2026 Gala Digital Program

WELCOME TO THE THE LAGRANGE TROUP COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S ANNUAL

Chairman's

GALA JANUARY 23, 2026 6 - 10 PM WEST GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE CALLAWAY CONFERENCE CENTER

Special Thanks to Tonight’s Gold Sponsors

Special Thanks to Tonight’s Award Sponsors

Special Thanks to Tonight’s Silver Sponsors Abbott Business Group Biblical History Center City of Hogansville City of West Point Community Bank & Trust Diverse Power Downtown LaGrange Development Authority Higgins Funeral Home Lagrange housing authority Milliken & Company Troup County Government Troup County School System Wayne Davis Concrete

Special Thanks to Tonight’s Bronze Sponsor

Special Thanks to Our 2025 Chairman Level Sponsors

2026 Board of Directors Executive Committee

Ex Officio

Chairman: Mack Reynolds, Mack Reynolds Realty, LLC Past Chair: Summer Deal, True North Wealth Advisors Chair-Elect: Adrienne Tickle, Georgia Power Secretary: Jamey Jackson, TalentKinect Treasurer: Mike Gilmartin, Community Volunteer

April Bartley, Kia Georgia James Emery, Troup County Government Rachel Hazel, Troup County School System Jake Jones, Synovus John Westmoreland, Boatwright CPA Lisa Kelly, City of Hogansville Eric Mosley, Troup County Meghan Richardson, City of West Point Katie Van Schoor, City of LaGrange

Board Members

Brandon Adams, The Dapper Den Allison Bradford, Chicken Salad Chick Zack Britt, Wal-Mart Distribution Bret Bryant, New York Life Sam Craig, DASH for LaGrange Jennifer Emery, JYEmeryArt Susan Ferguson, Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Nick Griffin, Troup County School System Michael Holle, Motto Mortgage Max Kirby, The Office of Congressman Brian Jack Joe Kirkland, Duracell Shannon Lawson, CASA of Troup County Eddie Mabe, Hyundai Transys Georgia Powertrain Jonathan Martin, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP April Ross, BeeTV Adrienne Tickle, Georgia Power Lamar Wood, Milliken & Company

Special Thanks to Our Past Chairpersons 1911 W.A. Reeves 1912-1926 Records are unavailable.

1927 H.H. Childs, Owner of Funeral Home & Furniture Co. 1928 H.W. Caldwell, Owner of Ice Business 1929-1933 P.E. Redding, Railroad Freight Agent 1934 Roy Swank Newspaper Publisher 1935 M. B. Hammond, Oil Distributor 1936-1938 Frank Tigner, Insurance Agent 1939 Henry Milam, Owner of Pharmacy 1940-1941 V. B. Ingram, Oil Distributor 1942 Lewis Price, Banker 1943-1945 Frank Tigner, Insurance Agent 1946 John Wilcox, Oil Distributor 1947 Pierce Blitch, Banker 1948-1949 Hal N. Brady, Jr., Hotel Owner 1950-1951 Jimmy Horne, Oil Distributor 1952 Clayton Bowers, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Manager 1953 C .W. Curry, Banker 1954 Jim Wood, Newspaper Editor 1955-1956 Grady Fowler, Insurance Agent 1957 J. A. Holmes, Sr., Owner of Pharmacy 1958 Horace Richter, Attorney 1959-1960 Will E. Morgan, Real Estate Executive 1961 James E. Gallant, Owner of Department Store 1962-1963 James R. Lewis, Attorney 1964 Henderson Traylor, Insurance Agent 1965 Dr. S. Cliff Rainey, Optometrist 1966-1967 Glen O. Long, Newspaper Publisher 1968 Emmett Fling, Automobile Dealer 1969-1970 James A. Daniel, Sr., Insurance/ Real Estate Executive 1971-1972 Walter J. Lukken, Automobile Dealer 1973-1974 Byron H. Hurst, Radio Station Owner 1975-1976 A. E. Mallory, Jr., Banker 1977 Glen O. Long, Newspaper Publisher 1978-1979 William J. Golden, Industrial Executive 1980-1981 Julian P. Hurst, Radio Station Owner 1982-1983 Jack E. Crites, Industrial Executive

1984-1985 J. Pearce Cleaveland, Jr., Owner Department Store 1986 Howard R. Park, Jr., Banker 1987 Thomas W. Sheffield, Banker 1988-1989 C. Chris Joseph, CPA 1990-1991 Fred L. Turner, CPA 1992 J. Roy Spinks, III, Real Estate Executive 1993 H. D. Woodward, Insurance Agent 1994 John Holle, Banker 1995 Richard Williams, Office Supply Executive 1996 Bobby Carmichael, Banker 1997 H. Speer Burdette, III, Foundation President 1998 Nasor J. Mansour, III, Retail Executive 1999 Charles D. Hudson, Jr., Insurance Executive 2000 Ray McKenzie, Attorney 2001 Leon Moody, III, Construction Executive 2002 Susan Ferguson, Community Volunteer 2003 Frank McRae, Banker 2004 Kay Carlisle, Banker 2005 Jerry Fulks, Hospital CEO 2006 Wayne Abbott, CPA 2007 Patrick Crews, Banker 2008 Ginger Booton, Workforce Development 2009 Carol Todd, Hospital Attorney 2010 Jim Thornton, Attorney 2011 Renae Willis, Banker 2012 William R. Stump, Jr., Banker 2013 Scott Landa, Industrial Executive 2014 Robby Burch, Industrial Executive 2015 Libby Willingham, Insurance Executive 2016 Eric Blackman, Healthcare Executive 2017 John Asbell, Utility Executive 2018 Casey Smith, Banker 2019 Marlene Rhodes, Banker 2020 George Bailey, Community Volunteer 2021 Dale Jackson, Business Owner 2022 Jamey Jackson, Business Owner 2023 Brandon Eley, Business Owner 2024 John Westmoreland, Business Owner 2025 Summer Deal, Business Owner

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