Heroes Saints & Legends and the Wesley Woods Foundation

The Wesley Woods Foundation’s annual Heroes, Saints & Legends event at Flourish on Sept. 18 honored three longtime leaders in the Atlanta region.

Doug Hooker, the former executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, was celebrated along with his wife, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, currently Atlanta’s city attorney.

The dinner celebrated the multi-dimensional contributions both have made over a span of several decades.

Hooker recently served as board chair of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and he is on the board of the Atlanta Housing Authority, the Fox Theatre and the Cornerstone Jazz Collective. He is an accomplished musician — an oboe player and composer — who also sings with the Trey Clegg Singers. It was no s

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