WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD 11:30AM AUGUSTA MARRIOTT
Program
Welcome
Sponsor
Remarks
Invocation
Lunch
Kimberly Wilder, Chair Board
of Directors
Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
Series Sponsors
2025 Best in Business Awards
Keynote
Augusta’s Entrepreneur Award Presented by SouthState Bank
Corporation of the Year Presented by Georgia Power Company
Chris Clark President & CEO of the Georgia Chamber
Closing Angie Cox, President & CEO
Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
Keynote Speaker
Chris Clark - President and CEO Georgia Chamber of Commerce
A Georgia native, Chris Clark, has served as the President and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce since 2010. Chris previously served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Executive Director of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, and as Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Economic Development among other positions. He is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and Georgia College and State University. In 2023, Chris published his first book, The CEO Imperative. He and his wife Tiffany live in Peachtree City and attend Dogwood Church. Their son Christian attends the University of Georgia.
Founded in 1911 and incorporated in 1915, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce is the largest business advocacy organization in Georgia, working to protect free enterprise and secure our longterm economic prosperity. The Georgia Chamber represents tens of thousands of members in every corner of the state, with offices in Atlanta, Brunswick, and Tifton. In 2025 the Georgia Chamber launched GEORGIA | 2050, a strategic plan to ensure Georgia remains a beacon of economic opportunity for the next 25 years.
Media Sponsors
Technology Sponsor
Parking Sponsor
Cornerstone Members
Trustee Level
AurubisRichmond,LLC
DoctorsHospital
GeorgiaPowerCompany
PiedmontAugusta
SavannahRiverNuclearSolutions
SRPFederalCreditUnion
WellstarMCGHealth
Council Level
ClearwaterPaperCorporation
PiedmontOrthopedics OrthoAtlanta
PremierNetworx
QueensboroughNational
Bank&TrustCompany,Inc.
SinghInvestmentGroup
SouthStateBank
StarbucksCoffeeCompany
TextronSpecializedVehicles
WaltonRehabilitationHospital
President Level
ADP
AmerisBank
AtlantaGasLightCompany
AugustaEconomicDevelopmentAuthority
AugustaMagazine
AugustaMarriottHotel attheConventionCenter
AugustaUniversity
AzaleaInvestments,LLC
CaroleFabrics
ClubCar
Comcast
CrownePlazaNorthAugusta
EllefsonTransportationGroup
MAUWorkforceSolutions
News1226
Nutrien
PeachStateFederalCreditUnion
Peraton
ThePinnacleClub,Inc
SizemoreInc
Syensqo
TaxSlayer,LLC
TheAugustaChronicle
Truist
VineaCapital
Partnership Level
AikenRegionalMedicalCenters
Amentum
AmericanThriftStores
AT&T
ATCDevelopment
AubenRealty,LLC
AugustaIndustrialServices,Inc
AugustaNationalGolfClub
AugustaTechnicalCollege
BankofAmerica
BattelleSavannahRiverAlliance
BeasleyMediaGroup,Inc
Blanchard&CalhounRealEstate
BPCPlasma,Inc
BrandonWilde
ChoateConstructionCompany
Dave&Buster’s
Family&Morale,Welfare&Recreation
Ferrero
FluorCorporation
FPLFood,LLC
FreshTakeGrocery
FulcherHaglerLLP
GeraldJonesAutoGroup
HullBarrett,PC
JimHudsonLexusofAugusta
JohnDeereCommercialProducts
JordanTrotterCommercialRealEstate
JP MorganChaseBank
Kimberly-ClarkCorporation
MartinMariettaAggregates
MercedesBenzofAugusta
MeybohmRealEstate
MorganThermalCeramics
MurphyAutomotiveGroup
Parker’sKitchen
PinnacleBank
Prayon,Inc.
RW AllenConstruction,LLC
ReevesConstructionCo
RegionsBank
SavannahRiverMissionCompletion
SecurityFederalBank
SEGRA
SelectSpecialtyHospital
Sherman&HemstreetRealEstateCo
SMECPAs
SouthernStatesChemical,Inc
Spherion
TaylorAutoGroup
TheKrogerCo.
T-Mobile
UnionAgenerAnimalHealth UnitiFiber
WJBF-TV
WOW!Business
YMCAofGreaterAugusta
Sustaining Level
AdvancedTechnologyLeaders,Inc
AlfredBenesch&Company,Inc
AmericanConcreteInc
AssuredPartners
AtomicTech/MojoHome&Appliance
AugustaEntertainmentComplex
AugustaMall
AugustaOfficeSolutions
AugustaRegionalAirport
AugustaSymphony/MillerTheater
Bailey’sComfortServices
BlueRibbonAwards&Gifts
BrandsMartUSA
BravoAir
BuonaCaffeArtisanRoastedCoffee
CadenceBank
ChickenSaladChick
Chick-Fil-AatAugustaExchange
ColonyBank
CranstonEngineeringGroup,PC
DavisAppliance&Furniture
Davis,Chapman,&Wilder,LLC
DickinsonArchitects,PC
DuckworthDevelopment,LLC
EndictusCorp
FirstCitizensBank
FirstCommunityBank
GoodwynMillsCawood(GMC)
GulfspanIndustrial,LLC
Heavener&Associates
ConstructionCompany,Inc
HomeInstead/Thomson&Harlem FamilyDental
IntelliGenesisLLC
IntelliSystems,Inc
JanusResearchGroup,LLC
JASINTConsulting&Technologies,LLC JuniorAchievementofGeorgia
KeenSigns&Graphics
KendrickPaint&Body LazizaMediterraneanGrill LOOP
MalcolmCunninghamChevrolet ManusBio
MCBS,LLC
McKnightConstructionCompany
Miller-MotteCollege
NorthStarHospitality, LLCdbaComfortSuites
OccidentalChemicalCorporation OslaAgency
PaceLiving PowerServeInternational PremierPackaging,LLC
ProvidenceFamilyHomes PureCycleTechnologies,Inc
RBWLogistics
RichmondSupplyCompany &RubberDivision
SecurityOnionSolutions,LLC SilvertonMortgage
Synovus
ThePartridgeInn TopFlightMedia TurnerPadgetGrahamLaney,PA UniversalPlumbing ValueAddedSolutions,Inc Wier/Stewart
Willingway,Inc
YoungOffice