Former President Pro Tempore, Georgia State Senate, t

Former Senator, Georgia State Senate, 1998-2016

Majority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2005-2008

Former Chair, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Assignments Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Education & Youth Committee, Georgia State Senate

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

Member, Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) Scholarship Joint Study Commission

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Natural Resources and the Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Retirement Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Community Health, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Transportation Committee, Georgia State Senate

Graduate, Leadership Georgia, 1997

Tree/Ollive Farmer, Toombs County Farms, present

Public School Teacher

Deacon, First Baptist Church of Vidalia

Founding Owner, Georgia Pine Straw, Incorporated

Onion Farmer, Toombs County

Former President, Toombs County Chamber of Commerce

Former Board Member, Altamaha Bank of Vidalia

Member, Board of Trustees, Brewton Parker College

Member, First Baptist Church of Vidalia

Former Missionary, Southern Baptist International Mission Board

Board Member, Toombs County Health Department

Secretary/Treasurer, Toombs/Montgomery Vidalia Onion Growers Association