The Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the 2018 Class of Leadership Georgia.  Thanks in great part to the efforts of our alumni and local Chambers, an extraordinary number of qualified nominees were submitted for consideration this year.  Furthermore, the depth and breadth of individual applications were equally impressive. The process to select a high caliber class of leaders representative of our growing state becomes more challenging every year.

James Elbert Allen (Martinez)
Columbia County Board of Commissioners

David Quentin Bates (Moultrie)
Standard Discount Corporation

Leonte Bernard Benton (Fairburn)
T. Dallas Smith & Company

Tracee R. Benzo (Stone Mountain)
Benzo Law, LLC

Irene C Borum (Smyrna)
The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Curtis Alonza Briscoe (Augusta)
Augusta-Richmond Co. Tax Assessor's Office

Alton Brown (Savannah)
Resource & Land Consultants

TJ Callaway (Atlanta)
Onward Reserve

Katie Rogers Childers (Atlanta)
Office of Governor Nathan Deal

Derek Scott Chitwood (Watkinsville)
Peach State Pride & Empire South

Richard Andrew Clark (Avondale Estates)
Georgia Institute of Technology

Kailey Lauren Dees (Vidalia)
State Farm, Kailey Dees Agency

Katie Mathis Dubnik (Gainesville)
Forum Communications

Sloane Nia Evans (Smyrna)
Georgia Power

Jaclyn Dixon Ford (Alapaha)
Dixon Gin Company, Inc.

Stephen Caldwell Goodman (Concord)
Goodman Grading LLC

Ashley Hardin Goss (Moultrie)
Stripling’s General Store, Inc.

Robert Daniel Graves (Elberton)
Elberton Federal Savings & Loan Association

Josina Pittman Greene (Columbus)
Community Foundation of Chattahoochee Valley

Wesley Austin Griffith (Macon)
Moonhanger Group and Creek Media

Bradford Alexander Hardy (Hawkinsville)
Hardy Farms Peanuts

Hoganne Harrison-Walton (Milledgeville)
The Hogan Law Firm, LLC

Sarah Christian Haynes (Dawsonville)
Dawson County Chamber of Commerce

Derek Juwan Heard (Albany)
Phoebe Physician Group

Shakila T. Henderson-Baker (Oxford)
Newton County Schools

Erika Dawn Hill (Duluth)
Self Employed

Corinne Ann Hodges (LaGrange)
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia

Monique A. Honaman (Peachtree Corners)
ISHR Group

Vincent Brian Horton (Clarkesville)
South State Bank

Lowry Weyman Hunt (Madison)
Godfrey's Feed

Evette Michelle Jones (Newnan)
USDA Rural Development

Trey Doyle Kelley (Cedartown)
State of Georgia/Parker and Lundy

Jacqueline Marquerite Killings (Dalton)
Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Jane Marie Kinsey (Augusta)
McKnight Construction Co, Inc

Kimberly Rose Knight (Marietta)
Altria

Jamie M. Konn (Atlanta)
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Laura Jarrett Lanier (Statesboro)
Sole Boutique and Dish Boutique

Caroline Black Lewallen (Lula)
Jaemor Farms

Brenda Lopez Romero (Norcross)
The Lopez Firm/Georgia General Assembly

Griff Vincent Lynch (Savannah)
Georgia Ports Authority

Ronald Edwin Mabra (Fayetteville)
The Mabra Firm, LLC

James Mitchell Masters (Atlanta)
Microf

Ben Harris McElrath (Rome)
Marglen Industries

Alfred Dexter McGuire (Savannah)
Savannah Chatham Co. Public School System

Amol Somnath Naik (Atlanta)
Google Inc.

Kathryn Rayl Petrie (Fitzgerald)
Dorminy Medical Center

Ferrell Shaun O'Quinn (Jesup)
O'Quinn & Associates, INC

Edward Barnett Pope (Washington)
F&M Bank

Ingrid Beatriz Redmon (Cartersville)
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Steven Quincy Riddick (Woodstock)
Global Payments, Inc.

Melinda Robinson-Moffett (Lizella)
Middle Georgia State University

Justin Keith Strickland (Albany)
Albany-Dougherty ED Commission

Ciji Bhnee Tatum (Atlanta)
Cox Comunications

Ashley Kay Taylor (Duluth)
Dead River Ranch Investments, LLC

Desmond Jerrod Timmons (Pine Mountain)
Georgia DNR: FDR State Park

Cindy Renee Williams (Cartersville)
Cartersville-Bartow Co. Chamber of Commerce

Kyle Burton Wingfield (Atlanta)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Christopher S. Woodruff (Columbus)
The Cotton Companies

Thomas Worthy (Atlanta)
Piedmont Healthcare, Inc.

Chandra B. Yadav (Kingsland)
Gope Management Company

Srikanth Yamala (Athens)
Hall County Government

Karl Joseph Zimmer (Douglas)
Premium Peanut

Wesley Craig Zwirn (Athens)
Prodigies Child Care Management