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MARCH/APRIL 2026
COLUMNS
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE 4
FLOATING BOATS 7
GEORGIA PINES 49
18
FEATURES
METRO ATLANTA CIDS
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
ACROSS GEORGIA 9
BAKER OWENS
39
55
CHAIRMAN MATTHEW TOWERY
CEO & PUBLISHER PHIL KENT
PKENT@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & MARKETING DIRECTOR
MELANIE DOBBINS
MDOBBINS@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING SALES SUPERVISOR CRAIG MALCOLM
CMALCOLM@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER TIM KELLEY
TKELLEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CIRCULATION & OFFICE MANAGER PATRICK HICKEY
PHICKEY@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
CONTENT COORDINATOR ROSSER SOUTHERLAND
RSOUTHERLAND@JAMESMAGAZINEGA.COM
GEORGIAN OF THE YEAR
GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY’S
GRIFF LYNCH 14
PHIL KENT
THE 2026 MOST INFLUENTIAL
GEORGIANS 18
THE 2026 EXCEPTIONAL
STATE LAWMAKERS 37
GEORGIA’S HEALTHCARE
THE LANDSCAPE
AND THE CHALLENGES 39
DAVID BEASLEY
CEO SPOTLIGHT
MUST MINISTRIES’
DWIGHT “IKE” REIGHARD 44
CINDY MORLEY
STAFF WRITERS
PATRICK HICKEY
CINDY MORLEY
BAKER OWENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
DAVID BEASLEY
KEVIN DUVALL
W. TODD GROCE
TANA PAGE
JOSHUA SOMMER
KEITH STRIGARO
MATT TOWERY
DESIGN & LAYOUT
BURTCH HUNTER DESIGN
DECIDING THE FUTURE OF
GEORGIA’S DATA CENTER INDUSTRY 51
PATRICK HICKEY
U.S. REP. BRIAN JACK
BUILDING AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD 55
PHIL KENT
COLUMBUS TECH PRESIDENT MARY ANN TODD
DELIVERING RESULTS 59
CINDY MORLEY
A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA 65
W. TODD GROCE & KEITH STRIGARO
GEORGIA FILM
STEPPING INTO POSSIBILITIES 67
JOSHUA SOMMER
SOUTHERN CRESCENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE
MAKING AN IMPACT 71
BAKER OWENS
DEBUNKING
THE ELECTION DEBUNKERS 75
MATT TOWERY
AN ASSAULT ON GEORGIA TEACHERS
IS AN ASSAULT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION 81
TANA PAGE
GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER
SHAPING OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE 83
KEVIN DUVALL
ON THE COVER:
GEORGIAN OF THE YEAR, GRIFF LYNCH
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