State Forester Robert Farris made Georgia Trend magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential Georgians, which profiles influential people from business and industry, politics and government, science and education, philanthropy, and healthcare. As director of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Farris is responsible for all programs of the GFC, which has 675 employees and an annual budget of about $40 million, and also for providing leadership, service and education in the protection and conservation of roughly 24 million acres of forest.