Georgia Trend has once again released its list of the 100 "most influential" Georgians, which once again includes return honorees (Stacey Abrams, Dan Amos, Kasim Reed) and new faces (Macon mayor Robert Reichert).
The list is alphabetical, not ranked, and includes those movers-and-shakers in the most obvious walks of public and private life: business leaders, politicians, philanthropists and non-profit heads and university presidents (such as Clayton State University's Thomas Hynes).
There are a few quirks: the Rev. Robert C. Wright, the first African-American Episcopal bishop in Georgia, made the list for the first time, noted for banning guns in Episcopal churches in the Atlanta diocese; while U.S. attorney Sally Quillian Yates is back again -- weeks after being announced as Pres. Obama's nominee for deputy attorney general. Young Harris president and former gubernatorial candidate Cathy Cox made the jump from last year's "notables" list.
The list includes only one of the state's arts leaders: William S. Arnett, founder of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.
"Some of the 100 wield their influence in the limelight; others work behind the scenes. But all of them impact the daily lives of Georgians everywhere," the editors explained in a foreword.
See the full list for yourself here, and a supplemental list of more than 80 notables (including, yes, AJC Publisher Amy Glennon) here.
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