Full Name:
John Flanders Kennedy
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Susan; 2 Children: Katherine, Will
Birth Date:
08/20/1965
Home City:
Macon, GA
Religion:
Christian
JD, Mercer University, 1990
BA, Economics, Mercer University, 1987
Former Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 18, 2014-2025
President Pro Tempore, Georgia State Senate, 2023-2025
Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 18, 2022, 2024
Majority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate, 2017-2023
Administration Floor Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2015-2016
Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present
Member, Georgia Immigration Enforcement Review Board, 2013-present
Secretary, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Ex-Officio, Finance Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Ex-Officio, Health and Human Services Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Secretary, Judiciary Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Secretary, Regulated Industries and Utility Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Ex-Officio, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate, present
Former Chairman, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Ex-Officio, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Assignments Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Ex-Officio, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Ex-Officio, Insurance and Labor Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Science and Technology Committee, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial, Georgia State Senate
Former Ex-Officio, Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security Committee, Georgia State Senate
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner, James, Bates, Brannan, & Groover Limited Liability Partnership, present
Member, Boy Scouts of America Executive Board of Directors
Member, Board of Governors for the State Bar of Georgia, present
Member, Executive Board of Directors, Central Georgia Council, present
Member, Ingleside Baptist Church, present
Board Member, Macon Civic Club, present
Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Former President, Macon Bar Association
Graduated Member, Leadership Georgia, 2007
Member, Executive Committee of Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia, 1997-2002
Member, Younger Lawyers Executive Council, State Bar of Georgia, 1996-2002
Graduated Member, Leadership Macon, 2000