Jehan El-Jourbagy Is Named Top 40 Under 40

The University of Georgia Alumni Association has announced the 40 Under 40 Class of 2012. The group will be recognized September 20 at an awards luncheon at the Georgia Aquarium.

Selected from more than 400 nominations, the program recognizes 40 outstanding UGA graduates under the age of 40.

Jehan El-Jourbagy of Monticello is one of the honorees who will be recognized at the festivities on September 20.

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Criteria for the 40 Under 40 program include: making an impact in business, leadership, community, educational and/or philanthropic endeavors; demonstrating a commitment to maintaining a lifelong relationship with the University of Georgia; and aspiring to uphold the principles manifested in the three Pillars of the Arch, which are wisdom, justice and moderation.

The Alumni Association accepted nominations for the 40 Under 40 from February-April. Nominees then submitted additional material, which was reviewed by a selection committee. Alumni Association Executive Director Deborah Dietzler said it is important to engage and maintain a lifelong relationship with the university’s ever-growing young alumni population. “Of the 270,000 living UGA alums, approximately 93,000 qualified for this program,” said Dietzler.

More than 51 percent of UGA’s alumni earned degrees within the last 20 years.

Ms. El-Jourbagy is director of the Jasper County Mentor Program, and works a few hours a week on public relations for Jasper County Schools. She is an attorney with the law frm of Haygood, Lynch, Harris, Melton and Watson, LLP, and a stay-at-home mom to two young children. Ms. El-Jourbagy, a graduate of Jasper County High School, and a member of the marching redcoat band at the Unviersity of Gerogia now directs the Monticello Community Band which performs three concerts a year.

She is active in the Monticello Kiwanis Club and the Jasper County Historial Foundation. She is also a volunteer in the school system.

For more detailed information on class members and the 40 Under 40 program, see www.alumni.uga.edu/40U40.