Gwendolyn H. Ruff

Columbus Water Works supplies drinking water and provides wastewater treatment to the Columbus area including Fort Benning as well as parts of Harris and Talbot Counties. As an organization, CWW has a clear vision and mission to not only sustain the current level of service but improve it for future generations. It is reaching for extraordinary heights, setting a goal for it self of being the nation's best provider of utility services. This means not only integrating the delivery of safe water and collection of wastewater for the more than 230,000 residents of the Columbus region, but providing future generations with a legacy of responsible environmental stewardship of the middle Chattahoochee River watershed.

United Way of The Chattahoochee Valley, Inc. is a non profit organization that focuses in improving basic needs, income, health, and education. Its programs include Youth Council, Youth Camp, Women United, Stuff The Bus, Read United, and Emerging Leaders United. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Columbus, GA.