2007 Awards
- State/Regional Category: Joe Whorton, Senior Fellow, Fanning Institute
- County Elected Category: Sam Olens, Chair, Cobb County Commission
- County Appointed Category: Steve Szablewski, Administrator, Columbia County
- City Elected Category: Evelyn Turner Pugh, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Columbus
- City Appointed Category: Billy Edwards, Manager, City of Hinesville
2006 Awards
- State/Regional Category: Paul Burks, Executive Director, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
- County Elected Category: Clarence Brown, Sole Commissioner, Bartow County
- County Appointed Category: Nancy Jones, Administrator, Wayne County
- City Elected Category: Cecil Pruett, Mayor, City of Canton
- City Appointed Category: Michael Brown, Manager, City of Savannah
- 2006 Awards Wrap-Up
2005 Awards
- State/Local Category: Norman Fletcher, Former Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
- County Elected Category: Benjamin Hayward, Chair, Mitchell County Commission
- County Appointed Category: Ecleamus Ricks, Administrator, Macon-Bibb County Health Department
- City Elected Category: Gerald Thompson, Mayor, City of Fitzgerald
- City Appointed Category: John Bennett, Manager, City of Rome
- 2005 Awards Wrap-Up
2004 Awards
- State/Regional Category: Lonice Barrett, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- County Elected Category: Wayne Hill, Chair, Gwinnett County Commission
- County Appointed Category: David Hankerson, Manager, Cobb County
- City Elected Category: Bob Knox, Mayor, City of Thomson
- City Appointed Category: Larry Hanson, Manager, City of Valdosta
- 2004 Awards Wrap-Up
2003 Awards
- State Category: Kenneth Breeden, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Technical & Adult Education
- County Elected Category: Stephen Gooch, Sole Commissioner, Lumpkin County Commission
- County Appointed Category: Charlotte Nash, County Administrator, Gwinnett County
- City Elected Category: Jim Burgess, Mayor, City of Social Circle
- City Appointed Category: Peggy Merriss, City Manager, City of Decatur.
- 2003 Awards Wrap-Up
