Scott Mitchell, is a Certified Meditation Teacher with a B.S. in Psychology and studied Addiction Counseling at Mercer University. He is a serial entrepreneur with two businesses in Macon, Georgia: The Bohemian Den and Sweet Eleanor's Divine Desserts. He was the first LGBT Certified Business Enterprise in Macon, GA. He was the 2022 Macon-Bibb Chamber of Commerce Small Business Leader of the Year and was awarded the OUT Georgia Business Alliance 2022 Small Business of the Year. He is a 2021 and 2022 OUT Georgia Business Alliance Business Leader of the Year and Small Business of the Year finalist, the recipient of the 2020 Macon Arts Alliance Cultural Award, the Mentor's Project 2018 Board Member of the Year, and NewTown Macon's 2016 Downtown Ambassador Award. He is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Macon and won the 2018 inaugural NewTown Macon Entreprenuer’s Academy pitch competition. He serves on the boards of Main Street Macon, the Mentor's Project of Macon-Bibb, United Way of Central Georgia Homeless Initiative, and the Macon Film Festival. He is the current Chair of Marketing for Main Street Macon and serves on the Events Committee. During his time at Main Street, he has written several grants that have changed the landscape of downtown including the Macon Sculpture Walk, the Downtown Macon Music Park and SHINE. He is the Founder and current President of Macon Pride, and serves as the youth director for the Macon LGBTQIA+ Youth Group. In 2018, he helped draft the Macon-Bibb Comprehensive Civil Rights legislation and in 2021 hosted Understanding Comprehensive Civil Rights, a two day educational event to examine what protections against discrimination are needed for Macon-Bibb residents because of their race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or military status. He is in lay leadership at Centenary UMC where he just finished his term as the Chair of Ministries and is a lay delegate to the South Georgia Annual Conference. He is an Ambassador for OUTGeorgia and serves on the OUTGeorgia LGBT Entreprenuer’s Council. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family and furbabies, volunteering, cooking, traveling, watching Broadway shows, and cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs.