2016 Notable Georgians

Chris Appleton
Executive Director
WonderRoot
Atlanta

Holmes Bell IV
Chairman and CEO
Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung
Savannah

Sanford Bishop
U.S. Representative
District 2
Albany

Robert Brown
President and CEO
RL Brown & Associates
Decatur

Bobby Cagle
Director
Division of Family and Children Services
Atlanta

Ann Cramer
Senior Consultant
Coxe Curry & Associates
Atlanta

Katie Dempsey
State Representative
District 13
Rome

Stephen Dolinger
President
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Atlanta

Jim Durrett
Executive Director
Buckhead Community Improvement District
Atlanta

Zippy Duvall
President
Georgia Farm Bureau
Macon

Tim Echols
Commissioner
Georgia Public Service Commission
Bogart

Robert Farris
Director
Georgia Forestry Commission
Dry Branch

Ford Fry
Chef/Founder
Rocket Farms Restaurant Group
Atlanta

Peggy Galis
Community Volunteer
Athens

Mike Giles
President
Georgia Poultry Federation
Gainesville

Kevin Green
President and CEO
Midtown Alliance
Atlanta

John Haupert
CEO
Grady Health System
Atlanta

Virginia Hepner
President and CEO
Woodruff Arts Center
Atlanta

Al Hodge
President and CEO
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce
Rome

Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr.
U.S. Representative
District 4
Lithonia

Steve Justice
Director
Georgia Center of Innovation for Aerospace
Eastman

James Cox Kennedy
Chairman
Cox Enterprises
Atlanta

Camila Knowles
Commissioner
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Atlanta

Jeffrey Lorberbaum
Chairman and CEO
Mohawk Industries
Calhoun

Nick Masino
Senior Vice President of Economic Development and Partnership Gwinnett
Gwinnett Chamber
of Commerce
Duluth

Brooks Mathis
Senior Vice President of Economic Development
Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta

Penny McPhee
President and Trustee
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Atlanta

Kim Menefee
Vice President for Strategic Community Development
WellStar
Chair
Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Marietta

Jannine Miller
Director
Georgia Center of Innovation  for Logistics
Savannah

Ceasar Mitchell
President
Atlanta City Council
Atlanta

William Nuti
Chairman, CEO and President
NCR Corp.
Duluth

Nancy Palmer
Executive Director
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
Athens

William Pate
President and CEO
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Atlanta

Tyler Perry
Actor, Director, Screenwriter and Founder
Tyler Perry Studios
Atlanta

Brittany Pittman
Sole Commissioner
Murray County
Chatsworth

Malaika Rivers
Executive Director
Cumberland Community Improvement District
Atlanta

A.J. Robinson
Executive Director
Central Atlanta Progress and the Atlanta Downtown
Improvement District
Atlanta

Alice Rolls
Executive Director
Georgia Organics
Atlanta

Dr. Mark Rosenberg
President and CEO
The Task Force for Global Health
Decatur

Maria Saporta
Journalist
The Saporta Report/Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta

Nathaniel Smith
Founder and Chief Equity Officer
Partnership for Southern Equity
Atlanta

Walter Sprouse Jr.
Executive Director
Augusta Economic Development Authority of Richmond County
Augusta

Jimmy Tallent
President and CEO
United Community Banks
Blairsville

Ben Tarbutton III
Assistant Vice President
Sandersville Railroad Co.
Member
Board of Regents
Sandersville

Sara Totonchi
Executive Director
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta

Paula Wallace
Founder and President
Savannah College of Art & Design
Savannah

Chuck Warbington
Executive Director
Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
Norcross

Yvonne D. Williams
President
Perimeter Community Improvement Districts
Atlanta

John Silvanus Wilson Jr.
President
Morehouse College
Atlanta

Woody Woodside
President
Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick