Former Majority Caucus Vice Chair, Georgia State Senate

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 37, 2010-2023

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 37, 2020

Member/Chair, Cobb County Board of Education, 1997-2008

Former Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Education and Youth Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, Finance Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, National Resources & The Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Retirement Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Management and General Government, Georgia State Senate

Founder/Owner, Tippins Contracting Company, Incorporated, 1969-present

Founding Director, Northwest Bank and Trust

Board Member, Calvary Children's Home, present

Member/Elder/Deacon, Midway Presbyterian Church, present

Vice Chair, Republican Caucus, present

Former Board Member, Cobb Community Foundation

Board Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Atlanta Metropolitan Region

Former President/Board Member, Georgia Utility Contractor Association

Former Board Member/Former President, North Georgia State Fair

Board Member, Georgia Student Finance Commission, 2003-2010

Favorite Quote:

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift"

"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong"

"You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer"

"You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income"

"You cannot establish security on borrowed money"

"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence"

"You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves"

*All quotes attributed to Abraham Lincoln*

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Spending time with family, friends and his 6 grandchildren.
Quail Hunting
Water Sports

Number of Grandchildren:

6