Lee Thomas, a deputy commissioner at the Georgia Department of Economic Development and division director of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office, will be the guest speaker at the October 25th NuLink Early Bird Forum.

A native Atlantan, Thomas received a Bachelor of the Arts in Radio-TV-Film from UGA and returned to Atlanta to earn a Master's Degree in Film Studies from Georgia State University. In 1992, she entered the Tisch School of the Arts Doctoral Program in Cinema Studies at New York University, then began a job at the Brooklyn Arts Council. She returned to Atlanta in 1996 to work for the Georgia Film and Videotape Office as a project manager and then became a location specialist for the office in 1998.

After finding locations for film and television projects for 12 years, Thomas became director of the film division in 2010. Films that Lee has worked with include The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Blind Side, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Footloose, Fast 5, The Conspirator, and Zombieland. 

The NuLink Early Bird Forum breakfast will be held on October 25, 2016 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at The Newnan Centre, 1515 Lower Fayetteville Rd. in Newnan. Admission is $20 for Chamber members and $50 general admission. To register through ChamberMaster, click here, or for more information contact [email protected] or call 770-253-2270.