2019 Notable Georgians
David Allman
Owner & Chair
Regent Partners
Atlanta
Peter Berg
Rabbi
The Temple Atlanta
Atlanta
Kenny Blank
Executive Director
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Atlanta
Mike Boyce
Commission Chair
Cobb County Board of Commissioners
Marietta
Ben Chestnut
CEO & Co-founder
MailChimp
Atlanta
Nancy Denson
Mayor
City of Athens
Athens
Jim Durrett
Executive Director
Buckhead CID
Atlanta
Amir Farokhi
District 2 Representative
Atlanta City Council
Atlanta
Steve Gottlieb
Executive Director
Legal Aid Atlanta
Atlanta
Jeff Graham
Executive Director
Georgia Equality
Atlanta
Kevin Green
President & CEO
Midtown Alliance
Atlanta
Michael Halicki
Executive Director
Park Pride
Atlanta
Ann Hanlon
Executive Director
Perimeter CIDs
Dunwoody
P. Russell Hardin
President
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Atlanta
Edward J. “Jack” Hardin
Firm Founder, Partner
Rogers & Hardin LLP
Atlanta
William W. Hubbard
President & CEO
Savannah Area Chamber
Savannah
Thomas J. “Tim” Hynes Jr.
President
Clayton State University
Morrow
Nancy Flake Johnson
President & CEO
Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Atlanta
Steven J. Labovitz
Chair
Council for Quality Growth
Atlanta
Debra Lam
Managing Director
Smart Cities & Inclusive Innovation
Institute for People & Technology at Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Mary Laschinger
Chair & CEO
Veritiv Corp.
Atlanta
Tad Leithead
Executive Director
Cumberland CID
Atlanta
Jay Markwalter
Executive Director
Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus
Augusta
Santiago Marquez
President & CEO
Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Nick Masino
Senior Vice President of Economic Development & Partnership Gwinnett
Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Duluth
Lucy McBath
U.S. Representative
District 6
Dunwoody
Sam McCachern
President & CEO
Thomas & Hutton
Savannah
Mark McDonald
President & CEO
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Atlanta
Gerald McDowell
Executive Director
Aerotropolis Atlanta CIDs
Atlanta
Terry McGuirk
Chair & CEO
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta
Kyle Marrero
President
University of West Georgia
Carrollton
Felicia Moore
President
Atlanta City Council
Atlanta
Steve Nygren
Founder
Serenbe
Chattahoochee Hills
John O’Callaghan
President & CEO
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership
Atlanta
Jonathan Pannell
Partner
Gray Pannell & Woodward
Savannah
Jeffrey Parker
CEO & General Manager
MARTA
Atlanta
William Pate
President & CEO
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Atlanta
Robb Pitts
Chair
Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Atlanta
Tracy Rathbone
Executive Director
Town Center CID
Kennesaw
Zelma Redding
President
Otis Redding Foundation
Macon
Michael “Killer Mike” Santiago Render
Musician/Actor/Activist
Atlanta
Valerie Montgomery Rice
President & Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta
A.J. Robinson
President
Central Atlanta Progress & Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
Atlanta
Teya Ryan
President & CEO
GPB Media
Atlanta
Andrea Schruijer
Executive Director
Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority
Valdosta
Jimmy Tallent
Executive Chair
United Community Banks
Blairsville
Katerina “Kat” Taylor
President & CEO
DeKalb Chamber
Decatur
Ted Terry
Mayor
City of Clarkston
Clarkston
Cal Wray
President
Augusta Economic Development Authority
Augusta
