James January-February 2025 web - Flipbook - Page 43
Thanks to our event sponsor
and to co-sponsors
and to event partners
LEXICON STRATEGIES
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER
GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
PROOF OF THE PUDDING
BIG ENTERTAINMENT
State Sens. Sonya Halpern, D-Atlanta; Blake Tillery,
R-Vidalia; and Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta presented
the James team with a Senate proclamation
saluting James Magazine’s influence.
Left to right: A reunion: Former James editor & writer
Gary Reese, Publisher Phil Kent, Chairman Matt Towery
and former Georgia congressman and National Rifle
Association President Bob Barr.
Left to right: State Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta;
Kimberly Hudgins, HNTB Corporation Southeast Senior
Vice President/Government Relations Director; and
Atlanta security contractor and lobbyist Bernie Tokarz.
Lobbyist Karen Pope of Karen Pope Consulting and
Atlanta TV personality, Lexicon Strategies partner and
media consultant Lori Geary mingling with the crowd.
Publisher Phil Kent poses with Atlanta financial
advisor and Executive Director of Investments
Fritz Brown with Oppenheimer & Co.
Left to right: Chairman Matt Towery reconnects with
lobbyists John and Cynthia Garst, who once
worked for James/InsiderAdvantage.
Many of the attendees for the James event also took
advantage of touring the Atlanta History Center’s
adjoining Cyclorama Civil War room.
State Sen. Sonya Halpern, D-Atlanta,
pauses for a picture with Kubra Lawal of
Atlanta’s Unity National Bank (on left).
Shane Stedron of the Roswell-based Advanced Print
& Finishing (which prints James) chats with graphic
designer Burtch Hunter who designs James.
Left to right: State Rep. Billy Mitchell,
D-Stone Mountain; Publisher Phil Kent and
former state Sen. Jeff Mullis, the founder of
Chickamauga-based Midnight Rider Consulting.
Kayla Green, communications director for state House
of Representatives Speaker Jon Burns, presents the
James team with a House proclamation saluting the
20-year statewide impact of James.
Attendees were presented with complimentary
glasses featuring a James Sippin’ Local logo—
the magazine’s annual readers’ poll of Georgia’s top
breweries distilleries & wineries.
