Most Influential Georgians: Notables
Stacey Abrams, Georgia House of Representatives
Brian Anderson, President, Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie Armistead, General Manager, GreenBusiness WORKS
Joel Babbit, CEO, Mother Nature Network
Wright Bagby, Mayor, Rome
F. Allen Barnes, Director, Environmental Protection Division
Brandon Beach, Executive Director, North Fulton Community Improvement District
W. Paul Bowers, President and CEO, Georgia Power
Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Actor/ Entrepreneur/Philanthropist/Rapper
Robert Brown, President/CEO, RL Brown & Associates
Otis Brumby, Publisher, Marietta Daily Journal/Neighbor Newspapers
Chip Cherry, President & CEO, Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce and Macon Economic Development Commission
Ron Clark, Educator
Dennis Creech, Co-founder/Executive Director, Southface Energy Institute
Jermaine Dupri, Entrepreneur/Producer/ Rapper/Songwriter
Amir Farokhi, GeorgiaForward
Robert Franklin, President, Morehouse College
Hans Gant, Senior VP of Economic Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Sharon Gay, Attorney/Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Mike Gaymon, President/CEO, Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Renée Lewis Glover, President/CEO, Atlanta Housing Authority
Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials
Col. Bruce Hampton, Actor/Musician
Becca Hardin, Executive VP of Economic Development, Greater Columbus Chamber
Robert Hatcher, President/CEO, MidCountry Financial Corp.
Tommy Hills, Chief Financial Officer, State of Georgia
Al Hodge, President & CEO, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce
Pierre Howard, President, Georgia Conservancy
Eric Jacobson, Executive Director, Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
Robert S. Jepson, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Jepson Associates, Inc.
Jimmy Jeter, President, Standard Discount Corp.
Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman
Bill Jones, III, Sea Island Company
Dr. Samantha Joye, Marine Biologist, UGA
Joel Katz, Entertainment Lawyer, Greenberg Traurig
Brian Leary, President/CEO, Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
Tim Lowe, President, Lowe Engineers
Mike Luckovich, Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jim Maran, President/CEO, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Nick Masino, Vice President for Economic Development, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Todd McDevitt, Scientist, Georgia Tech
Lauren “Bubba” McDonald, Chairman, Georgia Public Service Commission
Tim Mescon, President, Columbus State University
Bob Nerem, Director, Georgia Tech/Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine
William “Dink” NeSmith, Jr., Newspaper Publisher, Board of Regents
Jim Pannell, Attorney/Partner, Gray & Pannell
Chip Rogers, State Senator
Joe Rogers, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Waffle House
Dr. Lisa A. Rossbacher, President, Southern Polytechnic State University
Michael Russell, CEO, H.J. Russell & Company
Maria Saporta, Journalist, Saporta Report, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Barbara Schuster, Dean, MCG/UGA Medical Partnership Campus
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO, American Cancer Society
Dr. Frank E. Shelp, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Steve Stice, Scientist, UGA
Doug Stoner, State Senator
Eric Tanenblatt, Senior Managing Director, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Charles K. Tarbutton, Assistant VP, Sandersville Railroad Company
Geri Thomas, State and Atlanta Market President, Bank of America
William Todd, President/CEO, Georgia Cancer Coalition
Pat Topping, Senior VP, Macon Economic Development Commission
Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Professor of English, Emory
Betty Willis, Senior Associate VP, Governmental and Community Affairs, Emory University
Woody Woodside, President, Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
