Our Atlanta Warburg Chapter works in close partnership with organizations such as the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern US, Inc. (GACC South), the Goethe Zentrum, the German Consulate, and various local organizations and universities.
Each year, the Atlanta Chapter hosts several policy discussions. In previous years, speakers have included Ambassador Emily Haber, German Ambassador to the United States; Metin Hakverdi, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD); and Juliane Schäuble, US Correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel. Topics have ranged from geopolitical challenges to German elections, as well as general discussions on the importance of the German-American partnership.
About the Chapter Directors
Matt Ohm
Partner
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Matt Ohmis a German and U.S. lawyer, holding a U.S. Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Georgia School of Law. He obtained both his German and his U.S. law license (NY) in 2015. In 2019, Matt was also sworn into the State Bar of Georgia.
Matt focuses his legal services on supporting foreign-owned business entities and individuals investing in the U.S. in the areas of immigration, corporate, and employment law. He supports companies’ global immigration needs through both U.S. immigration and non-immigration visa processing for businesses and families (temporary work visas and green cards). He has established himself as an esteemed member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has become a welcome speaker at various conferences.
Matt served as a board member of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia, Inc. (“Stonewall”) for many years and supports the organization. Stonewall is a professional association of attorneys, judges, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals who support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, and who oppose discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Mattalso serves as the co-chair supporting the LGBTQ Professionals Subcommittee of AGG’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee.
Matt is also the chair of the Atlanta Sister Cities Commission after serving as the Atlanta-Nuremberg Sister Cities Commission chair for many years. The City of Atlanta fosters 17 sister-city relationships with communities across the globe. The Atlanta Sister Cities Commission has continued to expand its programming by promoting mutually beneficial cultural, educational, economic, and community development exchanges. Under Mayor Andre Dickens’ leadership, the Commission has positioned itself to enhance its efforts through increased marketing, a charitable foundation, and increased staff support from the Mayor’s Office of International Affairs.
Alexandra Wagner
Strategic Brand Experience Marketing and Local Market Engagement Leader
Truist Financial Corporation
Alexandra Wagner serves as strategic Brand Experience Marketing and Local Market Engagement leader for Truist Financial Corporation amplifying and accelerating brand distinction in key focus markets to drive business growth.
In her intrapreneurial style, she led the creation of various departments within the organization and spear-headed a number of purpose distinction programs at Truist, including the uniquely positioned Money and Mindset and Truist Momentum financial education platforms, the onUp movement and a Purpose Ambassador program.
Alex began her banking career in 1996, under Citigroup – Smith Barney and Robinson-Humphrey, on the Wholesale client-facing side of the business, in the international institutional equity capital markets area. Later, after helping to expand SunTrust’s Sports and Entertainment Wealth Specialty Banking group, moved to the enterprise side of the business in Marketing, built the Experiential Marketing group with Meetings, Sponsorships and Events, as well as Volunteerism and Corporate Responsibility, Purpose Integration and then Brand Experience Marketing through the hyper-localized Local Market Engagement strategy team.
As a multi-national, Alex is multi-lingual, and has lived and worked in Europe throughout her life, having been raised in Germany and traveled extensively in the world. She received her education at the University of South Carolina, Universite de Grenoble (France) and the University of Georgia. She served on a number of professional and community impact boards including MPI, SITE and Quality Care for Children. She is passionate about bringing individual human potential to life and her sense of purpose is to amplify and accelerate good, so that more people can live fulfilled and joyful lives. She is married with one son and lives in Atlanta, GA.
