Steve Selig Honored with Four Pillar Award

October 7,2014

The Council for Quality Growth paid tribute to regional civic, philanthropic, business and community leader Steve Selig, president and Chairman of the Board of CAP Member, Selig Enterprises, with its 25th annual leadership award at the Four Pillar Tribute. This year's Four Pillar event - which had record-breaking attendance - took place on October 2, 2014 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

"I'm pleased and enormously proud to receive this award," shared Selig as he accepted the 2014 Four Pillar Award. "This is by far the most humbling day of my life."

"In 2010, we had less than $500 million in new construction permits. Last year that number reached $2.1 billion," said City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed during the event. "No individual has done more than Steve Selig to make that vision a reality."

The theme of the evening was "By Doing Right," drawn from Selig's mother's maxim that "you can never do wrong by doing right." Selig has embodied this motto in all of his pursuits from business, to the arts, to politics to his faith and family. He has grown Selig Enterprises, the Atlanta real estate firm founded in 1918. He has served as president of The Temple, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta and the American Jewish Committee. He co-founded Southern Promotions and Music Midtown, and he currently serves on the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center and the Alliance Theater. Selig served as Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States under Jimmy Carter as his Chief Liaison with the business community, and he played a prominent role in Atlanta's hosting of the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

Selig currently serves on the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center, University of Georgia Foundation, the Buckhead Coalition and the Alliance Theatre. Steve is a past participant in Leadership Atlanta and has served on the Board of Directors or as a Trustee for Central Atlanta Progress, Wachovia Bank of Georgia, the National Kidney Foundation, Spelman College and the Lovett School. He also serves as Honorary Consul of Denmark in Atlanta.

The Four Pillar Award & Tribute is a unique honor that celebrates the recipient's significant contributions to economic development and the region's quality of life. This prestigious award is unparalleled in the Atlanta region and has come to be known as the highest honor bestowed for the aforementioned contributions.