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STEPHANIE FISCHER
PRESIDENT & CEO, GEORGIA RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION
Succeeding longtime president
Karen Bremer is no small task but
with a career’s worth of experience
in hospitality before joining GRA
in 2017, Fischer is the perfect fit. She oversees
an organization that represents nearly 19,000
restaurants with total sales in excess of $24.9
billion in an industry still bouncing back
from the pandemic.
ROBBY FOUNTAIN
CHAIRMAN, MACON-BIBB COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
AUTHORITY
The Macon native has become
a key figure in Middle Georgia’s
economic growth, helping secure
more than $2 billion in private
investment and over 4,300 jobs since being
named chairman in 2017. In addition to his
role on the board of the Industrial Authority,
he also sits on the boards of the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce and the Macon
Economic Development Commission.
QUENTIN FULKS
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER,
BIDEN 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
A rising star in national Democratic circles, Fulks served as
campaign manager for U.S. Sen.
Raphael Warnock’s successful 2022
re-election bid. The South Georgia native is
now second-in-command in President Joe
Biden’s 2024 campaign, making him one of
the most important figures in the election
cycle nationally.
DAN GARCIA
PRESIDENT, C.W. MATTHEWS
It was 11 years ago when the
Venezuela native joined Georgia’s
largest heavy highway construction
company, with revenues in excess
of $700 million annually. His expertise in
construction management has helped C.W.
Matthews remain a fixture on the state’s
ever-growing list of infrastructure projects.
HELENE GAYLE
PRESIDENT, SPELMAN COLLEGE
Spelman’s 11th president comes
from a medical background as
a former pediatrician and CDC
doctor where she studied HIV/
AIDS prevention. Dr. Gayle also serves on a
wide array of public company and nonprofit
boards including Coca-Cola and The Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation. She also serves on
the President’s Advisory Council on African
Diaspora Engagement.
SENI OR SENATOR
Jon Ossoff
Atlanta
JU NI OR SENATOR
Raphael Warnock Atlanta
C D 1 Buddy Carter Pooler
C D2 Sanford Bishop Albany
C D3 Drew Ferguson West Point
C D4 Hank Johnson Lithonia
C D5 Nikema Williams Atlanta
C D6 Rich McCormick Suwanee
C D7 Lucy McBath Marietta
C D8 Austin Scott Tifton
C D9 Andrew Clyde Athens
C D10 Mike Collins Jackson
C D11 Barry Loudermilk Cassville
C D 12 Rick Allen Augusta
C D13 David Scott Atlanta
CD14 Marjorie Taylor Greene Rome
he oversees day-to-day operations across the
international firm’s 47 locations. The first
lawyer to serve as president of the Georgia
Chamber, he serves on the boards of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Equal Justice
Works, among others.
TODD GROCE
PRESIDENT & CEO, GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In his 17 years at the helm, this
respected student of history has
increased annual revenue from
$500,000 to over $5 million. Groce
understands the power that history holds
to learn from the past and to transform the
future, and the important role his Georgia
Historical Society team plays in that.
JOHN HALL
CHAIRMAN, HALL BOOTH SMITH
As one of the founders of the law
firm Hall Booth Smith, Hall has
seen it grow to one of the largest
law firms in the country with offices all over the Southeast and Montana. Hall
also currently serves as Honorary Consul to
the country of Georgia, and the chairman of
the Atlanta-Tbilisi sister city committee.
ANN HANLON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PERIMETER CIDS
KIM GREENE
PRESIDENT & CEO, GEORGIA POWER
This veteran of the energy sector began her career at Southern
Company as an engineer designing
equipment for fossil and nuclear
power generation. Fast forward some 30 years
later and Greene now leads Georgia’s largest
utility as it opens the first new nuclear generating units in the U.S. in three decades at
Plant Vogtle.
Well-known for her transportation/infrastructure expertise,
Hanlon oversees a fast-growing
metro Atlanta commercial district.
She was the first female chair of the Council
for Quality Growth and tirelessly serves on
various boards including the Greater North
Fulton Chamber of Commerce, the Sandy
Springs and Dunwoody Perimeter Chambers of Commerce and DeKalb Chamber of
Commerce.
COLLIE GREENWOOD
CEO, MARTA
The nation’s 7th busiest transit
system is busier than ever, with a
particular focus on Bus Rapid Transit expansion into new counties,
including Clayton County. Greenwood, who
serves as vice chair of the Standards Development Oversight Council for the American
Public Transportation Association, strives to
promote the transit system as a safe service
that advances connectivity.
ERNEST GREER
CO-PRESIDENT, GREENBERG-TRAURIG
As a former Atlanta Managing
Shareholder, Greer was key in
expanding Greenberg-Traurig’s
Georgia presence. As co-president
DI STRI CT 1
Jason Shaw
Lakeland
DI STRI CT 2
Tim Echols
Bogart
DI STRI CT 3
Fitz Johnson
Atlanta
DI STRI CT 4
Lauren “Bubba”
McDonald Clarkesville
DI STRI CT 5
Tricia Pridemore
Marietta
