Senator Gloria Butler's Biography

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Gloria Butler

Senator Gloria Butler's Biography

Full Name:	Gloria Butler
Office:	State Senate (GA) - District 55, Democratic
First Elected:	1998
Last Elected:	11/06/2012
Next Election:	2014

Gender:	Female
Family:	Divorced; 2 Children: Felicia, Leslie
Birth Date:	12/25/1941
Birth Place:	Daytona Beach, FL
Home City:	Clarkston, GA
Religion:	Baptist

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AA, Business Administration, Georgia Perimeter College, 1984

Senator, Georgia State Senate, 1998-present
Deputy Minority Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2005-2011
Director, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's Get Out the Vote Campaign, 1992

Ethics, Secretary
Health and Human Services, Member
Public Safety, Member
Rules, Member
State and Local Governmental Operations, Member
Urban Affairs, Secretary

Vice Chair of Finance, Democratic Caucus, Georgia State Senate, 2011-present
Member, State Boards and Commissions Study, 2000
Member, MARTOC - Manta Overview Commission, 1999-2000
Member, Workforce Investment State Board, 1999-2000
Member, Dekalb Women's Political Caucus, 1995-2000
Governing Member, National Women's Political Caucus
Former Member, Regulated Industries & Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Secretary, State Institutions & Property Committee, Georgia State Senate

Executive Assistant, Dekalb County Sheriff's Office, 1997-1999
Assistant to the Director, AmeriCorps Team For National Service, 1996
Legislative Assistant, United States Congress, Congresswoman McKinney, 1993-1995
Fiscal Accounting Assistant, Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, 1981-1993
United States Speaker Program, United States Information Agency

Member, Lakeside Methodist Church, present
Member, National Organization for Women, present
Volunteer, Positive Growth, present
Volunteer, VIBE, present
Member, National Council of Negro Women, 1995-2000
Executive Board, DeKalb County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1992-2000

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