Gary W. Savage Appointed to Alabama Workforce Council
Gary W. Savage, President of BL Harbert International’s U.S. Group, was recently appointed by Governor Robert Bentley to serve a five year term on the Alabama Workforce Council. Savage was selected by the Governor as one of approximately 35 business and educational leaders from across the state to serve Alabama through his role on the council.
According to a press release from the Office of the Governor, the council is to “ advise and support members of the State School Board, the Chancellor of Alabama Community College System, College and University Presidents of Alabama’s four-year institutions and the Superintendent of the Department of Education on ways to more closely tailor the state’s workforce education programs with the workforce needs of new and existing Alabama business and industry.”
Savage, a native of Pell City, AL, earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from UAB’s School of Engineering. He currently serves on the Alabama Association of General Contractors (AGC) state board of directors as the 2nd Vice President. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the UAB School of Engineering.
BL Harbert International, LLC is a privately owned construction company with U.S. and International operations providing preconstruction, construction, design-build and construction management services. BL Harbert is currently building across the U.S. and in fifteen countries around the world. The company is nationally ranked 78th in the United States according to Engineering News-Record, based on 2014 annual revenues of $813.5 million. BL Harbert International, LLC is consistently ranked in the top three green contractors in the state of Alabama.