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Russ D. Mountain studied engineering while attending Southern Tech in Marietta, Georgia. He began his professional career with General Motors Corporation in 1976. He worked 6 years for GM, gaining large-scale manufacturing and supervision experience in a union environment. He was recruited in 1982 to Acuity Brand's Lithonia Lighting in Conyers, GA as a production line supervisor of 36 I.B.E.W. union assembly workers. In his third year Russ was promoted to production superintendent responsible for a division of 150 manufacturing people. From that role he moved into the marketing department as a national product manager supporting Acuity's product offerings to Independent Reps and Electrical Distributors across the country. Russ left Lithonia Lighting in December of 1987 and founded Rowland Mountain and Associates. Over the past 22 years Rowland Mountain and Associates has become an industry leader in sales and marketing recruiting. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has twice named Rowland Mountain and Associates as one of the top 10 Executive Search firms in Atlanta. In 1999 Russ earned his C.P.C. recognition by the National Association of Personnel Services and was elected to the Board of Directors for the Georgia Association of Personnel Services. He represented the Georgia State Association as the Legislative Director on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. in 2000. He has presided 4 years in the executive rotation of the board where he has served as the V.P. of membership, V.P. of programs and as president in 2004 and 2005. Russ is one of only three twice elected presidents of the state association. He is the only president to serve back to back terms in the 40 year history of the organization. Under his leadership in 2005, the Georgia Association received the National Presidents Award from the National Association of Personnel Services in recognition of the association's leadership, expertise and commitment to the staffing profession.