Pam Sessions: Co-owner and President of Hedgewood Properties. Hedgewood builds approximately 300 homes a year in Atlanta, Georgia. Pam received her BFA from the University of Georgia. She studied photography with Ansel Adams and worked with landscape photographer and writer Dave Bohn prior to beginning her homebuilding career in 1985. Hedgewood strives to adhere to both "Smart Growth" planning and development concepts and environmental "Green" building techniques in construction of their homes and neighborhoods. In the 1990's, Pam along with other committee members from the greater Atlanta HBA, set off to pilot a green building program. The program, now referred to as Earth Craft House, was first developed for single-family construction by Hedgewood and has become so successful that it has become the blueprint of environmentally-conscious construction for builders across the country. ASSOCIATIONS: Greater Atlanta Home Builder's Association Home Builder's Association of Georgia National Association of Home Builders The Metro Atlanta YMCA Forsyth County YMCA Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee of the Livable Communities Coalition Chairman of Southface Energy Institute and Chairman of the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce   AWARDS: Professional Builder Magazine's "2003 National Builder of the Year" 2004 Argon Award for environmental stewardship 2005 Lewis Cenker Award for a lifelong contribution to the advancement of the homebuilding industry in Atlanta.