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Excerpt from: The Insider of the Atlanta Business Chronicle: 1-21-2002
http://atlanta.bcentral.com/atlanta/stories/2002/01/21/tidbits.html

"Getting on board"
Angel investor Sig Mosley, of Imlay Investments Inc., has been tapped to serve as the chairman of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast (EFSE), the newly launched regional chapter of a Silicon Valley-based philanthropy group.

Richard E. Steele, a principal with executive search firm Korn/Ferry International, was named vice chairman, and attorney Neil Grayson of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP will serve as treasurer for the upcoming year.

Wayne Hodges, the director of the Advanced Technology Development Center on the edge of the Georgia Tech campus, has been named to the board.

Hodges says many of the 20 to 30 early-stage companies that use office space at ATDC are interested in volunteering their time or donating a small percentage of stock to local charities, but the entrepreneurs don't know how to go about it.

"Young companies are so focused on just staying alive that they don't know how to get involved with the community that supports them," he said.

The EFSE is a philanthropic organization that asks member companies to donate a small percentage of pre-IPO stock, which is distributed to local charities and community service groups. Member companies also are encouraged to compensate employees for a few hours of volunteer time each month. Rhen Cain, former CEO of Directo Inc., is president and CEO of the EFSE.

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