YLD Past Presidents

1948  Harry S. Baxter, Atlanta
1949  B.C. Gardner Jr., Albany
1950  Griffin B. Bell, Atlanta
1951  James D. Maddox, Rome
1952  Trammell F. Shi, Macon
1953  Marcus B. Calhoun, Thomasville
1954  Kirk M. McAlpin, Savannah
1955  Robert R. Richardson, Atlanta
1956  Kenneth M. Henson, Columbus
1957  Frank C. Jones, Atlanta
1958  Gould B. Hagler, Augusta
1959  Robert T. Thompson, Atlanta
1960  Willis J. Richardson Jr., Savannah
1961  J. T. Pope Jr., Dalton
1962  Harry C. Howard, Atlanta
1963  Erwin A. Friedman, Savannah
1964  Charles J. Driebe, Jonesboro
1965  W. G. Elliott, Valdosta
1966  Theodore G. Frankel, Atlanta
1967  B. Carl Buice, Gainesville
1968  Robert L. Steed, Atlanta
1969  Lloyd T. Whitaker, Atlanta
1970  L. Martelle Layfield, Columbus
1971  Matthew H. Patton, Atlanta
1972  Thomas E. Dennard Jr., Brunswick
1973  A. Felton Jenkins Jr., Atlanta
1974  Robert M. Brinson, Rome
1975  R. William Ide III, Atlanta
1976  James A. Bishop, Brunswick
1977  A. James Elliott, Atlanta
1978  Charles T. Lester Jr., Atlanta
1979  Theodore M. Hester, Washington, D.C.
1980  James L. Pannell, Savannah
1981  W. Terence Walsh, Atlanta
1982  Richard A. Childs, Columbus
1983  Richard T. de Mayo, Atlanta
1984  Walter H. Bush Jr., Macon
1985  William D. Barwick, Atlanta
1986  S. David Smith Jr., Rome

1987  James H. Cox, Atlanta
1988  John C. Sammon, Decatur
1989  Donna G. Barwick, Atlanta
1990  Dana B. Miles, Decatur
1991  Stanley G. Brading Jr., Atlanta
1992  Leland M. Malchow, Augusta
1993  Elizabeth B. Hodges, Atlanta
1994  Rachel K. Iverson, Cumming
1995  Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Atlanta
1996  Nolie J. Motes, Gainesville
1997  J. Henry Walker IV, Atlanta
1998  James D. Hyder Jr., Augusta
1999  Ross J. Adams, Atlanta
2000  Joseph W. Dent, Albany
2001  S. Kendall Butterworth, Atlanta
2002  Peter J. Daughtery, Columbus
2003  Derek J. White, Savannah
2004  Andrew W. Jones, Marietta
2005  Laurel Payne Landon, Augusta
2006  Damon E. Elmore, Atlanta
2007  Jonathan A. Pope, Canton
2008  Elena Kaplan, Atlanta
2009  Joshua C. Bell, Bainbridge
2010  Amy V. Howell, Atlanta
2011  Michael G. Geoffroy, Covington
2012  Stephanie Kirijan Cooper, Atlanta
2013  Jonathan B. Pannell, Savannah
2014  Darrell L. Sutton, Marietta
2015  Sharri Edenfield Lindsey, Statesboro
2016  John R. B. Long, Augusta
2017  Jennifer C. Mock, Statesboro
2018  Nicole C. Leet, Atlanta
2019  Hon. Rizza O’Connor, Lyons
2020  Will Davis, Newnan
2021  Bert Hummel, Atlanta
2022  Elissa B. Haynes, Atlanta
2023  Ronald Edward “Ron” Daniels, Eastman
2024  Brittanie Browning, Atlanta