PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
| 2024 | Chris Simpson | Retired Senior Special Agent, United States Secret Service |
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| 2023 | Todd Hopkins | Founder & Chief Visionary Officer, Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services |
| 2022 | Joseph Wingfield | President, Wingfield Scale |
| 2021 | Governor Bill Lee | Governor of the State of Tennessee |
| 2019 | Sherman Smith | Former NFL Player and Super Bowl Coach |
| 2018 | Mart Green | Board Chair, Hobby Lobby |
| 2017 | John Aden | Retired Walmart Executive |
| 2016 | J. Frank Harrison, III | Chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola Consolidated |
| 2015 | Brig Sorber | CEO, Two Men and a Truck International, Inc. |
| 2014 | Bob Doll | Chief Equity Strategist & Senior Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC |
| 2013 | Mark Whitacre | COO & Chief Science Officer, Cypress Systems, Inc. |
| 2012 | John Beckett | Chairman, R. W. Beckett Corporation |
| 2011 | Jeff Kemp | Former NFL Quarterback; President, Stronger Families |
| 2010 | David Barton | Author and Historian |
| 2008 | Russell O'Quinn | Test Pilot |
| 2007 | Denis Beausejour | Proctor and Gamble Executive |
| 2006 | Don Mitchell | Automobile Manufacturer and Consultant |
| 2005 | Ron Blue | CPA and Author |
| 2004 | Senator Bill Armstrong | Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Former U.S. Senator |
| 2003 | Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp | Commanding General, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri |
| 2002 | Fritz Klumpp | Former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and Delta Airlines Pilot |
| 2001 | Jim Dawson | Former President, Zebco, Inc. and Brunswick Outdoor Recreation Group |
| 2000 | Bobby Richardson | Former New York Yankee Baseball Player |
| 1999 | Gen. Charles Duke | Astronaut; Retired U.S. Air Force |
| 1998 | Norm Miller | Chairman, Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. |
| 1997 | Hugh Jacks | Former President, BellSouth Services |
| 1996 | Ron Blue | CPA and Author |
| 1995 | Cal Thomas | Broadcaster; Nationally Syndicated Newspaper Columnist; Author |
| 1994 | Bill Kanaga | Former Chairman, Arthur Young & Company / Ernest & Young |
| 1993 | Pat Morley | Author and Speaker |
1992 Col. Nimrod McNair, Jr. Retired Pilot, U. S. Air Force; Chairman & Founder, Executive Leadership Foundation
1991 Ted Sprague Executive Director, Georgia Hall of Fame (Atlanta)
| 1990 | Don Mitchell | Director of Quality Network, General Motors Corporation |
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| 1989 | Kyle Rote, Jr. | Owner, Athletic Resource Management, Inc. |
| 1988 | Adolph Coors, IV | Heir to Coors Brewing Firm |
| 1987 | Gen. Dick Abel | Director of Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Olympic Committee |
| 1986 | Hugh Jacks | President, BellSouth Services |
| 1985 | Bob Vernon | Assistant Chief Director, Office of Special Services, Los Angeles Police Department |
| 1984 | Paul H. Johnson | President, Paul H. Johnson, Inc. |
| 1983 | Roger Grier | Former NFL All-Pro Tackle; Founder & Chairman, Giant Step |
| 1982 | Braz Pryor | National Vice President of Sales, Cadillac Division of General Motors Corporation |
| 1981 | Bobby Richardson | Former New York Yankee Baseball Player |
| 1980 | Senator Bill Armstrong | Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Current U.S. Senator |
| 1979 | Eldridge Cleaver | Author and Speaker |
| 1978 | Charles Colson | Former Presidential Special Counsel; Founder, Prison Fellowship |
