Leadership
Elizabeth Cleveland
Board Chair
Elizabeth is a 5th grade math teacher at Stratford Academy and a community volunteer. She is originally from Dallas, Texas, graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South, and received her MBA from the University of Dallas. Elizabeth has lived in Macon for almost 26 years and has served as the President of the Junior League of Macon and as a board member of The Children’s Hospital Community Board. She is married to Macon native, Bobby and is the mother of two grown sons.
Kenny Burgamy
Festival Chair
Kenny is a Macon native, where he was a 1979 graduate of Southwest High School. He studied mass communications at Macon College and graduated from Atlanta’s Columbia School of Broadcasting, with a focus on broadcast journalism. Kenny began his broadcast career in March 1980. In the span of more than 30+ years, Kenny has worked in the areas of radio and television news, talk radio, programming, and operations. Kenny was named Best Local Radio Personality in 2003, and again in 2008 by the Central Georgia Advertising Federation.
He has interviewed two U.S. Presidents, hundreds of federal, state, and local politicians and dignitaries, while discussing the important issues facing the community, state, and nation. In 2007, Atlantic Southern Bank, based in Macon, hired him as their Corporate Communications Director. From 2008 until 2012, Kenny wrote a weekly column for the Macon Telegraph that appeared in Sunday papers and served as a visiting member of the Macon Telegraph’s Editorial Board.
Kenny joined WMAZ television as morning anchor in 2012. In 2014, he joined the staff of the Georgia Farm Bureau and started a stint as co-anchor and Field Reporter with the Farm Monitor TV program seen on 12 Georgia television stations, Georgia Public Broadcasting and national cable channel RFD-TV based in Nashville, TN.
In the Fall of 2016, Kenny was named Brand Marketing Manager at Farm Bureau. He was named Associate Director of Information/Public Relations in February 2018. In May 2019, Kenny was promoted to the position of Director of Information/Public Relations. He serves on several Macon area community boards including; Macon’s International Cherry Blossom Festival and South State Bank’s Community Board. Kenny and his wife Dawn have been married 39 years and have one married daughter, Morgan Adams. They have one granddaughter, Kennedy Adams born in April 2020.
Stacy Moore
President and CEO
Carolyn Crayton
Founder
Carolyn Crayton*
Founder
Alex Habersham*
Habersham Enterprises
Ivan Allen*
Past Board Chair
Central Georgia Technical College
Elizabeth Cleveland*
2022-2023 Board Chair
Stratford Academy
Kenny Burgamy*
2022-2023 Festival Chair
Georgia Farm Bureau
David Danzie
Synovus Bank
Kaitlynn Kressin
Fall Line Brewing Company
Stacy Moore*
President & CEO
Karla Redding- Andrews*
Incoming Festival Chair
Otis Redding Foundation
Paul Hart*
Treasurer
R.A. Bowen Trust
Bill Fickling III*
Fickling Family
Don Bailey*
Chairman’s Club Chair
Graphic Resource
Yvonne Gabriel
Mercer University
Dr. Jimmy Asbell
Vineville Methodist Church
Jean Bragg
Travis Jean Emporium
Gary Wheat
Visit Macon
Patty Gibbs
Natasha Christian
Macon Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Gregory Brown
Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning
Chrissy Miner
The Miner Agency
Ember Bishop- Bentley
Middle Georgia State University
Mary Bowman- Hampton
Cox Communications
Chris Floore
Macon-Bibb Communications
Kenna Scragg
ICB Construction Group
Cassandra Cox
Georgia Power
Jessica Cork
YKK
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Staff
Stacy Moore
PRESIDENT & CEO
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Robin Cochran
MERCHANDISE & ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
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Jenny O'Neal
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
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Katie Hart
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
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Scarlett Farr
ROYALTY COORDINATOR
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Antonio Watkins
CAROLYN CRAYTON PARK OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Hannah Jett Theus
DIRECTOR, MARKETING & FULFILLMENT
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Sarah Ford
COMMUNITY EVENTS MANAGER
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Chairman’s Club
Charles A. Jay
1982-1983: KMBBC Chair
1990-1991: CBF Chair
1994-1995: Festival Chair
William P. Simmons*
1982-1983: Festival Chair
Harold C. Weathers*
1983-1984: KMBBC Chair
1984-1985: KMBBC Chair
1991-1992: CBF Chair
William O. Faulkner
1983-1984: Festival Chair
Dr. Kirby Godsey
1984-1985: Festival Chair
J. Alan Neal*
1985-1986: KMBBC Chair
1986-1987: KMBBC Chair
Dr. Robert K. Ackerman
1985-1986: Festival Chair
Dr. S. Aaron Hyatt
1986-1987: Festival Chair
Marion Byrd
1987-1989: KMBCC Chair
Buckner F. Melton
1987-1988: Festival Chair
Carr G. Dodson
1988-1989: Festival Chair
Thomas H. Faulk*
1989-1990: CBF Board Chair
A.P. “Buster” Barry
1989-1990: Festival Chair
Vernon Colbert
1990-1991: Festival Chair
Guy B. Eberhardt
1991-1992: Festival Chair
1992-1993: Festival Chair
1994-1995: CBF Board Chair
William T. “Bill” Wiley
1992-1993: Board Chair
1999-2000: Festival Chair
Emily P. Myers
1993-1994: CBF Board Chair
Melvin I. Kruger
1993-1994: Festival Chair
Bill Forget*
1995-1996: CBF Board Chair
1996-1997: Festival Chair
1997-1998: CBF Board Chair
Roy H. Fickling
1995-1996: Festival Chair
1998-1999: CBF Board Chair
Dr. John O’Shaughnessey
1997-1998: Festival Chair
1998-1999: CBF Board Chair
Donald K. Miller
1998-1999: Festival Chair
1999-2000: CBF Board Chair
Mark A. Stevens
2000-2001: CBF Board Chair
2001-2002: CBF Board Chair
Eddie Pruett*
2000-2001: Festival Chair
2001- 2022: CBF Board Chair
2004-2005: Festival Chair
William A. “Bill” Fickling II
2002-2003: CBF Board Chair
2003-2004: Festival Chair
Reverand Ronald E. Terry*
2002-2003: Festival Chair
2003-2004: Festival Chair
Paul Leath
2004-2005: CBF Board Chair
Steve Jukes
2005-2006: CBF Board Chair
2008-2009: CBF Board Chair
2009-2010: Festival Chair
Chip Cherry Jr.
2005-2006: Festival Chair
Shirley M. Buafo
2006-2007: CBF Board Chair
2007-2008: Festival Chair
Lowell L. Register
2006-2007: Festival Chair
2007-2008: CBF Board Chair
William Lee Robinson*
2008-2009: Festival Chair
2009-2010: CBF Board Chair
C. Steve Farr
2010-2011: CBF Board Chair
2011-2012: Festival Chair
Thomas J. Wicker
2010-2011: Festival Chair
2011-2012: CBF Board Chair
George McCanless
2012-2013: Board Chair
2013-2014: Festival Chair
Cyndey Busbee
2012-2013: Festival Chair
2013-2014: Board Chair
General Bob McMahon
2014-2015: Festival Chair
2015-2016: Board Chair
Thomas Bacote
2014-2015: Board Chair
2015-2016: Festival Chair
Stacy Ingram
2015-2016: Festival Chair
2016-2017: Board Chair
Don Bailey
2016-2017: Festival Chair
2017-2018: Board Chair
2018-2019: Board Chair
*Designates Deceased
Hall of Fame Inductees
Carolyn Crayton
Charles A. Jay
William “Bill” Fickling II
Donald K. Miller
Dee Newton
Eddie Pruett*
Harold C. Weathers*
Dr. John O’Shaughnessey
Karen J. Lambert
*Designates Deceased
