Harry E. Owens
B.S., Auburn University
Adjunct Public Service Assistant
Governmental Training, Education, and Development
706.207.0335
howensco.clarke.ga.us

Mr. Owens joined the Institute as adjunct faculty in 2009. He has been an instructor with the Vinson Institute since 1990, providing instruction in human resource management to the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), and professional associations for superior court clerks, personnel/human resources managers, municipal and county clerks, tax officials, and others.

Mr. Owens is the Human Resources Director for the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, a consolidated government of over 1500 employees. He is a senior human resources management practitioner with thirty years of experience managing and directing all aspects of human resources administration in state and local government.

He has served as chairperson for the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and the Human Resources Management Association and as president of the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources. He has a B.S. in business administration from Auburn University. Mr. Owens holds the IPMA-CP designation from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources.