Looking Back:
The 2024 Trustees Gala
On April 27, 2024, the Georgia Historical Society and Governor Brian Kemp inducted the newest Georgia Trustees, Ms. Carol Tomé and Dr. Louis Sullivan, at the Trustees Gala in Savannah.
Friends, supporters, and leaders from across the state came together to honor the Trustees, and to enjoy an elegant evening that included a lively conversation with the inductees.
The Georgia Trustees is a recognition as old as Georgia and is today the highest honor the state can confer. In conjunction with the Governor’s Office, the Georgia Historical Society reestablished the Georgia Trustees to recognize Georgians whose accomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees. Dr. Sullivan and Ms. Tomé are two exemplary Georgians whose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.
Save the Date
The 2025 Trustees Gala will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Savannah.
Non Sibi, Sed Aliis
“ Not for Self, but for Others ”
Thank You
Thank you to the Georgia History Festival sponsors and Host Committee for supporting the educational mission and year-round programming of the Georgia Historical Society!
Trustee
Festival
Founding
Oglethorpe
Presenting
Platinum
Gold
Foundations and Institutions
The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia
George W. Strickland, Jr. Foundation
J.C. Lewis Foundation
Publix Super Markets Charities
The Quarterman & Keller Foundation
Williams Family Foundation of Georgia
2024 Georgia History Festival Host Committee
Oglethorpe
- Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cathy
Patron
- Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Blake
- Mr. and Mrs. F. Reed Dulany III
- Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan
- The Clyde C. Tuggle Family
Benefactor
- Mr. and Mrs. David P. Abney
- Mr. and Mrs. F. Duane Ackerman
- Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard
- Ms. Stephanie V. Blank
- Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III
- Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Bowers
- Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Breitbart
- Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cooper
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso
- Mr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III
- Mr. Bob Faircloth
- Mr. and Mrs. Brian Harlander
- Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Haynes III
- Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Hertz
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Holder
- Mr. and Mrs. John H. Irby
- Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kole
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Levy
- Mr. and Mrs. Angus Littlejohn
- Mr. Craig Menear
- Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rabinowitz
- Mrs. Rosaleen R. Roxburgh
- Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith
- Mr. and Mrs. Austin P. Sullivan
- Mr. and Mrs. Larry Thompson
- Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Waters
Chair
- The Honorable and Mrs. Roy E. Barnes
- Mr. and Mrs. Kevin S. Blair
- Mr. Mark L. Burns
- Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cay
- Ms. Julie E. Hunt
- Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Iocovozzi
- Mrs. Betsy Lancaster
- Mr. and Mrs. Keith W. Mason
- Dr. and Mrs. William T. Moore
- Vanita and Harry Morgan
- Dr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey Payne
- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Price
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Reilly
- Mr. and Mrs. H. Jerome Russell, Jr.
- Dr. Michael Sharkey
- Mr. William Sprague III
- Mr. and Mrs. Kessel D. Stelling, Jr.
- Mrs. Helen R. Steward
- Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Wilheit, Sr.
- Ms. Susan A. Willetts and Mr. Alan K. Pritz
Member
- Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Allen
- Mr. and Mrs. John G. Alston, Sr.
- Mr. and Mrs. G. Holmes Bell IV
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown, Jr.
- Mr. and Mrs. John D. Carswell
- Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cartledge
- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cay IV
- Mr. James Collins
- Mr. and Mrs. Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
- Mrs. Vincent J. Dooley
- Mr. Kyle Dwyer and Ms. Sabrina Nagel
- Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dyer
- Mr. and Mrs. George Fawcett II
- Mr. and Mrs. Ned Gay
- Mr. and Mrs. Joel Goodman
- Mr. and Mrs. Steve Green
- Mr. and Mrs. Brent Harlander
- Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hightower
- Mr. and Mrs. Ross David Kaminsky
- Mr. Richard Kessler
- Mr. and Mrs. Ted J. Kleisner
- Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Kronowitz
- Mrs. Robert O. Levitt
- Mr. Samuel G. McCachern
- Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan
- Mr. and Mrs. John W. Meshad
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mingledorff
- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hills Morris, Jr.
- Mr. Ted Muller
- Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Nalley III
- Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. O’Connor
- Mr. and Mrs. David Paddison
- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pannell
- Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Pannell
- Dr. Melissa Parker
- Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pendleton
- Mr. and Mrs. Winston Pittman, Sr.
- Dr. Kristina and Mr. Jason Riopelle
- Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Roberts
- Mr. and Mrs. John P. Rogers
- Mr. and Mrs. Graham Sadler
- Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Schneider
- Ms. Swann Seiler
- Mrs. Alana Shepherd
- Mr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons, Jr.
- Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Threlkeld
- Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker
- Mr. and Mrs. R. Bartley Turner
- Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace
- Mr. and Mrs. Brent Watts
- Mr. and Mrs. William Weil
- Mr. and Mrs. James Corde Wilson III
Honorary Host Committee
- The Honorable Teri Anulewicz
- The Honorable James Beverly
- The Honorable Jon G. Burns
- The Honorable Max Burns
- The Honorable Gloria Butler
- The Honorable Chris Carr
- The Honorable Buddy Carter
- The Honorable Katie Dempsey
- The Honorable Mike Dugan
- The Honorable Tim Echols
- The Honorable Chuck Efstration
- The Honorable Joseph Gullett
- The Honorable Ed Harbison
- The Honorable Matt Hatchett
- The Honorable Penny Houston
- The Honorable Chuck Hufstetler
- The Honorable Edna Jackson
- The Honorable Burt Jones
- The Honorable Jan Jones
- The Honorable Derek Mallow
- The Honorable Butch Parrish
- The Honorable Chuck Payne
- The Honorable Brad Raffensperger
- The Honorable Calvin Smyre
- The Honorable Ron Stephens
- The Honorable Blake Tillery
- The Honorable Ben Watson
Media Sponsors
Special Thanks
Mr. Craig Menear
For information on how your company can become a Corporate Sponsor of the Georgia History Festival or to join the Host Committee please contact Ashley Rainge-Shields or 912.651.2125, ext. 116.