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TCOM Graduate Gets Global Press

 

Classmate and entrepreneur, Joan Thomas, the main force behind Southforce, grabbed the spotlight recently in a local journal that covers international business here in Atlanta. Among other things, the story reports Thomas, an SPSU masters alumna, has forged a relationship with an organization that, with the help of Thomas and Southforce, will open a channel for American business to sell much needed pollution control and environmental protection technology to Chinese companies. You can read the entire article on GlobalAtanta's site.

Doublebridge International Group and Southforce Communications Executives are shown below in a snapshot done for the Global Atlanta article. From left to right: Earl Johnson, Southforce vice president; Xu Dong, Doublebridge CEO and founder; Joan Thomas, Southforce president; and Mike Song, Doublebridge executive director.

Link to original article. Image of excutives from Doublebridge International Group and Southforce Communications.

Photo by Trevor Williams, 2007. Courtesy www.globalatantla.com

The photo shown below was taken at a White House celebration of African American History Month on February 22, 2006, shortly after Thomas received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. You may have seen Joan recently at our Meet and Greet gatherings, networking.

Link to original story. Image of Pres. George W. Bush, Joan Thomas (left), and Erica Turner.

White House photo by Paul Morse, 2006. Courtesy Joan Thomas