2018 Notable Georgians
2018 Notable Georgians
Karen Beavor
President & CEO
Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Atlanta
Holmes Bell IV
CEO & Chair
Hussey, Gary, Bell & DeYoung
Savannah
Vance Bell
CEO, Shaw Industries Group
Dalton
Julie Brown
President & CEO
Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone Inc.
Atlanta
Robert L. Brown Jr.
President & CEO
RL Brown & Associates Inc.
Decatur
Lucinda Bunnen
Artist, Philathropist
Atlanta
Mark Butler
Commissioner
Department of Labor
Carrollton
Ann Cramer
Senior Consultant
Coxe Curry & Associates
Atlanta
Tom Croteau
Deputy Commissioner – Global Commerce
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Atlanta
Nancy Denson
Mayor, Athens-Clarke County
Athens
Faye DiMassimo
General Manager, Renew Atlanta
Atlanta
Stephen D. Dolinger
President
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Atlanta
Jim Durrett
Executive Director
Buckhead Community
Improvement District
Atlanta
Darren Eales
President
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta
Tom Gehl
Director of Governmental Affairs
Georgia Municipal Association
Atlanta
Steven Gottlieb
Executive Director
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Atlanta
Jeff Graham
Executive Director
Georgia Equality
Atlanta
Kevin Green
President & CEO
Midtown Alliance
Atlanta
Ann Hanlon
Executive Director
Perimeter Community Improvement Districts
Dunwoody
P. Russell Hardin
President
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Atlanta
William W. Hubbard
President & CEO
Savannah Area Chamber
Savannah
Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr.
U.S. Representative, District 4
Lithonia
Milton J. Little Jr.
President & CEO
United Way of Greater Atlanta
Atlanta
Joseph Marinelli
President
Visit Savannah
Savannah
Nick Masino
Senior Vice President of Economic Development & Partnership Gwinnett
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Duluth
Sharon Mason
President & CEO, Cobb Chamber
Marietta
Gerald McDowell
Executive Director
Aerotropolis Atlanta Community
Improvement District
Atlanta
Terry McGuirk
Chair & CEO
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
Butch Miller
President Pro Tem
Georgia Senate
Gainesville
B.J. Pak
U.S. Attorney
Northern District of Georgia
Atlanta
Michael Paris
President & CEO
Council for Quality Growth
Atlanta
William Pate
President & CEO
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Atlanta
Ray Perren
President
Lanier Technical College
Oakwood
Tracy Rathbone
Executive Director
Town Center Community
Improvement District
Kennesaw
Madeline Reamy
Executive Director
EarthShare of Georgia
Atlanta
Gary M. Reedy
CEO
American Cancer Society
Atlanta
Malaika Rivers
Executive Director
Cumberland Community Improvement District
Atlanta
A.J. Robinson
President
Central Atlanta Progress and Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
Atlanta
David A. Ross
President & CEO
The Task Force for Global Health
Decatur
Maria Saporta
Journalist
Saporta Report
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta
Andrea Schruijer
Executive Director
Valdosta-Lowndes County
Development Authority
Valdosta
David Shafer
State Senator
District 48
Duluth
Daniel Shoy Jr.
President
East Lake Foundation
Atlanta
Russell Stokes
President & CEO
GE Power
Chair
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Atlanta
Michael “Sully” Sullivan
President & CEO
American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia
Atlanta
Jimmy Tallent
Chair & CEO
United Community Banks
Blairsville
Steve Tumlin
Mayor
City of Marietta
Marietta
Vince Williams
Mayor
City of Union City
Union City
Woody Woodside
President
Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
