1. Samuel Scott Olens was born on July 8,1957 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Georgia.
17 Facts About Sam Olens
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Sam Olens subsequently resigned as KSU's president on February 15,2018 and then served as counsel for Dentons global law firm.
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Sam Olens was named partner Dentons' Public Policy practice in 2021.
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Sam Olens defeated former district attorney Ken Hodges in the 2010 state elections for Attorney General, becoming the first Jew to win a statewide, partisan race in Georgia.
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Sam Olens was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in New Jersey.
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Sam Olens earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from American University and Juris Doctor from the Emory University School of Law in 1983.
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Sam Olens was elected to the Cobb County Commission in 1998, serving until 2010.
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Sam Olens was the commission's chairman from 2002 to 2010.
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Sam Olens defeated state senator Preston Smith to win the Republican nomination for attorney general.
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Sam Olens joined forces with legislators to advocate for a stronger human trafficking law in Georgia.
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Sam Olens worked alongside legislators to pass a re-write of Georgia's Open Meetings and Open Records Laws.
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Sam Olens delivered a primetime address on national healthcare reform and federal regulatory overreach to the Republican National Convention in Tampa on August 29,2012.
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In mid-September 2016, sources close to the University System of Georgia leaked information that Sam Olens might be on a short list to appointment as president of Kennesaw State University, in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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On October 3,2016, Hank Huckaby, the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, sent an open letter to all faculty and students of Kennesaw State University with a confirmation that Sam Olens was indeed being considered for the role of president.
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On October 4,2016, Sam Olens participated in an "open interview" before a USG open session of the Board of Regents' Executive and Compensation Committee, at which time he formally requested the job.
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The Board voted on the matter on October 12,2016, and Sam Olens became Kennesaw State's fourth president under a unanimous vote.
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On December 14,2017, Sam Olens announced his resignation after bowing to behind-the-scenes pressure from conservative Georgia politicians and mishandling protests by cheerleaders.