Proven Leadership and Community Involvement

• Georgia State Senate District 41 (2003-present)
• Georgia State Senate Minority Leader (2011-present)
• Georgia State Senate Democratic Caucus Whip (2009-2011)
• Georgia State Senate District 55 (1991-1999)
• Statewide candidate for Commissioner of Labor (1998)
• Chair of DeKalb Senate Delegation
• Former Assistant Floor Leader to the Governor
• Past Chair of the DeKalb Democratic Party
• Attended elementary and high school in DeKalb
• University of Georgia, Bachelor’s degree in Economics
• Vocational Administrator and teacher at Henson Training Institute
• Officer and member of numerous community and civic organizations including: Tucker Jaycees, Stone Mountain Exchange Club, DeKalb Lung Association, League of Women Voters, PRISM, Georgia Advisory Council for the Mentally Ill, Georgia Epilepsy Board and others
• DeKalb County resident for over 30 years