Georgia's 50 Most Influential Women For 2007 

Juanita Baranco

 Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer of Baranco Automotive Group

Juanita Baranco already had a successful career before becoming the Assistant Attorney General for the state of Georgia.  She and her husband co-founded the Baranco Automotive Group in 1978, becoming one of the first African American owned car dealerships in the metropolitan Atlanta area.  Since then, the Barancos have acquired several other dealerships with annual sales reaching $100 million dollars.  Juanita's extensive involvement in education also led her to be appointed by Governor Zell Miller to the Board of Regents in 1995, becoming the first African American woman to chair that board.

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