Senator Jennifer Jordan (District 6)

Senator Jennifer Jordan was sworn in to the Senate on December 15, 2017, representing the 6th district including parts of Smyrna, Vinings, north Atlanta and Sandy Springs. Jordan is a member of the Banking and Financial Institutions, Government Oversight, Interstate Cooperation, Reapportionment and Redistricting, Science and Technology, and Special Judiciary committees.

Raised in rural South Georgia by a single mom who worked as a hairdresser, Jen Jordan learned first-hand the value of hard work and the importance of creating an economy that works for everyone. It was Jen's public-school teachers who encouraged her to go to college, and by studying hard and working minimum wage jobs, Jen found a way to complete her education. From kindergarten to graduating magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of law, Jen is a product of Georgia's public education system. And because of her passion for fairness, Jen became a lawyer who stands up for those the system has failed. Jen has been a resident of the Sixth District for more than 15 years, where she lives with her husband Lawton and two children.

Senator Kay Kirkpatrick (District 32)

Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, a Republican, represents the 32nd District, which includes East Cobb and Sandy Springs. She serves as a member of the Health and Human Services, Public Safety, Science and Technology and Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committees.

Senator Kirkpatrick has been an orthopaedic hand surgeon in Atlanta for over 30 years and was previously the president of Resurgens Orthopaedics. Senator Kirkpatrick serves as a team leader at the Ronald McDonald House where she participates in pet therapy through the Happy Tails Pet Therapy Program. She is also a district coordinator for the Medical Association of Georgia’s Medical Reserve Corps. and is determined to contribute to Georgia’s ability to respond to disaster and emergency situations. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a consultant and lecturer on patient safety in surgery. She is also a member of the East Cobb Rotary.

Senator Kirkpatrick graduated from the University of Kentucky and earned her medical degree from the University of Louisville. Her husband Tom is an emergency physician. She and Tom have two young adult children. Kay and Tom are active members of East Cobb United Methodist Church.

Senator Michael Rhett (District 33)

Senator Michael Rhett was first elected to the state Senate in 2014 to represent a portion of Cobb County. He is the first African American to be elected to the state Senate from Cobb County. Senator Rhett is member of the Retirement, Banking and Financial Institutions, Economic Development and Tourism, and Veterans, Military and Homeland committees.

Senator Rhett currently serves as a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force Reserves at Dobbins Air Force Reserve Base in Marietta, GA, where he manages personnel, prepares young people for leadership and works as a training instructor for the 700th Airlift Squadron. Senator Rhett is a Vocational, Educational and Instructional Coordinator at Jefferson Place and City of Refuge. Senator Rhett is the Jr. Vice Commander of American Legion Post 296. Among the various community committees he serves on, he is a member of the Cobb County NAACP, Cobb County SCLC, Austell Community Taskforce, Powder Springs Economic Development Committee, Six Flags Drive Stakeholder Economic Community Development Committee and the Cobb County Commission of the Children & Youth. Senator Rhett is a trustee for Turner Chapel AME Church in Marietta.

Senator Bruce Thompson (District 14)

Senator Bruce Thompson was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2013. He represents Senate District 14, which includes portions of Cherokee, Bartow and Cobb counties. Sen. Thompson serves as Vice Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee and Secretary of the State Institutions and Property Committee. He is also a member of Economic Development and Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committees.

Sen. Thompson served four years in the United States Military as a tank commander. Since his time serving in the military, Sen. Thompson has become a successful businessman and entrepreneur. He currently owns two software companies, Quoteburst and Lifecycle, as well as a company that manufactures automatic and manual pool covers, Coverstar Automatic Safety Covers. He also serves as a board of director or Northside Bank and as an insurance agent for Allstate.

Senator Lindsey Tippins (District 37)

Senator Lindsey Tippins was first elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2010. He represents Senate District 37, located in Northwest Cobb County. He serves as Chairman of the Education and Youth Committee and sits on the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Transportation committees.

Sen. Tippins previously served for 12 years on the Cobb Board of Education during which he served as chairman for three years. He is the past president of the Georgia Utility Contractor Association and the North Georgia State Fair and has served as a long time board member of both organizations. Sen. Tippins is a board member of the Calvary Children's Home, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Atlanta Metro region), and was appointed by Governor Perdue to serve on the Georgia Student Finance Commission.

Senator Horacena Tate (District 38)

Senator Horacena Tate was first elected to the Georgia Senate from the 38th District in 1999. Sen. Tate currently serves on the Appropriations, Education and Youth, Health and Human Services, Retirement, Rules and Urban Affairs committees.

Dr. Tate currently serves as president of Tate, Marsh and Associates, Inc., a software training, management training and technical writing firm. Sen. Tate is very active in community affairs. She has been the computer literacy advisor for the Butler Street YMCA, a volunteer software instructor for local churches, a delegate representing ClarkAtlanta University at the International Community Education Conference in Trinidad and a speaker for several Metro Atlanta public school functions. During 2001, she served as vice president of Rosalie Wright Community Council. Sen. Tate currently serves as chair of the Atlanta-Fulton County Senate Delegation.

Representative Roger Bruce (District 61)

Representative John Carson (District 46)

Representative John Carson was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in October 2011 Special Election run-off. He represents the 46th District, which includes northeast Cobb and southeast Cherokee Counties. He is a CPA and is employed with SunTrust Bank in the Commercial Real Estate group. John was previously employed with Home Depot (Atlanta), KPMG (Atlanta, London UK, and New York) and GE Capital (Connecticut).

John belongs to the following civic/professional organizations: Northeast Cobb Business Association, Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Cobb County YoungLife (Committee member), Georgia Society of CPAs, and the Commercial Finance Association. In addition, he has also been associated with Rotary International, Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout), Cobb County Commission for Children & Youth (Treasurer, member of Executive Committee), Alpha Ministries, MUST Ministries and the KSU Graduate Student Association (past President).

Representative Sharon Cooper (District 43)

Representative Sharon Cooper was first elected in 1996 and is currently serving her 7th term as the State Representative for the 41st District of Georgia. In 2000 Cooper was chosen as legislator of the year by the Georgia Republican Party and in 2002 she was elected Caucus Chairman by her Republican colleagues. In 2004 she was elected Majority Caucus Chairman making her the highest ranking woman in the Georgia House. In 2007, in response to her ever increasing committee responsibilities, Rep. Cooper assumed the role of Caucus Chair Emeritus.

Currently Rep. Cooper chairs the Health and Human Services committee, one of the busiest committees in the House. She was also appointed chairman of the Special Committee on Certificate of Need as well as chair of the Special Committee on Grady Hospital. Rep. Cooper is also a member of the Rules, Judiciary Non-Civil and Regulated Industries committees.

Representative Matt Dollar (District 45)

Representative Earl Ehrhart (District 36)

Representative Earl Ehrhart was first elected in 1988 and is the longest serving Republican in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 36, which includes portions of Northwest Cobb County. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee where he serves as Vice-Chairman of Higher Education, Banks and Banking, Higher Education, Rules, and State Institutions and Property Committees. Previously, Earl served as National Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nationwide, bipartisan group of legislators.

The National Federation of Independent Business has named Earl a "Guardian of Small Business", due to his years of work for businesses in Georgia. Recently, Earl received the "Champion of the Free Enterprise System Award" from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia. He also received awards from the Medical Association of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, The Twenty Second Air Force Reserve, and the Georgia Federation of Young Republican.

Representative Teri Anulewicz (District 42)

Representative Teri Anulewicz was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in a special election in November 2017. She represents House District 42, which includes parts of Smyrna and Marietta, as well as areas in unincorporated Cobb County. Prior to her service in the Legislature, Teri spent a decade representing Ward 3 on the Smyrna City Council. She was first elected in 2007, and was elected to her third term in 2015. In 2016, she was appointed Mayor Pro Tem.

In addition to representing Ward 3, Teri is involved with organizations including the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, the Girl Scouts of America, and the Junior League of Atlanta. In 2008, she was named a "20 Rising Stars Under 40" by Cobb Life Magazine, and in 2012, she was recognized as a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA of Northwest Georgia.

You can contact Representative Anulewicz at:
42nd House District
409-F Coverdell Legislative Office Bldg., Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: (404) 656-0116
Email: teri.anulewicz@house.ga.gov

Representative Rich Golick (District 40)

Representative Rich Golick is serving his 7th term in the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 34th State House District in Cobb County based in Smyrna. He serves as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee (Non-Civil), the Insurance Committee, the Retirement Committee, the Appropriations Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee. Previous to assuming the Chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee this year, Rich served as Governor Sonny Perdue's Senior Administration Floor Leader in the State House for five years.

During his tenure in the State House Rich has been recognized by various groups for his legislative achievements, including the Georgia District Attorneys Association, the Georgia Association of Educators, the Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Conservation Voters, Cure Autism Now and Georgia Watch.

Representative Sheila Jones (District 53)

Representative Don Parsons (District 44)

Representative Albert Reeves (District 34)

Representative Albert Reeves was elected into the Georgia General Assembly in 2014 to represent House District 34, in Cobb County, which contains parts of Marietta and Kennesaw. Bert is an attorney, where he works as a partner in the Marietta law firm Garrett McNatt Hennessey & Carpenter 360, LLC. Before joining GMHC360, he spent five years as a prosecutor, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County.

An active member of his community, Bert is a member of the Marietta Rotary Club, the Kennesaw Business Association (board member), and a graduate of Leadership Cobb. He has served on the board of directors for The Strand Theatre, Reconnecting Families, Marietta Visitors Bureau, Leadership Cobb Alumni Association Executive Board, Cobb County Bar Association Board of Trustees, Junior League of Cobb-Marietta Community Advisory Board, and served as Chaplain for the Cobb Bar Assocation. Bert chaired the leadership program, Cobb Youth Leadership, for 2012-2013. He was named the “Ross Adams Cobb County Young Lawyer of the Year” in 2012 by the Cobb Bar Association and is an alumnus of the Georgia State Bar Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.

Representative Ed Setzler (District 35)

Representative Ed Setzler was first elected in 2004, serving as the Chairman of the General & Juvenile Law Subcommittee of Judiciary Committee (Non-civil) and on the Education, Appropriations, Transportation, and Rules committees.

As a citizen legislator, Rep. Setzler works as an Engineering Manager at MACTEC, a nationwide engineering and environmental firm based in metro-Atlanta. Since joining MACTEC in 2001, Ed has directed a nationwide environmental testing program impacting over 800 communities nationwide and served as a facilities engineering consultant to the US military.

Representative Michael Smith (District 41)

Representative Michael Smith represents the 41st House District of Georgia, which includes Marietta, Powder Springs, and Smyrna. Smith ran for office because he wanted to bring commonsense and leadership to the General Assembly. Since he has been elected, Smith has built a proven track record of fighting for policies that will reduce the amount of regulations and create an environment that will help to strengthen our nation's economy and create jobs, protect our seniors, and return fairness to our justice system.

Representative Smith serves on three committees that allow him to directly address and influence many issues important to the 41st district, as well as shape how the overall state government functions. He is an active member of the Science and Technology, Code Revision and Special Rules Committees.

Representative Sam Teasley (District 37)

Representative Erica Thomas (District 39)

Representative Erica Thomas was first elected to the State House in 2014, serving parts of Austell, Mableton and Smyrna. Thomas is a member of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight, Juvenile Justice and Science and Technology Committees.

Rep. Thomas’ adamant support for young children urged her to develop Speak Out Loud, a non-profit with the vision of giving a voice to foster kids who have been silenced because of their circumstances. She instills knowledge, ambition and a sense of purpose into the lives of young people, so they will be able to take control of their lives and defeat the odds. Speak Out Loud has expanded across the country, and established chapters in Sapeles and Lagos, Nigeria. In her effort to create a better study environment for young children, Erica is working on building libraries across the continent of Africa. In 2013, she received the Ambassador for Peace Award from the Global Peace Foundation. In addition, Erica has served as Political Chair for the Young Democrats of Georgia.

Representative David Wilkerson (District 38)

Representative David Wilkerson has been active in Georgia politics for nearly 20 years. He has volunteered on numerous campaigns and served in various leadership positions with the Democratic Party, where he recently served as Cobb County Democratic Party Chairman. David was the first African American to serve in this position in Cobb County. Currently, David is a Project Consultant at Deloitte & Touche of Resources Global Professionals.

His volunteer activities have included Junior Achievement, Osborne Community Coalition, Russell Elementary PTA and Dad's Club, Cobb County Schools Facility and Technology Committee, the Cobb Schools Foundation, serving on local non profit boards, and serving as an Elder at his church.