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Jim Mathis Jr. leaving behind a great legacy with North Georgia Community Foundation
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Jim Mathis Jr. flips through artwork that lined the walls of his office for the past 18 years at the the North Georgia Community Foundation. He steps down this month from the philanthropic organization. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Hailey Van Parys
Updated: Dec 13, 2016, 2:32 AM
Published: Dec 13, 2016, 2:35 AM
A lifetime’s worth of memorabilia, plaques, awards and paintings sat on shelves and hung on the walls of Jim Mathis Jr.’s office at the North Georgia Community Foundation. His collection now sits in boxes or leans against the walls as he readies for retirement at the end of this month. He helmed the foundation, which handles funds for nonprofits, as its president and CEO from 1998 until last fall and has served as president emeritus since then.
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