Campaign Volunteer, 1992-present

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 45, 2024

Representative, Georgia State House of Repesentatives, District 45, 2023-Present

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 43, 1996-2023

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 45, 2022

Candidate, State of Georgia House of Representatives, District 43, 2020

House of Representatives Liasion, Georgia Holocaust Commission, 2005-Present

Member, Health Committee

Member, Human Relations and Aging Committee

Member, Judiciary Non-Civil Committee

Chair, Public Health Committee

Member, Regulated Industries Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Special Committee on Healthcare

Member, Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-present

Ex-Officio, Health Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Human Relations & Aging Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Chair, Public Health Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Regulated Industries Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Special Committee on Healthcare, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Chair Emeritus, Majority Caucus, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2007-present

Former Member, Advisory Committee on Foster Care

Former Member, National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women

Former Chair, Special Committee on Saving Grady Memorial Hospital

Former Chair, Special Committeee on Certificate of Need

Former Chair, Health and Human Services Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-2020, 2021-2022

Chair, Majority Caucus, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2004-2007

Chair, Minority Caucus, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2002-2004

Member, 6th District Congressional Task Force on Medicare Reform, 1995

Vice-President/Business Manager, J.T. Cooper MC Professional Company, 1976-present

Medical Administrator, present

Author, present

Registered Nurse, present

Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing, Gordon Keller School of Nursing, present

Former Assistant Director, Hall School of Nursing, 1972-1975

Former Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences, Breneau College, 1970-1972

Member, Cobb Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, American Business Women's Association

Member, Board of Directors, Congregations for Affordable Housing

Member, Board of Directors, Coverdell Leadership Institute

Member, Board of Directors, High Museum of Art

Member, Board of Directors, Historic Oakland Cemetery

Member, Board of Directors, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art

Graduate, Coverdell Leadership Institute

Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity

Volunteer, Humane Society

Member, Tea Scotts Board, Scottish Rite Hospital

Awards:

Legislative Leadership Award, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Friend of the Consumer Award, Georgia Watch, 2009
Legislator of the Year, Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers, 2008
Leadership Award, Department of Human Recourses, 2007
Legislator of the Year, Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, 2007
One of Georgia's Most Influential Legislators, James Magazine, 2006, 2007
Legislative Leadership Award, Georgia Hospital Association, 2005
Cobb Community Service Award, Chabad of Cobb, 2012
Legion of Honor Award, The Chapel of Four Chaplains, 2013
Legislator of the Year, Georgia Republican Party, 2000

Publications:

Taxpayer's Tea Party, 1994
Two textbooks on Psychiatric Nursing