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LARRY HANSON
VENESSA HARRISON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSN.
PRESIDENT, AT&T SOUTHEAST COASTAL STATES
Georgia Municipal Association
represents all 537 of Georgia’s
municipal governments, big and
small, which means Hanson and
his team are among the state’s most influential advocacy groups, especially with state
lawmakers under the Gold Dome. He also
strives to promote civility and ethics within
and among local governmental bodies.
Starting her career at AT&T three
decades ago as a telephone operator, Harrison worked her way up
the ranks through the telecommunication giant’s career development program
all the way to the top, where she oversees
operations in Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina.
RUSSELL HARDIN
PRESIDENT & CEO, GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM
PRESIDENT, ROBERT W. WOODRUFF FOUNDATION
One of Atlanta’s most admired
CEOs, Haupert has led the state’s
largest public hospital, (fifth-largest
in the U.S.) since 2011. As if that
didn’t keep him busy enough, he also serves as
chair of the American Hospital Association’s
Board of Trustees as well as on the boards of
the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and
the Atlanta Committee for Progress.
This former King & Spalding attorney joined the Woodruff foundation in 1988, becoming president
in 2006. The foundation is perhaps
the most well-known philanthropic organization in the state, named after former Coca-Cola President Robert Winship Woodruff
and having awarded more than $3.9 billion in
grants since its inception in 1937.
JOHN HAUPERT
NICOLE HENDRICKSON
CHAIR, GWINNETT COUNTY COMMISSION
AT LA N TA
Andre Dickens
AU G U STA
Garnett Johnson
COLU M BUS
Skip Henderson
B R OOKH AV EN
John Park
AT H E N S
Kelly Girtz
SA N DY S P R IN GS
Rusty Paul
M ACON
Lester Miller
J OH N S C R EEK
John Bradberry
A L BA N Y
Bo Dorough
A L P H A R ET TA
Jim Gilvin
S M Y R NA
Derek Norton
SAVA N N A H
Van Johnson
In 2020 Hendrickson, a longtime
Gwinnett County community leader, became the first African-American to be elected the County Commission chairwoman in Georgia’s second most
populous county. In that role she oversees the
county’s $2 billion budget, has engineered its
bounce back from the pandemic and launched
community programs including the Gwinnett
Entrepreneur Center and Police Mental Health
Collaboration pilot program.
JAMES HILLENBRAND
CEO, W.C. BRADLEY COMPANY
Hillenbrand has held a wide variety
of positions at consumer goods
supplier W.C. Bradley over the past
23 years. Long a fixture in Uptown
Columbus, the company has doubled down
on its real estate investments under Hillenbrand’s direction, with its signature project
being the impressive $250 million Riverfront
Place alongside the Chattahoochee River.
CHRIS HOSEY
DIRECTOR, GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
A 36-year veteran of the Bureau,
Hosey has been promoted to every
sworn supervisor rank in the Investigative Division on his way to the
director’s chair. That experience made him an
easy appointment by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2023
to lead the state’s top investigative unit.
HILTON HOWELL
CHAIRMAN & CEO, GRAY TELEVISION
Gray was a relatively modest
regional television provider until
2019, when under Howell’s direction it took part in a $3.6 billion
merger with Raycom. Howell has steered the
influential media giant to now having a presence in 93 markets, reaching nearly a quarter
of all American households.
DONNA HYLAND
PRESIDENT & CEO, CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE
OF ATLANTA
Being named a 2023 Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society
was just the latest in a long list of
awards that Hyland has received in
her distinguished career in pediatric healthcare. Her current focus is on Children’s $2.2
billion North Druid Hills campus featuring
the Arthur M. Blank Hospital, slated to open
later this year.
BRIAN JACK
SENIOR ADVISOR TO FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP
After helping manage former
President Donald Trump’s successful 2016 campaign, the Peachtree
City resident served as White
House Director of Political Affairs and later
as assistant to the president. He is one of
Trump’s top aides in his 2024 presidential bid
and, as this is written, is rumored to have his
eye on running for Georgia’s open 3rd District
Congressional seat.
RICK JACKSON
CHAIRMAN & CEO, JACKSON HEALTHCARE
Founding and building one of the
nation’s largest medical staffing
firms in the U.S. is enough to place
Jackson on this list, but his real
passion is in philanthropy. A former foster
child, he co-founded FaithBridge Foster Care
which has grown into one of the premier
adoption agencies in the state. He is also the
founder of goBeyondProfit, which encourages
businesses to give back to their communities.
MARTY KEMP
FIRST LADY OF GEORGIA
As someone who always seems to
be there at her husband’s side at
events and on the campaign trail,
she is quite politically savvy in her
own right. Our first lady is especially known
for helping create the GRACE Commission
which focuses on fighting human trafficking,
as well as pushing legislation dealing with
early childhood literacy, mental health and
foster care.
BERNICE A. KING
CEO, MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER
As a pastor and attorney, King has
followed in the footsteps of her
father, the legendary civil rights
leader Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. She tirelessly continues to promote her
father’s legacy of nonviolent social change.
