Honorees
2023 Honorees
| MS. LETTY ASHWORTH
Director, Diversity & Inclusion - Genuine Parts Company |
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MR. BOBBY OLIVE, SR.
Retired, VP Student Affairs - Atlanta Metropolitan State College |
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MS. CARMENLITA SCOTT
President & CEO - The ATL Airport Chamber |
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MR. SKIP VAUGHN
Retired, Sr. Dir. Sales Strategy-South Division/Georgia Market - Pepsi Beverages Company |
2023 Mistress of Ceremonies
| MS. LISA RAYAM
Host and Senior Producer - "Morning Edition" |
2022 Honorees
GEORGE G. ANDREWS Bank Executive Unity National Bank
DR. LAREESE L. HOWELL Apostle, Senior Pastor New Horizons In Faith Ministries International
REV. DR. FRANK JOHNSON AND MRS. VELYNA JOHNSON Philanthropists Frank and Velyna Johnson Charitable Foundation
REV. DR. LELAND L. JONES, SR. Senior Pastor Greater New Light Missionary Baptist
HONORARY CHAIR - WILLIE WATKINS Proprietor, Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Inc.
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES - MELISSA KNOWLES CNN Correspondent
2021 Honorees
VERONICA ADADEVOH Retired, State Farm Insurance Agent/Owner
KEITH E. GAMMAGE Solicitor General, Fulton County Georgia
THE PEPSICO FOUNDATION
ELIJAH S. TUTT President, Resurgence Consulting, LLC
2020 Honorees
ANN W. CRAMER Coxe Curry & Associates
STEVEN R. EWING Wade Ford Franchise
PATRICE HARRIS, MD American Medical Association
WILL PACKER Will Packer Productions
2019 Honorees
DR. GARY A. MCGAHA Retired President Atlanta Metropolitan State College
2018 Honorees
KENNETH L. ALEXANDER Antioch Baptist Church North
VERNON KEENAN Georgia Bureau of Investigation
ELRIDGE MCMILLAN Atlanta Metropolitan State College
ERIKA SHIELDS City of Atlanta Police Department
WILLIE A. WATKINS Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Inc
2017 Honorees
ROOSEVELT COUNCIL, JR. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
REV. DR. JAMES A. MILNER, SR. Chapel of Christian Love Baptist Church
REGINALD G. "RAY" MOORE Retired, United States Secret Service
YVONNE JOHNSON THOMAS Victoria Hospitality Properties, LLC
2016 Honorees
MICHAEL K. ANDERSON Georgia Power Company
HALA MODDELMOG Metro Atlanta Chamber
PASTOR POZIE L. REDMOND
New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
JUDGE PENNY BROWN REYNOLDS Emmy-nominated Personality and
Commentator
WAYNE GILBERT "GIL" WEST Delta Air Lines
2015 Honorees
DEBBIE ALFORD Georgia Lottery Corporation
RODNEY D. BULLARD Chick-fil-A Foundation
SHIRLEY FRANKLIN
Former Mayor of Atlanta
Clarke-Franklin & Associates, Inc.
CURLEY DOSSMAN, JR. Georgia-Pacific Foundation
2014 Honorees
AMY GLENNON Atlanta Journal-Constitution
REGENT DONALD LEEBERN Board of Regents of the University System
of Georgia
MICHAEL L. THURMOND
DeKalb County CEO
ERICA QUALLS Atlanta Marriott Marquis
2013 Honorees
BISHOP DALE C. BRONNER Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral
CYNTHIA N. DAY Citizens Trust Bank
CHANCELLOR HENRY HUCKABY Retired, Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia
DR. LOUIS W. SULLIVAN Retired, Morehouse School of Medicine
AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG Andrew J. Young Foundation
2012 Honorees
REV. DR. CAMERON ALEXANDER Antioch Baptist Church North
XERNONA CLAYTON Trumpet Awards Foundation
ERROLL B. DAVIS, JR. Retired, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent
MONICA PEARSON Retired, Channel 2 News Anchor
TED TURNER Turner Enterprises, Inc.