2024 Most Respected Leader: Mike Plant, From Blades to Bricks
What do you call the combination of tenacious commitment and infectious energy in the present and a vision of the future that turns the…
Honors
Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 Nominations | Deadline April 26, 2024
Each year Georgia Trend honors 40 of the state’s best and brightest under the age of 40. Whether you know someone who’s making a difference on the national stage or is a mover and shaker in his or her corner of…
2024 Most Influential Hall of Fame Inductees: Gary Black & Robert L. Brown, Jr.
Gary Black: Legacy of Leadership In the tapestry of life, plans often unravel, forcing us to envision a new future. Such was the case with Gary Black. “My plan on entering the University of Georgia [UGA] was to be an…
2024 Georgian of the Year | Ed Bastian, CEO, Delta Air Lines
Just over three years from the time in March 2020 when COVID-19 brought Georgia’s Delta Air Lines – and much of the U.S. economy – to its knees, the moment came last fall when the airline announced its third-quarter 2023…
2024 100 Most Influential Georgians
This year’s Georgian of the Year, Ed Bastian, is the classic example of leadership, strength and resilience. Such attributes no doubt helped him rise to the position where he is today. So it’s probably no surprise these same qualities can…
Legal Elite 2023
For more than two decades, Georgia Trend has recognized the state’s top attorneys who were nominated by their legal peers via our website (georgiatrend.com). The result is Georgia’s Legal Elite, a list of lawyers from all over the state considered the best…
Georgia Trustees: Donna Hyland and Dan Amos
Non Sibi Sed Aliis. The translation from Latin means “not for self, but for others.” It’s the motto of the first Georgia Trustees who were charged in 1732 by England’s King George II with establishing the new colony of Georgia.…
2023 Georgian of the Year: Successfully Selling the State
It was 2010 and Gov. Sonny Perdue’s last legislative session had ended. And Pat Wilson was tired. He’d served as director of government affairs, promoting the legislative agenda of the first Republican elected governor in Georgia since Reconstruction, for the…
2023 Hall of Fame: Calvin Smyre – Lawmaker and Statesman
It is hard to imagine the Georgia House of Representatives without its dean: Calvin Smyre, the Columbus Democrat who served for 48 years and was the longest-tenured member of the legislature when he retired last year. An early mentor told…
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