Atlanta-based Operation HOPE is doing it again. 

Between Dec. 10 and Dec. 12, the HOPE Global Forums will feature some of the best minds in the business, government and civic worlds — once again making Atlanta a centerpiece in the fight against poverty. This will be the 10th annual HOPE Global Forums — with Atlanta and the Hyatt Regency as its home base.

Consider the line-up:

Sam Altman, Open AI CEO (ChatGPT) who has just been named by Time Magazine as the CEO of the year;
Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla;
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell;
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian;
UPS CEO Carol Tomé;
Pastor T.D. Jakes;
Philanthropist and financier Michael Milken;
Wall Street Journal Publisher and Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour;
Tobi Lütke, Shopify founder and CEO;
William Rogers, CEO of Truist;
Tony Ressler, principal owner of the Atlanta Hawks;
Secretary Marcia Fudge of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; 
Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb;
Baseball legend Alex Rodrigues, CEO of A-Rod Corp.;
U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock;
Isabella Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration;
U.S. Census Director Robert L. Santos;
Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney;
Jessica Rosenworcel, chair of the Federal Communications Commission;
Entrepreneur and Hip-Hop legend Tip “T.I.” Harris;
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens; and so many more.

So who has the power to attract all these leaders to Atlanta?

The answer is John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO of Operation HOPE, who moved his base of operation from Los Angeles to Atlanta in 2016. 

Bryant was compelled to move the headquarters to Atlanta because it was the birthplace of the civil rights movement and because of his friendship with civil rights leader Andrew Young, who has played a prominent…