Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 38, 1998-present

Former Minority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 38, 2020

Member, Platform Committee, Democratic Party, 2012

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Education and Youth Committee

Member, Judicial Subcommittee

Member, Special Judiciary Committee

Member, State Institutions and Property Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations

Former Member, Education and Youth Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Health & Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, State and Local Governmental Operations, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Human Development and Public Health, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Georgia State Senate

President, Tate, Marsh and Associates, Incorporated, present

Former Employee, Apollo Travel Services

Former Employee, Georgia Department of Labor

Former Employee, United Airlines

Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, present

Member, Atlanta-Fulton County Senate Delegation, present

Member, Board of Directors, Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, present

Member, Cascade United Methodist Church, present

Volunteer Software Instructor, Local Churches, present

Member, Rosalie Wright Community Council, present

Member, United Methodist Women Group, present

Former Chapter Corresponding Secretary, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Kappa Omega Chapter

Former Computer Literacy Advisor, Butler Street Young Men's Christian Association

Former Clark Atlanta University Delegate, International Community Education Conference

Former Vice President, Rosalie Wright Community Council

Speaker, Atlanta/Athens Upward Bound Awards Program, 2001

Member, Finer Womanhood Observance Program, 1999

Awards:

Leader of Distinction Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 1999, 2000, 2003;
Unity Award, Atlanta Job Corps, 2001;
Public Servant Award, Coalition on Hunger, 2001;
Distinguished Public Servant Award, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Merchant Association, 2000;
Outstanding Leadership Award, Medical Staff of Southwest Hospital and Medical Center, 2000;
Outstanding Achievement Award, National Women of Achievement, 1999;
Top 100 Women of Vision Award, Atlanta Business League;

Father's Name:

Honorable Horace E. Tate

Father's Occupation:

Senator Emeritus-District 38

Priority Issues:

Healthcare:
Worked to establish funding for an operational trauma care network and increased the numbers of Georgia's children that are covered by health insurance

Education:
Fought to stop the diversion of money from our public schools where the majority of our children will obtain their basic education

Homestead Exemption:
Doubled the amount of exemptions over three years that has lowered residential property taxes

Protecting Consumers:
Sponsored legislation to reduce the number of foreclosures in Georgia

Seniors:
Identified methods to make prescription drugs more affordable