Carol Burrell’s father, a career electrician at the General Motors plant in Doraville, wanted his daughter to get a trade for one simple reason. “I’d be sure to have a job,” she said. Her eyes on a four-year college degree, Burrell didn’t go that path.
Health system CEO Carol Burrell rises from humble beginnings
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