Phillip E. Casey (BBA 1967)

Phillip E. Casey has held every top management position with Gerdau Ameristeel since joining the second-largest North American mini-mill steelmaker in 1994. He serves as a director and the board's non-executive chairman, and he previously was the company's president and CEO. Gerdau Ameristeel's 17 steel manufacturing operations generated revenues totaling $4.2 billion in 2009.

Casey is a past chairman of the Steel Manufacturers Association, the largest steel industry group in North America. In 2006, he was given the Steel Manufacturers' Iverson-Selig Award for his dedicated service to the mini-mill steel industry. He also serves on the board of Astec Industries Inc.

He previously held executive positions with Florida Steel and Birmingham Steel, and he served 14 years in various financial management assignments with domestic and international affiliates of the Exxon Corp.

Casey graduated from the Terry College in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in finance. After graduating from UGA, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a commissioned officer in the Special Forces. He was awarded several battlefield commendations, including the Bronze Star and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for heroic action in Southeast Asia.

In addition to his service on the Terry Dean's Advisory Council, Casey has been a community leader in Tampa, Fla., serving as a trustee of the University of Tampa and a member of the Tocqueville Society of the United Way. In 2007, Phil and Betty Casey were inducted into the Terry College's Pinnacle Society, which honors lifetime giving of $1 million or more.

Jay M. Davis (BBA 1970)

Jay M. Davis is the chairman and CEO of National Distributing Co. In that role, he has led the expansion of the distributorship his father, Al Davis, co-founded in 1942.

The company, which was honored as Georgia Family Business of the Year in 2006, has combined its business with the Republic Beverage Company to form Republic National Distributing Company. RNDC is the second-largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the United States, with operations in 18 states and the District of Columbia.

In the beverage industry, Davis presided over the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Georgia from 2007-2009 and served on the board of the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, as well as the boards of Acuity Brands Inc. and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.

As community leaders, Davis and his wife, Ann, were instrumental in forming the Alfred and Adele Davis Academy, Atlanta's Reform Jewish day school. Bearing the name of Jay's parents, the academy was co-founded by Jay's sister, Dulcy, and her husband, Jerry. It has become the fastest growing Reform Jewish day school in the country and also one of the largest.

Davis has served as a board member of the Standard Club, the Commerce Club, the Buckhead Club, and the High Museum of Art, and he has chaired the capital campaigns of several Jewish charities. He is a member of the Terry Dean's Advisory Council, as well as a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation.

Jay and Ann Davis, who also graduated from UGA in 1970, have two grown children — Elizabeth and Richard, who is a 2005 MBA alumnus — and three grandchildren.

Garrett Gravesen (BBA 2003)

Garrett Gravesen is a social entrepreneur with a passion for adventures abroad. He has criss-crossed six continents and spoken to people from more than 100 countries, first as the co-founder of Georgia-based nonprofit H.E.R.O. for Children and now as the CEO and co-founder of the Global L.E.A.D. Program.

A student leader at UGA, he became the youngest president in the history of the Student Government Association and seemed destined for a career in international finance after getting an internship with Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong. He then decided to work as an international volunteer at an AIDS orphanage in Kenya and had a chance meeting with a young boy named Martin, who would change his life goals. When he returned to Georgia, Gravesen and his Terry College classmate Ryan Gembala co-founded a nonprofit for children affected by HIV/AIDS called H.E.R.O for Children.

With H.E.R.O. on a firm foundation, Gravesen has turned his attention to a new venture: the Global L.E.A.D Program, an international service, leadership and adventure nonprofit that he co-founded and directs with another Terry College classmate, Robbie Reese.

This year, Global L.E.A.D. will offer educational adventures in South Africa and Greece. He has spoken at international conferences in India, Poland, Romania and Brazil, and he delivers part of the global education curriculum taught by Global L.E.A.D. that is accepted for study abroad course credit at UGA.

For his efforts, Gravesen was honored by the U.S. Jaycees as one of the "Ten Outstanding Young Americans" of 2007 and one of "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World" by Junior Chamber International (JCI) in 2008.