The Georgia History Festival culminates with the Trustees Gala – GHS’s premiere annual event. The 2017 Trustees Gala draws an audience of business and civic leaders from across the state of Georgia. Governor Nathan Deal joins GHS to honor and induct the 2017 Georgia Trustees: F. Duane Ackerman, former Chairman and CEO of BellSouth, and member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and A.D. “Pete” Correll, Chairman of Atlanta Equity, Chairman of Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation Board, and former Chairman of Georgia-Pacific.