CANTON, GA - Key Persons
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- Executive Admin. Assistant to the City Manager
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- President and Chief Creative Officer of Grant Design Collaborative in Canton
Bill Grant is President and Chief Creative Officer of Grant Design Collaborative in Canton, GA. His firm's cross-discipline work includes communication design, brand strategy, advertising, product development, branded interiors and experience design. He was named an AIGA Fellow in 2005 and was the first designer from the South to serve as National President of AIGA, Professional Association for Design, from 2005-07. In recent years, Graphic Design USA named Bill One of the 50 Most Influential Designers Working Today.
Bill Grant was born and raised in Dalton, GA and was the first person in his family to attend college. He graduated Sum Cum Laude with a BA in English and Psychology from Berry College. Grant also assisted in curriculum development and earned a Professional Certificate from the Harvard Business School's "Business Perspectives for Design Leaders."
Grant's work has been featured and honored by AIGA Communication Graphics, Communication Arts, Print, ID, STEP, HOW, Graphis, Metropolis, New York Type Director's Club, Graphic Design:usa, Graphic Design America, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, and Interior Design magazine, among others. Grant Design Collaborative has received multiple IIDA Creative Excellence Awards for showroom design. Grant has served as a judge for numerous design competitions and is a frequent speaker at international design and business conferences. In addition to design, Bill is a dedicated public servant in his local community of Canton, Georgia. He was elected to the Canton City Council in 2013 and 2017 and also served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2014-2019. Grant was elected Mayor of the City on Canton in 2019 for a four-year term, 2020-2023.
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- Customer Service Manager
- Finance
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- Manager of Economic Development & Tourism
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- Utility Field Technician / Finance
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- Customer Service Representative
- Finance
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- Code Compliance Technician
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- Customer Service Representative
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- Parks and Recreation Manager
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- Utility Billing Manager / Finance
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- Director of Building and Safety Services
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- Downtown Development Manager
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- Public Works Administrative Assistant
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- Theatre Events and Facilities Director
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- IT Systems Analyst / Information Technology
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- Information Technology Director / Information Technology
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- Accounts Payable - Payroll Coordinator / Finance
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- Infrastructure and Facilities Maintenance Manager
In her second term as a councilmember, Sandy McGrew has been a Canton resident since 2006. A graduate of Jonesboro Senior High School in Jonesboro, Georgia, She served the Gwinnett County School System for 12 years as a Technology Lab Manager/Para-Pro and enjoyed teaching children new skills. She also served our community through the Cherokee Arts Center Board of Directors for five years, including two years as president.
Sandy McGrew is an avid reader and a photography hobbyist with her husband, Gary Mullet. The couple has four children and five grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Mayor Pro - Tem, Councilmember Ward 3 / Mayor & Council
Job Titles:
- Customer Service Representative
- Finance