakers for the forum announced to date include world-class presenters Steadman Graham, Horst Schulze, Erica Dhawan, and Michael Thurmond.