Previous Rising Star Award Recipients:
- Elizabeth Edel
- Kristen Ellis
- Trey Newstedt
- Alyssa Thys
- Whitney Jones
- Mikey Mooney
- Sarah Funderburk, APR
- Ashley Biondich
- Lindsay Cameron
- Laura Dudebout
- Kelsey Schmitt
- Morgan Sapp
- Sarah McLean Cannon
- Malika White
- Karen Cole
- Rachel Hadley
- Erin Steele
- Eric Glass
- Neil E. Hirsch
- Kim Englehardt
- Heather O’Dell
- Mary Sue Easmeil
- Patti Lucas
- Leslie P. Wagner
- Chad C. Boyd
- Michelle Campomanes Weese
- Christine McManus, APR
- Julia Brasfield
- Kelly Frommer
- Sandy Jones Manafi
- Karen Haggerty
- Sherry D. Jenkins
- Lisa R. Dudley
Previous Shining Star Award Recipients:
- Sarah Weston, APR
- Rachel Cushing
- Lauren Powers
- Jamie Cwalinski
- Daniel Groce
- Mary Newton, APR
- Annette Filliat, APR
- Ann Cave
- Jasmine Hoffman, APR
- Kent Landers, APR
- Patty Gregory
- Neil Hirsch, APR
- Elizabeth McMillan, APR
- Karlie Stanton, APR
- Carrie England, APR
- Kristina Heuman
- Lynne Unglo
- Allyson F. Park
- Gabrielle A. Braswell
- Tim Hussey, APR
- Cristina Anderson
- Christine McManus, APR
- Cathy Church Linton
- Jennifer Grizzle
- Mark Dvorak, APR
Previous Luminary Star Recipients:
- Kristie Swink Benson, APR
- Deisha Barnett
- Louise Mulherin
- Lisa Bigazzi Tilt
- Mary Dugenske, APR
- Elyse Hammett, APR
- Deisha Barnett
- J. Michael Neumeier, APR
- Alison Tyrer
- Don Rountree
- Stephen Brown
- Patti Styles
- Karen Haggerty
- Kimberly Lamkin Drew, APR
- Shira L. Miller
- Kristi Ledford
- Anthony Surratt
- Jennifer Grizzle
Previous recipients of Radiant Star Award in memory of Dyar Massey: (category discontinued after 2012)
- Renee Kopkowski
Judy DeRango Wicks, APR- Mark Dvorak, APR
- Alison Ilg
- Bari Love
- Julie Turner Davis
- Karla G. Harvill, APR
- Judith Webb, APR
Previous recipients of Distinguished Public Relations Award:
- Jill Savitt
- Renee Montgomery
- Carlos del Rio, M.D.
- Ron Clark
- Hala Moddelmog
- Bill Bolling
- James W. Wagner, Ph.D.
- Doug Shipman
- Gerald Grinstein
- Mayor Shirley Franklin
- Henry L. “Hank” Aaron
- Monica Kaufman
- Julie Gerberding
- Bernard Marcus
- Congressman John Lewis
- F. Duane Ackerman
- Alana Shepherd
- Betty L. Siegel, Ph.D.
- William P. (Billy) Payne
- Gerald Bartels
- Spurgeon Richardson
- Sam Massell
- Jimmy Carter
- Dr. Johnnetta Cole
- Andrew Young
- Dr. Terry Maple
- Larry Gellerstedt, Jr.
- Dan Sweat
- John Clendenin
- Alonzo Crim
- Truett Cathy
- Cecil Alexander
- George Crumbley
- Col Charles Scott
- Gov. George Busbee
- Bobby Dodd
- Ted Turner
- Charles Yates
- Herbert Jenkins
- Robert Ormsby
- Don Elliott Heald
- Dean Rusk
- Jasper Dorsey
- Dr. Benjamin Mays
- Richard E. Rich
- Harllee Branch, Jr.
- Dr. Sanford Atwood
- John Portman
- Opie Shelton
- Ivan Allen, Jr.
- Robert M. Wood
- William B. Hartsfield
Previous recipients of George Goodwin Award:
- Angie Champsaur, APR
- Karen Cole
- Bari Love
- Jenny Lynn Anderson, APR
- Julie Ralston
- Mack D. Secord, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Bob Hope
- Clay Owen
- Mary L. Sorrel
- Jason Anthoine, APR
- Stephen M. Brown
- Alicia Thompson
- John Walker
- Ellen Weaver Hartman, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Claudia Gaines Patton
- Leigh Coulter Beal, APR
- Glen Jackson
- Carol M. Flammer
- Jane E. Shivers
- John Knapp, APR
- Randy Siegel
- C. Richard Yarborough
- Amanda Brown-Olmstead, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Neva Rountree
- Carolyn Lee Wills
- Celia Boswell, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Marie Mulvenna
- James Wallace, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Jan Pringle
- Bob Watson, APR
- Paul Karelson, APR
- Donald Downs, APR
- John White, Jr., APR
- Dorotha “Ric” Willix, APR
- Larry Lowenstein
- Ed Lucas
- Willis Johnson, Jr.
- Roy Simmons, Jr., APR
- Gene Dyson, APR
- Al B. Richardson, APR
- Ralph Beck
- Richard Hodges, APR, Fellow PRSA
- Al Reddick
- Aston Albert
- Bill Simpson
- Don Gareis
- George Goodwin