30th Anniversary Gala Co-Chairs

Letty & Bill Ashworth

Ginair & George McKerrow

Jennifer & Randy Rudderman

Gala Honorees

Bill Nye

Superhero for Earth Award

Jane Fonda

Exemplar Award

Jerome Foster II

Young Hero for Earth Award

Gala Emcees

Hannah Testa

Hannah Testa is a sustainability advocate, international speaker, author, TEDx speaker, politico, and founder of Hannah4Change, a non-profit dedicated to fighting issues that impact the planet. She is a vegan who enjoys healthy living and loves to share her passion with others. Hannah excels at partnering with businesses and government to influence them to develop more sustainable practices.

Hannah has received numerous honors and awards, including the People Magazine’s “10 Girls Changing the World”, TEEN Vogue’s “21 Under 21”, Teen Earth Day Hero by CNN, the Action for Nature International Young Eco-Hero Award, and many others. She is a board member for several organizations including Captain Planet Foundation and The HAPPY Org., and a youth ambassador for several other organizations.

Christi Paul

You will find Christi Paul every weekend morning anchoring CNN New Day as well as anchoring/reporting on HLN’s The Daily Share during the week. Christi has covered President Obama’s second inauguration in Washington, DC, was on the news desk walking viewers through the first five hours of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting and the Virginia Tech shooting.

 She has also extensively reported on Hurricane Sandy, several presidential elections and secured an exclusive interview with Vice-President Joe Biden, talking about his motivation to combat domestic violence as well as addressing the issues with Obamacare.

Sponsors

Visionary Sponsor

  • Delta Air Lines

Guardian Sponsors

  • WarnerMedia
  • Eunjae Kim & Arturo Peralta-Ramos Charitable Trust
  • Peter Conlon – LiveNation

Exclusive Luxury and Lifestyle Magazine Sponsors

  • Modern Luxury

Hero Sponsors

  • Cox Enterprises
  • Turner Enterprises, Inc
  • Davis, Pickren, Seydel & Sneed
  • Novelis
  • The Ray C Anderson Foundation
  • Kellogg Garden Products
  • Dole Packaged Foods
  • Jane Smith Turner Foundation
  • Goshay Productions
  • Drummond
  • Dr. Rudderman Plastic Surgery (Randy Rudderman)
  • EJF Philanthropies
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Turner Foundation, Inc
  • Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation
  • Squish Organics
  • Voya Financial
  • National Society of High School Scholars
  • Ted’s Montana Grill
Bluff Park Elementary's Garden

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Previous Honorees

Each year, we give a series of awards that highlight outstanding, real life environmental heroes. Explore previous awardees and read about the work they are doing for the planet!

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