2024 Shan Cooper, Founder & CEO, Journey Forward Strategies
2024 Terry McGuirk, Chairman & CEO, Braves Holdings
2023 Ed Bastian, CEO, Delta Air Lines
2022 Dr. Mark Becker, Former President, Georgia State University
2023 Kathy Waller, Retired CFO, The Coca-Cola Company
2022 Ernest Greer, Co-President, Greenberg Traurig
2020 Tyler Perry, Actor, Filmmaker, Philanthropist and Owner of Tyler Perry Studios
2019 Rosalind Brewer, COO & Group President, Starbucks
2018 Frank Blake, Former Chairman & CEO, The Home Depot
2017 Lisa Borders, President, WNBA
2020 Jeffrey Sprecher, Chairman & CEO, Intercontinental Exchange, Chairman, New York Stock Exchange
2019 John F. Brock, CEO (Retired), Coca-Cola European Partners
2018 Dan T. Cathy, Chairman & CEO, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
2017 Bill Rogers, Chairman & CEO, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
2016 Laureate, Paul Bowers, Chairman, President & CEO, Georgia Power
2016 Laureate, Larry Gellerstedt, President & CEO, Cousins Properties
2015 Laureate Hala Moddelmog, President & CEO, Metro Atlanta Chamber
2015 Laureate Dennis Lockhart, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2015 Laureate Dr. Ken Bernhardt, Regents Professor of Marketing, Georgia State University
2014 Laureate Jenner Wood, Chairman and CEO, SunTrust Bank Georgia/North Florida Division
2014 Laureate Donna Hyland, President & CEO, CHOA
2013 Laureate Egbert Perry, CEO, The Integral Group, LLC.
2013 Laureate Carol Tome, CFO & EVP, The Home Depot
2012 Laureate John Imlay, Chairman, Imlay Investments Inc.
2012 Laureate Ralph de la Vega, President & CEO, AT&T Mobility