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                    Institute of Technology’s Center for Quality Growth
                    and Regional Development<br>
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          255, 255);">Dr. Catherine L. Ross is one of the world’s
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          bring together regions on transportation, water, energy, land,
          housing, and health to create great places to live that
          compete in a global world. She is the director of Georgia
          Institute of Technology’s Center for Quality Growth and
          Regional Development (CQGRD) and deputy director of the
          National Center for Transportation System Productivity and
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Doctoral Student
Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development 
Department of Socioeconomics 
WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business
Austria
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