James July-August 2025 web - Flipbook - Page 77
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T H E COCA- COLA COMPA N Y • G EO RG IA C ROW N D I ST RI B U T I NG CO M PA N Y • G EO RGIA POWER
CEO Julie Brown of the Georgia Foreign Trade Zone with
veteran GeorgiaLink lobbyist Trip Martin.
John Hall Jr., founding partner of Atlanta-based Hall
Booth Smith (the reception’s main sponsor)
greets attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Harper, Agriculture Commissioner
Tyler Harper’s parents, witnessed the “Georgian of the
Year” award presentation to their son.
Georgia Press Association Executive Director Jaillene
Hunter and Hall Booth Smith attorney Brad Carver.
New Hall Booth Smith attorney Michael Price (left)
talks with fellow Hall Booth Smith lawyer Scott Cole.
Georgia Lottery Corporation President & CEO Gretchen
Corbin (right) mingles with fellow public officials.
Executive Director Tom Clark of the CSRA Alliance for
Fort Gordon (left) along with past State Bar president
Ivy Cadle of the Baker Donelson firm (center) and
James Office Manager Patrick Hickey.
Dentons communicator/strategist Stephen Lawson
(left) poses with Agriculture Commissioner
Tyler Harper.
Board of Regents Chairman T. Dallas Smith (left),
DeAnna Harris of Midnight Rider Consulting and former
state Rep. Calvin Smyre, D-Columbus.
Lobbyist Chuck Clay of Freeman Mathis Decisions
(left), James Associate Publisher Melanie Dobbins and
Coca-Cola External Affairs Director Alex McGee.
Kevin Perry of the Georgia Beverage Assn. (left) listens to
Coca-Cola United’s Dedan McFadden (center) along with
Al Hodge of Rome-based Hodge Consulting Services.
Freeman Mathis Decisions lobbyist Trey Paris (right)
listens to Senior Vice President /External Affairs for
Total Wine Eric Brewer extol the virtues of wine.
