ABL Business Power Forums
2008
JANUARY Ralph Wilcox, Nationally Acclaimed Actor, Director & Producer
FEBRUARY nNathaniel Goldston III, Chairman & CEO, Gourmet Services, Inc.
2007
JANUARY Thomas W. Dortch, President & Chairman, TWD, Inc.
FEBRUARY
Alice White Bussey, Co-Owner, Bussey Florist & Gifts; Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., President/Chairman, TWD, Inc.; Daryll H. Griffin, President, Accolades, Inc.; Edward Menifee, President, Southeastern Management & Bus Dev Co.; Franklin O'Neal, Citizen Member, Fulton Co. GA Employee Retirement System; James Young, President & CEO, Citizens Trust Bank
MARCH Patrise Adams, Vice-President, Confidential Security Agency;Brooke Jackson Edmonds, Senior Vice President & Principal, Jackmont Hospitality; Cheryl McAfee Mitchell, President, Charles F. McAfee Architects; Jerome Russell, President, Real Estate Developmet, HJ Russell Company; Alexis Scott, Publisher & Founder, Atlanta Daily World
APRIL Hubert E. Owens, Director, City Of Atlanta, Department Of The Mayor, Office Of Contract Compliance; Rodney K. Strong, Chairman, Griffin & Strong, P.C.
MAY Charles Blackmon, Executive Director, Dekalb Enterprise Development Corporation;Eugene Merriday, Executive Director, Economic Development Corporation of Fulton County; Lonnie Saboor, Director of Commercial Loans, Atlanta Development Authority
JUNE James Beasley, Co-Owner & Executive Vice-President, Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits; Darryl Berry, Co-Owner & Executive Vice-President, Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits
JULY Jerome Edmondson, Author, Entrepreneur, Corporate and Small Business Consultant, Edmondson Associates; Mario Fraley, Publisher & Entrepreneur, SouthStyle magazine and NTRC, Necole Merritt, Executive Director, Corporate Social responsibility Communications, AT & T Corporation, Vivian Thomas-Frazier, CEO, Strategic Business Solutions
AUGUST Cornell McBride, President & CEO, McBride Research Laboratories
SEPTEMBER Herman J. Russell, Chairman, H.J. Russell Company
OCTOBER Sonia Booker, Co-founder, Intown Condos and Lofts, Dr. Shirley Bradley-Carmack, Founder & CEO, GNLD Wellness & Leisure Center, Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., Chairman & CEO, TWD, Inc., Jerome Edmondson, President, Edmondson Associates/Entrepreneur Development Network, Alonia Jernigan, CEO, The Effective Communicator, David Manuel, Director of Community Relations, Woodruff Arts Center, Edward Menifee, President, Southeastern Management & Business Development Company, Devin A. Robinson, MBA, Chairman, Dynamic Functions, Inc., Lonnie Saboor, Director of Commercial Loans, Atlanta Development Authority
2006
FEBRUARY William Clement, Chairman & CEO, Dobbs, Ram, & Company
APRIL The Honorable Michael Thurmond, Commissioner, GA Department of Labor
MAY Felker W. Ward, Chairman, Pinnacle Investment Advisors, Inc.
JULY Gilda Watters, Division Director Global Commerce, Georgia Dept. of Economic Development
AUGUST Georgia State Candidate's Forum: Gail Buckner, Candidate for Secretary of State; Perry McGuire, Candidate for Attorney General; Denise Majette, Candidate for State School Superintendent; Guy Drexinger, Candidate for Insurance Commissioner; Tommy Irvin, Candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture; Brent Brown, Candidate for Commissioner of Labor; David Burgess, Candidate for Public Service Commisioner
OCTOBER Fulton County Candidates Forum: Commission District 1 - At Large Candidates, John Eaves (D), Lee Morris (R); Commission District 2 - At Large; Bill Loughrey (R), Robert L. Pitts(D)
NOVEMBER Dr. Randal Pinkett, Founder & Chairman, Pinnacle Investment Advisors, Inc. & Season 4 Winner of "The Apprentice"
2005
FEBRUARY Ron Brown-President/CEO, Atlanta Life Financial Group, Inc.
MARCH The Honorable Leah Sears, Chief Justice Elect, Georgia Supreme Court
APRIL Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., Chairman & CEO, TWD, Inc.
MAY Phil Conte, Vice President of Business & Guest Services, Georgia Aquarium / Deborah Mathis Browder, Director Contract Compliance, Office of Contract Compliance
JUNE Sonia L. Booker, CEO, The Real Estate Connection Group, LLC
JULY Chief Richard Pennington, Police Chief, City of Atlanta
AUGUST August Dr. Rogsbert Phillips, General Surgeon, Metro Surgical Associates
OCTOBER Johnny Dunning, Jr., Sr. Regional Planner, MARTA / Greg Giornelli, President, Atlanta Development Authority / Angela Graham, Senior Program Director, The Trust for Public Land / Egbert Perry, Chairman & CEO, The Integral Group / James Young, President & CEO, Citizens Trust Bank
ABL Business Enrichment Seminar Series
2008
MARCH Alonzo Llorens, Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
John Pitts, CPA, N.T.R.C
2007
JANUARY William "Bill" Cheeks, President, ABBA Associates, Inc.
FEBRUARY Regina Page, CEO,Tax & Accounting Solutions; Patrise Perkins Hooker, Attorney, Hollowell, Foster & Gepp, PC
MARCH Daryll H. Griffin, President & CEO, Accolades, Inc.;Brian Hilliard, Speaker, Coach and Author, AGITO Consulting
APRIL Sonia Booker,Co-Owner, Intown Condo & Lofts Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., President & Chairman, TWD, Inc.; Mitch Martin, Partner, Matin, Harps & Syphoe; Veronica Wright, CEO, Nu Concept Courier
MAY Dr. Shirley Bradley-Carmack, Founder/CEO, GNLD Wellness & Leisure Center; Renita Gibbs, Independent Consultant, Motivator, Tahition Noni Internationa; Jerome Hughes, Director, Your Travel Business; Sandra Rozier, National Vice President, Warm Spirit
JUNE E. Jewelle Johnson, Partner, Fisher & Phillips
OCTOBER Yvonne Bryant-Johnson, President & CEO, Bryant and Associates, LLC; Diane Pruitt, Owner, A Peaceful Space
Super Tuesday Conferences
2007
Sherean Allen, CEO, New Thought Marketing
Dr. Michael Battle, President, Interdenominational Theological Center
Vic Bolton, Vice President, Affiliated Media Group
Brandon Clay, CEO, The Solutions Group
Ken Compton, Project Manager, Supplier Diversity. Georgia Power
Peggy Duncan, Personal Productivity Expert, PSC Press and Productivity
Collette Fergusson, Partner, Molden Holley Thompson Fergusson & Heard, LLC
Ira Jackson, President, Perfect Image
Melissa D. Johnson, Founder & CEO, Velvet Suite Marketing Consulting Group
Rosemary Jones, Director, Supplier Diversity, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Charlotte King, Creative Director, Snowden King Marketing Comunicationsl
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, Season One of Donald Trump's The Apprentice, Manageing Partner, American Enterprise Corporation
John Pitts, CPA, NTRC
J.L. Wilson, President, Wilco Financial Group
2006
Sonia Booker, CEO, The Real Estate Connection Group, LLC
Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., Chairman & CEO, TWD, Inc.
Monica Ewing, Attorney, Monica Ewing Law Offices
Lee Haney, President, Lee Haney's World Class Fitness Center
Patricia Russell-McCloud, Principal, Russell-McCloud and Associates
Nwa’ndo E. Ume-Nwagbo, Associate, Troutman Sanders
Timothy Phillips, Attorney, Troutman Sanders
Dr. Sherry Gaither, Pastor, Strong Hold Christian Church
Vic Bolton, President, Capital Strategic Communications Group
2005
Sonia Booker, CEO, The Real Estate Connection Group, LLC
Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., Chairman & CEO, TWD, Inc.
Monica Ewing, Attorney, Monica Ewing Law Offices
Lee Haney, President, Lee Haney's World Class Fitness Center
Patricia Russell-McCloud, Principal, Russell-McCloud and Associates
Nwa’ndo E. Ume-Nwagbo, Associate, Troutman Sanders
Timothy Phillips, Attorney, Troutman Sanders
Dr. Sherry Gaither, Pastor, Strong Hold Christian Church
Vic Bolton, President, Capital Strategic Communications Group
Annual Meetings
2007
Michael Eric Dyson, Author, Lecturer & Georgetown University, Professor of Theology, English & African American Studies
2006
Dr. Randal Pinkett, CEO, BCT Partners & Season 6 Winner of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"
2005
George Fraser, Chairman & CEO, FraserNet
2004
George Fraser, Chairman & CEO, FraserNet
