South Region

Serving These Counties:

Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Calhoun, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early , Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Pierce, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Ware, Worth

Contact:

Art Ford, Region Manager
Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
Albany Region Office
125 Pine Avenue, Suite 220
Albany, GA 31701

Phone: (229) 430-6195
Email: art.ford@innovate.gatech.edu

Art Ford is the Enterprise Innovation Institute’s region manager for south Georgia, overseeing Georgia Tech’s regional offices in Albany and Douglas and directing activities in 32 counties.

He previously worked with Lilliston Corporation as a chief engineer of the industrial division and project engineer in the agricultural division where he designed tillage and grain drill equipment.

Certified by the National Development Council as an Economic Development Finance Professional, Ford holds an M.B.A. from Albany State University and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Florida.

Ford is a member of the Georgia Economic Developers Association and the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.