Visionary Founders
Arthur M. Blank
Dan T. Cathy
Presenting Sponsors
Chick-fil-A
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a restaurant company known for the Original Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich and signature hospitality. Represented by more than 200,000 Team Members, Operators and staff nationwide, Chick-fil-A serves guests freshly prepared food at more than 2,600 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada.
The family-owned and privately held restaurant company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy and is committed to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate.
A leader in customer service, Chick-fil-A was recognized as the No. 4 restaurant in America by Nation’s Restaurant News in 2021 and named America’s top drive-thru by QSR Magazine in 2021. Chick-fil-A was also awarded the Employee’s Choice by Glassdoor honoring top CEOs and named a Culture 500 Culture Champion in 2020. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and via @ChickfilANews
Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company, America’s premier energy company, committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Georgians. We believe in being a citizen where we serve by investing our funds, our skills, and our time back into communities across Georgia.
Our strategy is designed to focus resources on emPowering education, emPowering the environment, and emPowering communities. This year we are excited to stand with the communities we serve and continue our dedication to investing in equity programs and in our city. We are proud to call Atlanta home, and we proudly support the Beloved Benefit.
The Home Depot Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, support communities impacted by natural disasters and train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested more than $400 million in veteran causes and improved more than 50,000 veteran homes and facilities. The Foundation has pledged to invest half of a billion dollars in veteran causes by 2025 and $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople through the Path to Pro program.
To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation visit HomeDepotFoundation.org and follow us on Twitter @HomeDepotFound and on Facebook and Instagram @homedepotfoundation.
Dream Makers
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
At the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, we embrace the belief that our differences create a beautiful reaction. We take pride in collaborating with community leaders, residents, nonprofits and fellow funders to invest in critical areas of need. However, there is still much more to accomplish, and we envision a future for the Beloved Community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Peach Bowl, Inc.
Peach Bowl, Inc. is a 501©3 organization that operates the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the Aflac Kickoff Game, the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament, and manages The Dodd Trophy national coach of the year award. It is the ninth-oldest bowl game in the country and is recognized as college football’s most charitable bowl organization, having donated $61 million to organizations in need since 2002. For more information, visit Chick-fil-ApeachBowl.com, follow our social media platforms @CFAPeachBowl or find us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CFAPeachBowl.
We are honored to partner with organizations like the Beloved Community to give back to Atlanta and make a difference in the lives of those in the communities we serve.
Bridge Builders
Delta Air Lines
The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Foundation
Truist
UPS
WestRock
Community Activators
Choate Construction
Graphic Packaging International
Jackson Healthcare
Jill & Mike Hayford Charitable Foundation
NCR
Passion City Church
QuikTrip
Sunkist Growers
Walmart
Wells Fargo
World Outreach Fund
Other Sponsors
AT&T
Atlanta Braves
Bank of America
Accenture
Ameris Bank
BlackRock
Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame
Greenberg Traurig
Kaiser Permanente
Republic National Distributing Company
Roots Investment Community
Saia, Inc.
T. Dallas Smith & Company, LLC
2023 Host Committee
VISIONARY FOUNDERS
- Arthur M. Blank
- Dan T. Cathy
PRESENTING HONOREES
- Cathy and Ted Decker
- Kim and Ted Greene
- Maria and Tim Tassopoulos
CO-CHAIRS
- Tia and Gary Stokan
- Fay Twersky and Jill Blair
HOST COMMITTEE
- Karen and Ken Ashley
- Karla and Lawrence Bell
- Danielle Bedasse
- Leonte Benton
- Leah and Ted Blum
- Brian Bollins
- David P. Brand
- Cassius Butts
- Claudia Colichon
- Tony Conway
- Shan and Eddie Cooper
- Kimberly and Derin Dickerson
- Frank Fernandez
- Lori and Ed Fisher
- Ryan Wilson
- Larry Gildersleve
- Kevin Gooch
- Kwanza Hall
- Omari Henderson
- Virginia Hepner and Malcolm Barnes
- Fredrick Hicks
- Bob Hope
- Claire and Glen Jackson
- Quinnie Jenkins
- Michael Johnson
- Chyna and Tharon Johnson
- Roy Jones
- Sarah-Elizabeth Langford
- Carolyn and Milford McGuirt
- Liza and Bill Nordmark
- Jonathan Parris
- William Pate
- Xavier Peoples
- Joseph Rheaves
- Lovette and Michael Russell
- Sylvia E. Russell
- Jack Sawyer and Bill Torres
- Kashi Sehgal
- Gopi and Ivan Shammas
- Nzinga Shaw
- Steve Smith
- Michael Wall
Get Involved
We are looking for leaders who believe in the Beloved Community to join us as we return the generosity bestowed upon us to others.
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