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the third-largest restaurant chain in the U.S.
(with annual revenue growing from $1 billion
to $16 billion). Having grown up inside the
company Andrew is well placed to lead the
family operation into the next generation.
college courses in politics and dabbling in
consulting, Deal’s profile continues to loom
large over state Republicans and the business community.
Plant Vogtle. A former chairman of Atlanta’s
Federal Reserve Bank, Fanning is also the
only civilian appointed to the U.S. Cyberspace
Solarium Commision.
CHRIS CLARK
TED DECKER
President & CEO, Home Depot
Replacing Craig Menear this year,
Decker has been praised for his
business acumen as he’s risen
through the retail giant’s corporate
ranks over 22 years with the company. He
steps to the forefront of an organization that
operates 2,298 stores in all 50 states, employs
more than 500,000 associates, and saw sales
surpass $132 billion in FY2020.
GREGORY FENVES
President & CEO, Georgia Chamber of
Commerce
Georgia’s economy has undergone
a period of unmatched growth
during Clark’s 12 years atop its
largest advocacy organization, now
in its 107th year and one of the seven largest
chambers in the nation. His leadership has
drawn national recognition, earning him a
seat on the board of the U.S. Chamber as well
as its prestigious Council of 100.
THOMAS CLARK
Exec. Director, Central Savannah River Alliance
for Ft. Gordon
Augusta and the nearby Fort
Gordon have been intertwined for
decades. As the fort has leaned
into its role as an internationally
renowned cybersecurity center, Clark was the
perfect choice to serve as a liaison between it
and the Augusta business community.
GRETCHEN CORBIN
GREG DOZIER
Commissioner, Technical College System
of Georgia
In 2019 the former Chief Financial
Officer for Gov. Brian Kemp brought
a breadth of institutional knowledge to his job leading the state’s
technical college system. Under his watch
the system has especially pushed for more
Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education
courses, allowing high school students to
receive college credits and progress faster into
high-demand fields.
President & CEO, Georgia Lottery Corp.
Gretchen Corbin has been CEO
of the Georgia Lottery since 2018,
and currently the Georgia Lottery
provides $1.2 billion to the state
each year for Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship and
Georgia’s Pre-K Program. In 2021 the Georgia
Lottery recorded a record-breaking first quarter of fiscal year which comes on the heels of a
record-breaking FY2020. It is evident that her
leadership has been beneficial for both parents
and students in the state of Georgia.
JIM DURRETT
JIM CROY SR.
President, Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United have been a
shocking success since Arthur
Blank founded the team in 2017,
sitting top 10 worldwide in soccer
attendance, winning multiple trophies, and
often drumming up more support than their
big brother team the Falcons. Eales has
steered the ship since the beginning, with
the success of the organization earning him
international praise.
Founder, Croy Engineering
Throughout over five decades in
Georgia’s engineering industry, Jim
Croy has greatly contributed to the
state’s infrastructure development
and advancement. When Croy was founded,
it started with one location and 17 employees.
The firm now has grown to over 120 employees across four Southeastern states. Croy
proved to be a visionary leader by finding
innovative solutions to improve the community and create economic development.
NATHAN DEAL
Former Governor
The popular former governor and
U.S. Congressman carries with him
a legacy of unmatched economic
growth and legislative success in
his post-public service career. Now teaching
President & CEO, Buckhead Coalition
The Buckhead business section
of Atlanta is sailing rough waters,
between experiencing a violent
crime wave and being caught in
the middle of a Buckhead secession-from-Atlanta movement. That has kept Durrett, the
successor to legendary former Atlanta Mayor
Sam Massell, busy as he also leads the Buckhead CID.
DARREN EALES
TOM FANNING
Chairman & CEO, Southern Company
With over 35 years at the Southern
Company and more than a decade
as chairman and CEO, Fanning
transformed Southern into the energy giant it is today. And Southern continues
to lead the nation’s nuclear initiative with the
construction of two state-of-the-art units at
President, Emory University
Hired in 2020, Fenves was immediately thrown into the fire at his new
Atlanta university as it confronted
the challenges brought on by the
pandemic. The former structural engineer
brings a scientific background to one of the
most well-regarded schools in the nation as its
21st president.
ELIZABETH FITE
President, State Bar of Georgia
A co-founder of personal injury firm
Rogers & Fite, Fite serves more
than 52,000 Georgia lawyers as the
head of the State Bar. She was a key
member of the Judicial COVID-19 Task Force,
which shepherded the state’s justice system
through difficult times during the pandemic.
TODD GROCE
President & CEO, Georgia Historical Society
The South’s oldest continuously
operated historical society has
grown tremendously under Groce’s
able leadership, developing over a
dozen new public educational programs and
seeing its endowment jump from $1 million
to $15 million.
house leadership
S P E A K E R O F T H E HOUSE
David Ralston Blue Ridge
S P E A K E R P RO T E MP OR E
Jan Jones Milton
M A J O RITY L E AD E R
Jon Burns Newington
M A J O RITY WHI P
Matt Hatchett Dublin
M A J O RITY C AU C U S CHAI R
Bonnie Rich Suwanee
M IN O RITY L E AD E R
James Beverly Macon
M IN O RITY WHI P
David Wilkerson Powder Springs
M IN O RITY C AU C US CHAI R
Billy Mitchell Stone Mountain
ANN HANLON
Executive Director, Perimeter CIDs
Hanlon oversees one of the fastest
growing commercial districts in the
Atlanta metro, which has invested
heavily in transportation infrastructure across its northern reaches in recent
years. She lends her impressive experience to
the boards of a range of chambers of commerce, in 2019 serving as the first ever female
chair of the Council for Quality Growth.
LARRY HANSON
Executive Director, Georgia Municipal
Association
The GMA represents a whopping
537 Georgia municipal governments, which means they all lean
on Hanson for lobbying, training
and technical consulting services. The former
Valdosta city manager brings decades of experience to the job, advocating for a massively
broad range of issues important to each of
Georgia’s cities.
JEFF HAIDET
Chairman, Dentons U.S.
Serving as a chairman of the largest
law firm in the world carries enough
influence to make this list, but
Haidet’s reach extends outside the
legal realm. He serves on boards including the
Georgia Chamber, Points of Light Foundation,
and Catholic Foundation of North Georgia,
among others.
JOHN HALL
Chairman, Hall Booth Smith
The firm’s Atlanta founder is one of
the nation’s top trial attorneys for
insurance defense and corporate litigation matters and is requested by
major insurance firms and corporations to try
cases. The HBS firm is now one of the fastest
growing in the country, spanning from Florida
to Colorado to New York— and beyond.
VENESSA HARRISON
President, AT&T Georgia
A success story for the ages, Harrison worked her way up from a job at
AT&T as a telephone operator all the
way to the head of the company’s
Georgia division. Boasting strong community
ties, she is a board member of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce and serves on the executive boards of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary Club of Atlanta.
JOHN HAUPERT
President & CEO, Grady Health System
Well known nationally, Haupert
serves as chair-elect of the American Hospital Association and is a
former chair of the Georgia Hospital Association Board of Directors. That of course in
addition to leading the state’s largest public
hospital, the fifth largest in the nation and
one of the busiest Level I trauma centers in
the country.
NICOLE HENDRICKSON
Chairman, Gwinnett County Commission
The former associate director of the
Gwinnett Coalition for Health and
Human Services was a longtime
Gwinnett community leader before
becoming the first African-American elected
chairwoman of the Gwinnett County Board
of Commissioners in 2020. She lends her
expertise to several statewide boards as well,
including the Atlanta Regional Commission
and Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
HILTON HOWELL
President & CEO, Gray Television
Gray’s whopping $3.6 billion
merger with Raycom in 2019 almost
flew under the radar, but it made
the Atlanta-based media giant the
largest owner of top-rated local TV stations
and digital assets in the country. That means
Howell oversees an operation with its fingers
in 93 markets, reaching nearly a quarter of all
American households
the state, and he also helped found goBeyondProfit, which encourages businesses to give
back to their communities.
MARTY KEMP
First Lady of Georgia
Georgia’s First Lady has used her
position to push an array of noble
causes during her husband’s term,
most notably in the fight against
human trafficking where she helped found
and now serves as co-chair of the GRACE
Commission. She has also been active on the
campaign trail for a variety of Republican candidates, promoted “Georgia Grown” products
and encouraged animal adoption.
TREY KILPATRICK
Chief of Staff, Gov. Brian Kemp
Once an aide to the late Sen. Johnny
Isakson, he joined Gov. Brian Kemp’s
administration from his job as Georgia State University’s vice president
for government and community affairs. Now
Congressional
Delegation
SENIOR SENATOR
RICK JACKSON
President & CEO, Jackson Healthcare
The company that bears Jackson’s
name is among the three largest
medical staffing firms in the U.S.,
but his real passion continues to be
philanthropy, specifically helping children in
foster care. Jackson’s FaithBridge Foster Care
organization is the largest adoption agency in
public service
commission
D I STR I CT 1
Jason Shaw Lakeland
D I STR I CT 2
Tim Echols Bogart
D I STR I CT 3
Fitz Johnson Atlanta
D I STR I CT 4
Lauren “Bubba”
McDonald Clarkesville
D I STR I CT 5
Tricia Pridemore Marietta
Jon Ossoff Atlanta
JUNIOR SENATOR
Raphael Warnock Atlanta
Buddy Carter Pooler
CD2 Sanford Bishop Albany
CD3 Drew Ferguson West Point
CD4 Hank Johnson Lithonia
CD5 Nikema Williams Atlanta
VD6 Lucy McBath Marietta
CD7 Carolyn Bourdeaux Suwanee
CD8 Austin Scott Tifton
CD9 Andrew Clyde Athens
CD10 Jody Hice Monroe
CD11 Barry Loudermilk Cassville
CD12 Rick Allen Augusta
CD13 David Scott Atlanta
CD14 Marjorie Taylor Greene Rome
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