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“Women tend to not go for the job until they have 100% of the qualifications. I probably had 30%.“
– Click/Watch 100-second video by Mehran Moin
When Metro Atlanta Chamber CEO Hala Moddelmog was 17, her mother died unexpectedly.
“It made me understand in this world nothing is given and nothing is assured. I put a stake in the ground to make sure I took care of myself,” she says.
When asked early on to be the first woman president of an international quick service restaurant firm, she quickly accepted. “I knew I could do it, but let’s be honest, I didn’t have the experience.”
Now she’s the new face of Atlanta’s business community and the first woman to lead the Chamber in its 154-year history.