S.  Alexander (Alex) McCray

Greener Atlanta~ Your Gateway 2 Green
alex@greeneratlanta.net
678.878.1823

For more than 30 years, Alex McCray has assisted businesses and nonprofits in implementing environmental programs.  As a staff member to Mayor Franklin’s Office, he helped to constitute and run the City of Atlanta’s Environmental Affairs Office, assist in the development of Mayor Franklin’s Sustainable Atlanta Initiative and develop and promote the Keep Atlanta Beautiful - Greener Atlanta Initiative; all to support Mayor Franklin’s vision “to create and foster a community dedicated to environmental sustainability through best in class leadership by the City”.

Before taking on this task, Alex was the Project Manager for the City’s Permitting Improvement Project that was implemented to improve the City’s ability to process building permits in a timely, efficient and cost effective manner and Special Assistant to Chief Operating Officer, Lynnette Young, assigned to manage various projects including Atlanta’s Homeland Security Gap Analysis.

In April of 2008, Alex left the Mayor’s administration to establish Greener Atlanta ~ Your Gateway 2 Green™.  Greener Atlanta is a globally transforming, locally responsive government relations consulting firm that works with customers to integrate their sustainability policies by providing consulting services that includes information, resources, customer relationship development, policy support, advocacy, and marketing recommendations.  Greener Atlanta is proud to have been asked to manage the efforts of several Consular Corps members in Atlanta to produce the 1st Atlanta International Environmental Trade Mission. Alex helped to coordinate an Atlanta group for Americana, an environmental trade mission in Montreal, March 17 – 19, 2009.  On behalf of the Atlanta Development Authority and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Greener Atlanta presented the 2nd Atlanta International Environmental Trade Mission June 8-12, 2009 in Atlanta, Ga. and will present the 2nd part in 2009, October 5 – 9.

Alex McCray has served the Atlanta community by volunteering on several boards of environmentally conscious organizations including Keep Atlanta Beautiful, Atlanta Recycles, the Georgia Restaurant Association Green Foodservice Alliance and the Sustainable Atlanta Recycling & Materials Management Advisory Group.