People

This year's list of up and coming young Georgians draws from business, government, education, academia, medicine, the arts, the nonprofit sector and the judiciary. The Class of 2002, selected by the editors of Georgia Trend, and profiled by Paige Bowers, Jerry Grillo and Kenna Simmons, are entrepreneurs, innovators, healers, painters, lawyers and public servants. The roster includes six elected officials, four doctors, two chefs, a science teacher, a veterinarian and a quarterback.

ChoicePoint's CEO is on a mission to use information technology, biometrics, DNA and data-analytics to combat the wars against terrorism, child abuse and violent crime. And he's ready to take on any privacy advocates who disagree with him.