Notable Georgians
Gena Abraham, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Transportation
Ray Anderson, Founder/Chairman,
Interface, Inc.
Charles Bannister, Chairman, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
Robert Benham, Justice, Georgia Supreme
Court
Sally Bethea, Executive Director, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Neal Boortz, talk show host, WSB Radio
Gen. Maria Britt, Commander, Georgia Army National Guard
Robert L. Brown, Jr., President/CEO, RL Brown & Associates, Inc.
Otis A. Brumby, Publisher, Marietta Daily Journal and Neighbor Newspapers
John Bulloch, State Senator, District 11
Chip Cherry, President/CEO,
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce; President, Macon Economic Development Commission
Deke Copenhaver, Mayor, Augusta
Ann Wilson Cramer, Director, IBM North American Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs
Buddy Darden, attorney, McKenna Long & Aldridge, former congressman
Margaret DeFrancisco, President/CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation
Brad Douglas, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Administrative Services
Jermaine Dupri, CEO, So-So Def Records
Gwen Keyes Fleming, DeKalb County District Attorney
Dr. Helene Gayle, President/CEO, CARE USA
Mike Gaymon, President/CEO, Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Michael Gerber, President, Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education
Sara Gonzalez, President/CEO, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Grube, President, Georgia Southern University
Joe Hatfield, Chairman/CEO, Fieldale Farms Corp.
Bill Hitchens, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Public Safety
Al Hodge, President & CEO, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce
Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, Commanding General, First U.S. Army
Clark Howard, WSB Radio talk show host/
consumer advocate
Carol Hunstein, Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Johnny Hunt, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Woodstock
Donna Hyland, CEO, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Michael Johns, Chancellor, Emory University
Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman, 4th District
Mark Johnson, Director of Advocacy, Shepherd Center
Otis Johnson, Mayor, Savannah
Ingrid Saunders Jones, Senior Vice President & Director, Global Community Connections, The Coca-Cola Company; Chairperson, The Coca-Cola Foundation
Vernon Keenan, Director, Georgia Bureau
of Investigation
Ruth Austin Knox, President, Wesleyan College
Dorothy Leland, President, Georgia College & State University
R. Charles Loudermilk, Chairman and CEO, Aaron Rents, Inc.
Evelyn Lowery, President, Women’s Southern Christian Leadership Coalition
Jannine Miller, Transportation Policy Advisor to Gov. Sonny Perdue
Dink NeSmith, President, Community Newspapers, Inc.
Michelle Nunn, CEO, Points of Light & Hands On Network
Elisabeth Omilami, President/CEO,
Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
Jim Pannell, attorney, Oliver Maner &
Gray LLP
Tyler Perry, Director/Writer/Producer/Actor,
Tyler Perry Studios
Kasim Reed, State Senator, District 35
Rosa Rountree, Executive Director,
State Roads and Tollway Authority
Michael Russell, CEO, H.J. Russell & Company
Joe Rogers, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Waffle House, Inc.
Beheruz Sethna, President,
University of West Georgia
Michael Shapiro, Director,
High Museum of Art
Kessel Stelling, President and CEO,
Bank of North Georgia; Chairman, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
David Stockert, President/CEO, Post Properties, Inc.
Matt Towery, Chairman/CEO, Insider Advantage/Internet News Agency LLC.
Lynn Vellinga, State Accounting Officer
Allison Wall, Executive Director, Georgia Watch
Paula Wallace, President, Savannah College
of Art and Design
Joel Wernick, President/CEO, Phoebe Putney Health System
Betty Willis, Senior Associate Vice President, Community Affairs, Emory University
Paul Wood, President/CEO,
Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
Woody Woodside, President,
Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
Ronald M. Zaccari, President,
Valdosta State University
