of the Georgia colony. Numerous others served in various positions for shorter periods. Revival of the Georgia Trustees The concept of the Georgia Trustees was reconstituted in 2008 by the Georgia Historical Society under the suggestion of the Executive Vice-President Laura Garcia-Culler. Each year during the Georgia Historical Society Gala, two new members of the Georgia Trustees are admitted as members by the Georgia Historical Society in conjunction with the Governor's Office. These new members are chosen for their dedication, commitment, and contributions to the State of Georgia. 2009: Margeurite Neel Williams (entrepreneur), Bernard Marcus (Home Depot founder) 2010: Hank Aaron (baseball player), Ted Turner (CNN founder and Chairman of Turner Enterprises, Inc.) 2011: Vincent J. Dooley (UGA Football Coach), Samuel A. Nunn, Jr. (former US Senator) 2012: Tom Cousins (Atlanta real estate developer and sports franchise owner), Andrew Young (former UN Ambassador, Mayor of Atlanta, US Congressman and civil rights leader) 2013: Truett Cathy (founder of Chick-fil-A), Herman J. Russell (founder of H.J. Russell & Company) 2014: Arthur Blank (Home Depot Co-Founder), Billy Payne (Chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club, Chairman of Centennial Holding Company, LLC) 2015: Alana Shepherd (co-founder of the Shepherd Center), Paula Wallace (President and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design) 2016: James Blanchard (retired Chairman of the Board and CEO, Synovus), Muhtar Kent (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company) 2017: F. Duane Ackerman (retired Chairman and CEO, BellSouth), A.D. "Pete" Correll (1941 – 2021, Former Chairman of Grady Memorial Hospital and Georgia-Pacific) 2018: Ed Bastian (CEO, Delta Air Lines), Paul Bowers (Chairman, President & CEO, Georgia Power) 2019: Frank Blake (retired Chairman and CEO, The Home Depot), John Schuerholz (Vice Chairman Emeritus of the Atlanta Braves) 2020: Robert L. Brown, Jr. (President and CEO of R.L. Brown & Associates, Inc.), Robert S. Jepson Jr. (founder and CEO of Jepson Associates, Inc.) 2021: David Abney (former Executive Chairman of United Parcel Service), Juanita Baranco (Executive Vice President and COO of Baranco Automotive Group) 2022: Dan Cathy (Chairman of Chick-fil-A, Inc.), Shirley Franklin (former Mayor of Atlanta) References Province of Georgia History of Georgia (U.S. state)