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BERNICE A. KING
STEVE KOONIN
NICK MASINO
CEO, MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER
CEO, ATLANTA HAWKS
The youngest daughter of Atlanta’s
legendary late civil rights leader
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has followed in her father’s footsteps
both as a minister and attorney. She’s also
carried on his legacy as a voice for social justice, particularly on issues relevant to the
black community.
This lifelong Atlantan came to the
Hawks in 2014 after stints at Coca-Cola and Turner Broadcasting,
bringing decades of marketing expertise to the city’s NBA franchise. During
that time he has led the team through a rebrand, an ownership change, a sterling new
Brookhaven training facility and a major renovation of State Farm Arena, which was subsequently ranked first in the league for
“Overall Game Experience.”
PRESIDENT & CEO, GWINNETT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
KATIE KIRKPATRICK
PRESIDENT & CEO, METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER
Formerly MAC’s top lobbyist,
Kirkpatrick was named president
of the 166-year-old chamber in
2020, becoming the second woman to lead Atlanta’s top business advocacy
group. One of her top priorities has been the
ambitious reimagining of Downtown Atlanta, anchored by the $5 billion Centennial
Yards development that will be on full display when the World Cup comes to town
this summer.
The former Suwanee mayor has
had a long career in economic development, and brings that expertise to the chamber for one of
Georgia’s largest, wealthiest, and most diverse
counties. He also oversees Project Gwinnett,
the county’s business recruitment initiative
that has created tens of thousands of jobs
and secured billions of dollars in investment
to the county.
VERNON KRAUSE
SHARON MASON
CEO, KRAUSE AUTO GROUP
PRESIDENT & CEO, COBB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
What began in 2001 as Krause
Family Ford in Woodstock is now
Krause Auto Group, with 28 dealerships and over 1,800 employees
across four Southeastern states. Krause’s latest endeavor is The Gathering at South Forsyth, a planned $2 billion mixed-use development anchored by a sports arena that would
hope to lure the NHL back to Georgia.
Cobb has been one of the most successful counties in the state (if not
the nation) at securing investment
and business relocations over the
past decade, and Mason has been involved in
much of it through her career at the chamber.
She serves on the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Board, as well as the boards
of the Cobb Community Foundation and Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.
JOON LEE
CEO, EMORY HEALTHCARE
C H I E F J U D GE
Trenton Brown
JUDGE
Amanda Mercier
JUDGE
Anne Elizabeth Barnes
JUDGE
Sara Doyle
JUDGE
Stephen Dillard
JUDGE
Christopher McFadden
JUDGE
Brian Rickman
JUDGE
Elizabeth Gobeil
JUDGE
Todd Markle
JUDGE
Kenneth Hodges
JUDGE
Trea Pipkin
JUDGE
Louis Dillard
JUDGE
Jeffrey Watkins
JUDGE
Wade Padgett
JUDGE
Jeffrey Davis
Lee spent nearly three decades at
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as a cardiologist, clinical
researcher and finally executive
before coming to Atlanta in 2023. Here he
manages Emory’s world-renowned academic
health system which includes 11 hospitals,
more than 500 provider locations, and nearly
30,000 employees.
SANDEEP MAZUMDER
PRESIDENT, BERRY COLLEGE
Berry’s ninth president joined the
school last year, coming from Baylor University’s esteemed school of
business. Mazumder’s background
is in monetary economics, with more than 30
published articles and a stint as an associate
editor for the Journal of Macroeconomics.
JENNIFER LITTLE
JENNIFER LITTLE LAW
A former DeKalb County assistant
district attorney, in recent years
this courtroom trial attorney has
been retained by elected officials
and public figures for cases ranging from
criminal and ethics work, as well as to provide election law and public relations advice.
She currently is one of President Donald
Trump’s personal attorneys— and worked
with attorney Steve Sadow in successfully
defending the president in his Fulton County
election case.
KELLY LOEFFLER
CHIE F JUSTIC E
Nels Peterson
PRE SI DING JUD G E
Sarah Hawkins Warren
JUSTICE
Charles Bethel
JUSTICE
John Ellington
JUSTICE
Carla Wong McMillian
ADMINISTRATOR, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
JUSTICE
After leaving the U.S. Senate in
2021 Loeffler founded Republican
voter group Greater Georgia, which
helped power a string of election
wins across the state. She then joined the
second Trump Administration as the 28th
administrator of the Small Business Administration, where her experience as an influential executive helps her lead the agency as it
advocates for small businesses nationwide.
Shawn LaGrua
JUSTICE
Verda Colvin
JUSTICE
Andrew Pinson
JUSTICE
Benjamin Land
