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SHARON MASON
RICH McKAY
JERALD MITCHELL
PRESIDENT & CEO, COBB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CEO, AMBSE & ATLANTA FALCONS
A fixture in Cobb’s economic
development scene, Mason has
helped secure billions of dollars
of investment and dozens of
high-profile business relocations for the
county in her 15+ years at the Chamber. An
active community leader as well, she serves
on the boards of organizations including
the Council for Quality Growth and Georgia
Regional Transportation Authority.
Arthur Blank’s right-hand man
briefly stepped away from the gridiron to engineer the construction
of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but has
returned his focus to the Falcons in recent
years. He helped lead the search for and
hiring of new Head Coach Raheem Morris
after a disappointing stretch for Atlanta’s NFL
franchise.
PRESIDENT & CEO, COLUMBUS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
TOM McCALL
CHAIRMAN, GEORGIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
PRESIDENT & CEO, RACETRAC INC.
PRESIDENT, GEORGIA FARM BUREAU
A former Republican state senator
from Columbus, McKoon took the
reins of the state GOP last summer.
He has been working to mend
relationships with key elected officials in the
interest of political unity, as well as to boost
the party’s treasury as it prepares for a crucial
2024 election season.
Morhous’ grandfather founded
RaceTrac nearly 90 years ago, and
today it sits as the 22nd largest
private company in the U.S., with
some 800 locations and over 10,500 employees. Since Morhous joined the company in
2012 RaceTrac has seen its store count grow
by 40 percent, and she helped oversee its
acquisition of Gulf Oil last year.
This longtime former state representative now serves as one of
the faces and voices of Georgia’s
agriculture industry. With 265,000
member families across 158 Georgia counties,
the Farm Bureau remains one of the state’s
largest and most influential advocacy groups.
JOSH McKOON
JANNINE MILLER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEORGIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ATLANTA-REGION TRANSIT LINK
AUTHORITY, STATE ROAD & TOLLWAY AUTHORITY
C H I E F J U DG E
Amanda Mercier
V I C E C H I E F J UDG E
Trenton Brown
P R E S I DI N G J UDGE
Anne Elizabeth Barnes
P R E S I DI N G J UDGE
Yvette Miller
This transportation expert stays
busy while wearing different hats
for each of these major transportation authorities. She serves as
a singular voice behind the interconnected
agencies, especially leaning on her experience and contacts as a senior advisor to
then-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao
during the Trump administration.
Sara Doyle
P R E S I DI N G J UDGE
Stephen Dillard
P R E S I DI N G J UDGE
JUDGE
Jeffrey A. Watkins
JUDGE
Brian Rickman
JUDGE
Elizabeth Gobeil
CHI EF JU STI CE
Michael Boggs
PRESI DI NG JU DGE
Nels Peterson
JU STI CE
Andrew Pinson
JU STI CE
JUDGE
Sarah Warren
C. Andrew Fuller
JU STI CE
JUDGE
Charles Bethel
Todd Markle
JUDGE
Kenneth Hodges
JUDGE
Trea Pipkin
JUDGE
Benjamin Land
JUDGE
J. Wade Padgett
NATALIE MORHOUS
WILLIAM S. MORRIS IV
PRESIDENT & CEO, MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS
Carrying on the family tradition as
the third generation of Morris men
to lead the Augusta-based company, he once worked in various Morris management positions and in his present
position has skillfully grown his company’s
broad portfolio to include online news and
services in addition to print publishing.
SUZANNE NADELL
NEWS DIRECTOR, WSB-TV
P R E S I DI N G J UDGE
Christopher McFadden
This former Atlanta Beltline executive took his talents to the Fountain
City in 2020, where he became the
first black president of the Columbus Chamber. He has emerged as one of the
highly-respected voices and faces of the business community in Georgia’s second-largest
city as the Chamber enters its 177th year.
JU STI CE
John Ellington
JU STI CE
Carla Wong McMillian
JU STI CE
Shawn LaGrua
JU STI CE
Verda Colvin
After climbing the ladder at a
series of other Cox-owned news
stations around the country Nadell
returned to Atlanta in 2019 to take
the reins at one of the Southeast’s wellknown news teams. Her partnership with
the veteran, news-savvy general manager Ray
Carter has borne fruit as the station continues to maintain strong ratings.
TERRY NORRIS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEORGIA SHERIFFS’ ASSN.
From the Sheriffs’ Association’s
sterling new headquarters in Morgan County, Norris serves as the
lead advocate for all 159 of Georgia’s
sheriff’s offices statewide, training more than
4,000 law enforcement professionals annually.
He also helps oversee the Georgia Sheriffs’
Youth Homes, which provides housing and
care for abused and abandoned children.
SUE PARR
PRESIDENT & CEO, AUGUSTA METRO CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
The Augusta Chamber represents
more than 1,200 businesses and
organizations across the sprawling,
13-county Central Savannah River
