2017 Notable Georgians
Debbie Alford
President & CEO
Georgia Lottery Corp.
Atlanta
Karen Beavor
President & CEO
Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Atlanta
Holmes Bell IV
Chairman & CEO
Hussey, Gay, Bell
Savannah
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield
Chief Reliance Officer
City of Atlanta
Atlanta
Robert Brown
President & CEO
RL Brown & Associates
Decatur
Bobby Cagle
Director
Department of Family & Children Services
Atlanta
Ann Cramer
Senior Consultant
Coxe Curry & Associates
Atlanta
Eddie DeLoach
Mayor
Savannah
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
Chuck Eaton
Commissioner
Public Service Commission
Atlanta
Steve Economos
CEO
Eagle Rock Studios Atlanta
Norcross
Robert Farris
Director
Georgia Forestry Commission
Dry Branch
Jim Gallaway
Journalist
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta
Tom Gehl
Director, Governmental Relations
Georgia Municipal Association
Atlanta
Mike Giles
President
Georgia Poultry Federation
Gainesville
Kevin Green
President & CEO
Midtown Alliance
Atlanta
Larry Hanson
City Manager
Valdosta
John Haupert
CEO
Grady Health System
Atlanta
Al Hodge
President & CEO
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce
Rome
Lonnie Holley
Artist & Musician
Atlanta
Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr.
U.S. Representative
District 4
Lithonia
Camila Knowles
Commissioner
Department of Community
Affairs
Atlanta
Mary Laschinger
Chairman & CEO
Veritiv
Atlanta
Milton J. Little Jr.
President & CEO
United Way of Greater Atlanta
Atlanta
Gerald Long
President
Georgia Farm Bureau
Macon
Nick Masino
Senior Vice President of Economic Development & Partnership Gwinnett
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Duluth
Brooks Mathis
Senior Vice President of Economic Development
Cobb Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Mark McDonald
President & CEO
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Atlanta
Craig Menear
Chairman, CEO & President
The Home Depot
Atlanta
Greg Mike
Artist
Atlanta
Jannine Miller
Director
Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics
Savannah
Clint Mueller
Legislative Director
ACCG
Atlanta
Dikembe Mutombo
Chairman & President
Dikembe Mutombo Foundation
Atlanta
Michelle Nunn
President & CEO
CARE USA
Atlanta
Nancy Palmer
Executive Director
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
Athens
William Pate
President & CEO
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Atlanta
Malaika Rivers
Executive Director
Cumberland Community Improvement District
Atlanta
A.J. Robinson
President
Central Atlanta Progress & Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
Atlanta
Alice Rolls
Executive Director
Georgia Organics
Atlanta
Dave Ross
President & CEO
Task Force for Global Health
Decatur
Maria Saporta
Journalist
The Saporta Report Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta
Daniel Shoy Jr.
President
East Lake Foundation
Atlanta
Nathaniel Smith
Founder & Chief Equity Officer
Partnership for Southern Equity
Atlanta
Jimmy Tallent
Chairman & CEO
United Community Banks
Blairsville
Ben Tarbutton III
President
Sandersville Railroad Co.
Sandersville
Sara Totonchi
Executive Director
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta
Roger Tutterow
Professor, Director
Econometric Center
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw
John Silvanus Wilson Jr.
President
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Woody Woodside
President
Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
