Carl Adkins
Georgia World Congress Center Authority 

Jeffrey L. Portman Sr.
AMC, Inc.

Nancy Gordy Simms
The Varsity

Steve Smith
Pendleton Consulting Group

Leona Barr-Davenport
Atlanta Business League

Ed Bastian
Delta Air Lines

Renee Perdue
Atlanta Downtown
Ambassador Force

Gary P. Stokan
Peach Bowl, Inc.

Nathan Deal
Governor of Georgia

Kathleen J. Bertrand
BronzeLens Film Festival

Claudia Lalinde
Mashburn
Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Benedict (Ben) Shanley
The Coca-Cola Company

The Honorable Kasim Reed
Former Mayor, City of Atlanta

Tony Conway
Legendary Events

Ed Baker
Georgia State University
J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Vincent Anthony
Center for Puppetry Arts

Phil Noyes
Proof of the Pudding, Inc.

Erica Qualls-Battey
Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Bob Hope
Hope-Beckham, Inc.

Karen Bremer, CAE
Georgia Restaurant Association

John Grant Jr.
100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.

Jim Barto
Hilton Atlanta

Ken Jefferson
Georgia Dome

Bill Marriott Jr.
Marriott International

Alexis Scott
Atlanta Daily World

Ken Bernhardt
Marketing Consultant
& Regents
Professor of Marketing Emeritus, GSU

Debra Cannon, Ph.D.
Director, Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration, GSU

Herman J. Russell
Founder, H.J. Russell & Company

Patti Young
Peach Bowl, Inc.

Dante Stephensen
Dante’s Down the Hatch

Mary Rose Taylor
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

Arthur Blank
Atlanta Falcons

Khalil Johnson
Georgia World Congress Center Authority

Nancy Oswald
Ruth’s Chris Restaurants

Judy Claxton
Atlanta Convention &
Visitors Bureau

Thomas W. Dortch Jr.
TWD, Inc.

Dan Graveline
Georgia World Congress Center Authority

Clisby Clarke
McCann-Erickson and Chairman, Fitzgerald + Company

The Honorable
Shirley Franklin
Former Mayor,
City of Atlanta

Ed Paradine
Marriott International

Walton Wade
Hyatt Regency Atlanta

Stephanie Hughley
National Black Arts Festival

George McKerrow Jr.
Ted’s Montana Grill

Abner Nelms
The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead

Spurgeon Richardson
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau

Cindy Fowler
Presenting Atlanta

Tim Lindgren
Hyatt Hotels

Robert “Sarge”
Lunsford
Omni Hotel at CNN Center

Steve Nygren
Serenbe Development

Mari Jo Ford
Stone Mountain Park

David B. Kenney
Kenney Hotel Group

Robert R. King
Georgia Hospitality & Travel Association

Richard M. Stormont
The Stormont Companies

Julia Emmons
Atlanta Track Club

Bernie Marcus
Marcus Foundation

Robert Paschal
Paschal’s Restaurant

James Paschal
Paschal’s Restaurant

Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron
Atlanta Braves

S. Truett Cathy
Chick-fil-A

Margaret Lupo
Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Sam Massell
Buckhead Coalition

The Honorable Maynard Jackson
Former Mayor,
City of Atlanta

Marge McDonald
Tour Gals, Founder & President

Erby Walker
The Varsity

John Aderhold
Aderhold Properties, Inc.

The Honorable
Ivan Allen Jr.
Former Mayor,
City of Atlanta

Walter Banks
Atlanta Braves

Bill T. Hardman
Southeastern Tourism Society

Ruth and Ruby Crawford
Hospitality Community Activists

Billy Payne
Gleacher Partners, LLC

Horst Schulze
West Paces Hotel Group

James Jones
Sheraton Atlanta

Pano Karatassos
Buckhead Life
Restaurant Group

The Honorable Thomas B. Murphy
Georgia House of Representatives, Speaker

The Honorable William B. Hartsfield
Former Mayor,
City of Atlanta

John C. Portman Jr.
John Portman & Associates

Robert “Ted” Turner III
Turner Enterprises

Albert “Smitty” Smith
Atlanta Marriott Marquis

The Honorable Andrew J. Young
Good Works International