Hundreds of Cobb’s brightest and best filled the Cobb Galleria Centre on Saturday, January 28, for the Cobb Chamber‘s annual dinner. Here are the highlights…and pics to prove that Cobb’s A-list also knows how to break it down on the dance floor.

Cobb Chamber Dinner Highlights

• Leadership: Bank of North Georgia President and COO Rob Garcia passed his leadership role of Cobb Chamber Chairman to Tony Britton, Community & Southern Bank Senior Vice President. Also welcomed to the 2012 Chamber leadership team was Chairman-elect Greg Morgan of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC.
• Awards:

1. The Chairman’s Award was given to Kim Menefee of WellStar Health System.
2. Four individuals were recognized with the Mack Henderson Public Service Award: Shan Cooper of Lockheed Martin, Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee, Kim Menefee of WellStar and Dan Styf of Kaiser Permanente.
3. Mark Justice of Cobb EMC and Jason Sleeman of Fifth Third Bank each received the Len Gilbert Award for their exceptional service and leadership.
4. Twenty-three individuals were honored with Campaign Lifetime Achievement Awards: Lisa Crossman, Tracey Atwater, Sam Kelly, David Bell, Eric Latimer, Allan Bishop, Cristal McNair, Tony Britton, Sandy Miller, Terri Bunten, Mitzi Smith Moore, Nurdan Cornelius, Bronwyn O’Dell, Bill Davis, Lisa Olens, Vickie Haney, Kim Paris, Beverly Huff, Ron Sumpter, Tim Jarrell, Tony Willingham, Mary Karras, Sandy Woltering, and P.J. Zonsius.
5. Dr. Emily Lembeck, Marietta City Schools Superintendent, received The Marietta Daily Journal’s 2011 Cobb County Citizen of the Year award.

• Sponsor Credits: The master of ceremonies was media coach and speech consultant Chris Davala, president of Cobb-based SmarTalk, Inc. Davala celebrated his 26th year as the emcee of the Annual Dinner. The invocation was offered by Dr. Bryan E. Crute of Destiny Metropolitan Worship Church. PRIME provided the musical entertainment, while Carithers Flowers supplied the floral decorations and Entertainment Design Group provided audiovisual services. Kaiser Permanente was the presenting sponsor; Bank of North Georgia and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company were the diamond sponsors; BB&T was the reception sponsor; Cobb EMC was the dinner sponsor, Delta Community Credit Union was the entertainment sponsor, Community & Southern Bank was the award sponsor and Promo-Photo was the photography sponsor.

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