Mark Lackey, President
Atlanta Housing Source
at Solid Source Realty, Inc.
2011 Pinnacle Award Winner
(1-9 employees)

In 2005, Mark Lackey and his wife, Anne, started Atlanta Housing Source at Solid Source Realty Inc., a residential real estate team that serves homebuyers and sellers in the greater North Atlanta suburban area. Now six years later, the company manages approximately 200 homes in the Gwinnett County region and a team of customer-oriented real estate agents concerned with providing the highest and finest level of service to the consumer.

“We serve our clients understanding that the relationship with them is more important than the transaction,” said Mark Lackey, president of Atlanta Housing Source. “We go the second mile with an attitude of gratitude.”

Teddy Russell,
Chief Financial Officer
Russell Landscape Group, Inc.
2011 Pinnacle Award Winner
(100+ employees)

For more than 24 years, Russell Landscape Group, Inc. has perfectly personified how a successful family-owned and managed business should operate. As commercial landscaping experts, the company offers a complete line of diverse landscape services catering to commercial buildings, townhomes and condominiums, and homeowners associations. Their strong company foundation and top-down management style has earned them a place them as industry leaders.

“We have monthly management meetings solely focused on making sure we’re staying innovative, focused on the customer and in touch with every aspect of the business,” says Teddy Russell.

Susan Boland Butts,
Chief Executive Officer
Hi-Hope Service Center
2011 Pinnacle Non-Profit Award Winner (large)

For last 50 years, Hi-Hope Service Center has improved the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
Through their weekly programs, supportive employment services and residential group homes, the center has increased individuals’ opportunities to contribute to their community, whether through working, volunteering or participating in community activities.

Adam Pomeranz,
Chief Executive Officer
Annandale at Suwanee, Inc.
2011 Pinnacle Non-Profit Award Winner (medium)

Known as one of Georgia’s best community homes, Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. (or Annandale Village) was founded in 1969 by Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell Berry. This top-notch facility serves as a community for adults with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury, encouraging them to reach personal a complishments, maximize independence and achieve responsible community living in a safe, supportive environment.

Judy Waters, Executive Director
Community Foundation
for Northeast Georgia
2011 Pinnacle Non-Profit Award Winner (small)

“Connecting People who Care with Causes that Matter” explains the mission of the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia (CFNEG), an organization serving people for 26 years in the Northeast Georgia region.

“We help individuals and corporations to successfully achieve their philanthropic goals by providing a variety of tools needed to make a charitable gift,” says Judy Waters, executive director of CFNEG.

An important part of CFNEG’s work is building permanent endowment funds. Depending on the donor’s intent, the earnings can be used for operating budget, scholarship funds, programs or to address other organizational needs. The CFNEG recently created a fund to benefit Gwinnett County Public Schools graduates. Since 2000, more than $1.5 million in scholarship grants have been awarded to students who want to continue their quest for knowledge by pursuing higher education.