The 2023 class includes at least 13 current or former Hall County residents:
Brandon Loftus, Director, ZF Group, Gainesville
Kit Dunlap, President & CEO, Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce
Tim Evans, VP Economic Development, Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce
Cathy Cox, President, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, former Gainesville Times reporter
Tim McDonald, President, Lanier Technical College
Carol Burrell, President & CEO, Northeast Georgia Health System
Brian Arnold, President, Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation, Gainesville
Russell McMurry, Commissioner, Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT), former head of Gainesville GDOT office
Steve Syfan, Co-founder & Executive Vice-President, Syfan Logistics, Gainesville
(Also, on the list which was compiled before she passed away a few weeks ago is Ann K. Skleder, who at the time of her death was President of Brenau University)
To read what Georgia Trend had to say about each of them and the others on the list, click here Georgia Trend : Georgia 500 2023 (mydigitalpublication.com)