Homegrown in the Shoals
Larry Lewis and Kim Caudle Lewis are a power couple with purpose in northern Alabama
Adam Bruns
Editor in Chief of Site Selection Magazine
Adam Bruns is editor in chief and head of publications for Site Selection magazine, where he served as managing editor from February 2002 until fall 2023. In the course of reporting hundreds of stories for Site Selection, Adam has visited companies and communities around the globe. A St. Louis native who grew up in the Kansas City suburbs, Adam is a 1986 alumnus of Knox College, and resided in Chicago; Midcoast Maine; Savannah, Georgia; and Lexington, Kentucky, before settling in Greater Atlanta with his wife and daughter.
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ASIA
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VIRGINIA
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PORTUGAL
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