Event Program
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Master of Ceremonies
ROSE SCOTT
Executive Producer, Host/Award Winning Journalist,
Closer Look with Rose Scott, WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta’s NPR Station
Welcome
WILLIAM PATE
President and CEO
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau
Selection Process and Past Honorees
DAVID RUBINGER
Market President and Publisher
Atlanta Business Chronicle
SPURGEON RICHARDSON Member of the Year Presentation
KRIS REINHARD
Chair, ACVB Board of Directors
Partner
Bold Catering & Design and Fifth Group Restaurants
SPURGEON RICHARDSON Member of the Year
Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP
2021 Inductees
CARL ADKINS
Georgia World Congress Center Authority
JEFF L. PORTMAN SR.
AMC, Inc.
NANCY GORDY SIMMS
The Varsity
STEVE SMITH
Pendleton Consulting Group
Invocation
REVEREND KAREN WEBSTER PARKS
Associate Pastor, Cascade United Methodist Church
Dinner will be served immediately following the awards ceremony
Menu
1st Course
Crispy salad mix with fried halloumi,
Mustard cornmeal crouton and sage dressing (contains dairy)
2nd Course
Swordfish medallion on spinach garlic sauté coated in a coconut curry ragout
(gluten free / contains dairy)
3rd Course
Spaghetti squash souffle, bourbon seasoned filet topped with mushroom ragout and crisp pastry lid
(contains dairy)
4th Course
Dessert sampler
Chilled orange soufflé with Dutch cocoa, Chocolate pate with minted anglaise,
Pistachio crepe with vanilla bean custard (contains nuts and dairy)
If you have an allergy or special dietary needs, please alert your server.
Musical entertainment
Beat 5
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