2018 100 Most Influential Georgians
The 2018 roster of the state’s top leaders and people making an impact on the lives and livelihoods of all Georgians. Plus, a list of Notable Georgians.
Influential Georgians
100 Most Influential Georgians of 2017: Wielding Power
The 2017 roster of the state’s top leaders and people making an impact on the lives and livelihoods of all Georgians.
100 Most Influential Georgians
Here in Georgia, we have a lot to be proud of: a strong economy, top-rated universities, nationally recognized restaurants – the list goes on. And while it can be easy to take all this for granted, it’s because of many…
100 Most Influential Georgians
Georgia Trend’s 2015 list of 100 Most Influential Georgians includes, as always, some new names and some old ones, as leadership changes and recent achievements combine with resignations, retirements, course corrections and shifts in power to shake the list up.…
Most Influential Georgians: Georgia's Power List
Henry Ward Beecher must have known a thing or two about influence. He was the subject, after all, of a 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography entitled The Most Famous Man in America. According to Beecher, an obviously renowned 19th century preacher,…
100 Most Influential Georgians
This is the 13th edition of Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians, and it reflects a changing of the guard at the highest levels of state government and business leadership, while furthering the notion of Georgia as, basically, a one-party…
Filling In The Volunteer Gaps
From her years in the Tri-Hi-Y Club growing up in Millen, to raising her son, John, and daughter, Jamison, to chairing the board of directors for Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Pannell, 58, has sought ways to fill…
Speaking Up For Business
Despite standing front and center as senior vice president of communications for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MACOC), Esther Campi, 36, claims she’s actually an introvert. “People who know me laugh when I say that,” she says. “I guess…
Writer, Vintner, Fund Raiser
In wine LINGO, Martha Ezzard could be described as “rounded,” a term defined as “well-balanced and complete,” but how does Ezzard describe herself? “By profession I’m a writer and lawyer,” she says, “Both [husband] John and I are risk-takers that…
Legislator And Road Warrior
One of the hottest seats in the Georgia House of Representatives during this year’s session belonged to Rep. Vance Smith, Republican from the 129th District. No surprise, considering that Smith chaired the House Transportation Committee, and transportation funding and governance…
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