News Quarterly | March 2022
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority has moved!
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) has moved to a new office. GEFA's new address is:

47 Trinity Ave SW
Fifth Floor
Atlanta, GA 30334

Please update the address in your records.

If you have any questions, please call 404-584-1000.
Communities receive financing for environmental infrastructure projects
The GEFA board of directors awarded $44.7 million to eight Georgia communities for water, sewer, and wastewater projects during its January meeting. Read more
GEFA 2021 Annual Report now available
GEFA's accomplishments during the last fiscal year are outlined in the 2021 Annual Report. Read more
GEFA staff announcements
GEFA welcomed Hunter Hill as the new deputy director.

The following staff members recently received career path promotions:
  • Dana Eldridge, project manager III
  • Brian Woodham, project manager I

GEFA has nothing but well wishes for Tracy Williams who recently accepted a new job opportunity as a financial analyst with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Staff highlight: Gerald Wade
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: I grew up near the Atlanta airport in the East Point/College Park area.

Q: Where did you go to college?
A: For my undergraduate degree I attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For my graduate studies, I attended Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.

Q: What do you do for GEFA?
A: I serve as a financial analyst, underwriting GEFA loans to assist Georgia communities with their respective financing needs for water, sewer, and land infrastructure projects.

Q: How long have you worked for GEFA?
A: I've been with GEFA for eight years.

Q: What has been your favorite memory from this past year?
A: To date, surviving both the mental and physical aspects of what has been a very challenging two years for everyone!

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: I am a huge fan of the Jason Bourne movies.

Q: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A: I would travel to Egypt to see the Great Pyramids of Giza, and while in that region of the world I would scuba dive the Red Sea.

Q: What would we most likely find you doing on the weekends?
A: I am usually at the driving range hitting golf balls or in the yard rearranging plants in my landscape seeking a more aesthetically pleasing design.

Q: What is the best advice that you have been given? Who was it from?
A: "It's okay to make mistakes....as long as you learn from them." This was an aspect of the Bank of America's corporate culture, during my formative years of commercial banking.
GEFA Around Georgia
GEFA will be exhibiting at conferences in 2022. Visit us at one of the events below.

  • Association of County Commissions of Georgia Annual Conference: Savannah, Savannah Conference Center, April 29 - May 1
  • Georgia Rural Water Association Spring Conference: Jekyll Island, Jekyll Island Convention Center, May 10-12
  • Georgia Municipal Association Annual Convention: Savannah, Savannah Conference Center, June 24-28
  • Georgia Association of Water Professionals Annual Conference and Expo: Savannah, Savannah Conference Center, July 17-20
  • Georgia Environmental Conference: Jekyll Island, Jekyll Island Convention Center, Aug. 23-26
  • Georgia Association of State Facilities Administrators: TBD
  • Georgia Economic Developers Association Annual Conference: Savannah, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Sep. 14-16
  • Georgia Rural Water Association Conference: TBD
  • Georgia Association of Regional Commissions Annual Conference: TBD