JA NORTHeasT GEORGIA
BUSINESS HALL OF FAME
This annual event in Gainesville highlights the careers and public service of some of the area’s most outstanding citizens. The honorees are selected based on their outstanding business accomplishments as well as their extensive support of our community.
At the 16th annual event we will celebrate the induction of the Syfan Family (Jim Syfan, Greg Syfan, and Steve Syfan) as well as Dixie Truelove & Mike Smith, as they join the prestigious list of laureates who have enriched the Northeast Georgia community through their business leadership and exemplary civic and professional achievements.
The 16th annual JA Northeast Georgia Business Hall of Fame will take place on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at the Ramsey Conference Center on the Lanie Technical College campus.
2026 Laureates
The Syfan Family
Syfan Logistics
Dixie Truelove & Mike Smith
2025 Highlights
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Addison Leadership Group
Eskimo Cold Storage
Georgia United Credit Union
Grogan Waste Services
Longstreet Clinic
Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
The Norton Agency
Peach State Truck Brokers, Inc.
Shoreline Transfer Express, LLC
Wilheit Packaging
Bronze
Cindy & Gust Askounis
Brenau University
Caldwell Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Cook Law Group LLC
Georgia-Pacific
Georgia Power
Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, LLP
Jackson EMC
King's Hawaiian
Newly Weds Foods
Primerica
Ranger Manufacturing
SouthState Bank
Sterling Seacrest Pritchard
Stewart, Melvin & Frost
Bob & Wanda Swoszowski
Truist
Turner, Wood & Smith
Laureates
Abit Massey
Moss & Lindsay Robertson
Philip Wilheit, Sr.
Jim Walters
Gus Whalen
John Jacobs, Jr.
Elton Maddox
Lessie Smithgall
Tommy Bagwell
Jan Cooley
Bob Swoszowski
Butch Miller
John Addison
Lorry & Sherrie Schrage
Virgil Williams
Mike Cottrell
Carole Ann Daniel
Jack Frost
Don Carter
Ben Cheek
Nabil Muhanna
Randall Frost
Paul Maney
Jim Mathis
Ed Schrader
Dallas Gay
Betty & Frank Norton, Sr.
John Ferguson
Tom Paris
Doug & Kay Ivester
Wendell Starke
Mimi Collins
Nancy & Frank Norton, Jr.
Carol Burrell
Dr. Jeff Payne
Brian Rochester
Darrell Rochester
Mark Sosebee
*Listed by induction year