Rhubarb Jones, one of Georgia's most active and best loved citizens, was the longest running morning radio personality in the Atlanta radio market. His 23 year hubtenure at Y-106.7 and later Eagle 106.7 began in February 1985 and ended on the last day of February 2008. His 23 years in morning radio is an Atlanta radio milestone. His radio career spanned over 36 years. He is now serving as a director of special events in the department of university development and is on the faculty of the department of mass communication at Kennesaw State University, Georgia's 3rd largest university. His classes fill quickly as Rhubarb's reputation and passion for leading young people and assisting them with their higher education is so well known.

Rhubarb's accomplishments and awards are too numerous to print, but some include:

2008		Presented the Mass Communications Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of West Georgia, where he serves on the Board of Trustees
2007		Inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Student Finance Commission. Nominated for the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
2005		Winner of the Wallace B. Dunlap Radio Award recognizing excellence in fundraising from the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. (only the 4th person in the history of the organization to be awarded the honor)
2003		Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the March of Dimes.
2001		Inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.
1999		Voted one of Atlanta's Disc Jockey's of the Century from the Atlanta Society of Entertainers
1997		Awarded the "Build A Better Georgia Award" from the Georgia Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner
1996		Awarded the Achievement in Radio Award for "Best Radio Station Sponsored Community Event" for the Rhubarb Jones March Across Georgia for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
1995		Selected "Best Radio Personality" by Atlanta Magazine Named as one of the "100 Most Powerful and Influential People in Georgia" by Georgia Trend Magazine
1994		Awarded "Best Radio Personality of the Year" by Inside Cobb Magazine Awarded "Best Radio Personality of the Year" by Inside Gwinnett Magazine
1993		Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Achievement Entertainment Special"
1991		Inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame
1990		National Association of Broadcasters "Crystal Award" for public service
1988		"Country Radio Air Personality of the Year" Large Market from Billboard Radio Awards. Nominated for "Radio Air Personality of the Year" Billboard Radio Awards in 1989 and 1990 Nominated for "Country Music Air Personality of the Year" Large Market 1991, 1992, 1994
1987		Country Music Association Large Market "Broadcast Personality of the Year"
1983		Country Music Association Medium Market "Broadcast Personality of the Year" and the Academy of Country Music "Radio Personality of the Year"

Rhubarb's humanitarian accomplishments and charity projects include his annual "Rhubarb Jones March Across Georgia" for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society that has happened every June since 1990. The event along with the annual Rhubarb Jones Celebrity Golf Classic have raised close to $4,000,000 for the Georgia Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Rhubarb was also the creator of the "Country Cares for St. Jude's Kids" along with Randy Owen of Hall of Fame group "Alabama" and St. Jude Children's Hospital founder Danny Thomas. Jones has also served as co-host, since the early 1990's, for the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

He has served on the board of the Department of Technical and Adult Education for the State of Georgia since 1998 and has served as vice chairman of the organization. Jones has also served on the Board of Governors of the Atlanta Chapter of NARAS. He is a board emeritus of the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. He was host of the Georgia Music Awards from 1993 until 2005. Rhubarb is also a member of the Yaarab Shrine Temple in Atlanta.

Above all, Rhubarb is a "Family Man" enjoying his four children and four grandchildren.

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Cindy A. Coe is Southeastern Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Ms. Coe administers the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the eight-state Southeast region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi (federal enforcement) and Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee (state plans). Areas of responsibility include enforcement programs, cooperative programs, voluntary protection programs, targeted training grants, state plans and consultation programs. She manages a staff of 269 and a $37 million annual operating budget.


Patrick R. Tyson, a partner in the firm of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, has been with the firm since 1986 after a 13 year career at the US Department of Labor. He served as an attorney during that time representing OSHA and also worked for OSHA where he held the positions of Director of Compliance, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Agency. He currently heads the firm's OSHA practice group.

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