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Gloria Butler's Biography

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Full Name:

Gloria S. Butler

Gender:

Female

Family:

2 Children: Felicia, Leslie

Birth Date:

12/25/1941

Birth Place:

Daytona Beach, FL

Home City:

Stone Mountain, GA

Religion:

Baptist

Associate of Arts, Business Administration, Georgia Perimeter College, 1984

Vice Chair of Finance, Democratic Caucus, Georgia State Senate, 2011-2025

Minority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2025

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 1999-2025

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 2022

Minority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate, 2019-2021

Deputy Minority Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2005-2011

Former Member, Administrative Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate

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

Former Member, Medicaid Reform Study Committee

Former Member, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee

Former Vice Chair, Minority Caucus Finance Committee

Former Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Regulated Industries & Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former member, Senate Public Safety committee

Former Member, State Boards and Commissions Study

Former Secretary, State Institutions & Property Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, State and Local Governmental Operations Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Chair, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Secretary, Urban Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Executive Assistant, Dekalb County Sheriff's Office, 1997-1999

Assistant to the Director, AmeriCorps Team For National Service, 1996

United States Speaker Program, United States Information Agency, 1995-1996

Legislative Assistant, United States Congress, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, 1993-1995

Fiscal Accounting Assistant, Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, 1981-1993

Member, Child Fatality Review Pane, 2005-present

Member, National Council of Negro Women, 1995-present

Member, Advisory Board, DeKalb Junior League, present

Member, Berean Christian Church, present

Member, Lakeside Methodist Church, present

Member, National Organization for Women, present

Volunteer, Positive Growth, present

Member, South Dekalb Business Association Board, present

Volunteer, VIBE, present

State Director, Women in Government (WIG), present

State Director, Women in Legislative Lobby (WILL), present

Member, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Commission, 1999-2000

Executive Board, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), DeKalb County, 1992-2000

Member, Workforce Investment State Board, 1999-2000

Director, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's Get Out the Vote Campaign, 1992

Names of Grandchildren:

Grandchildren: Corey, Courtney; Great-Grandchildren: Zion Cornell, Corey, Cayden, Jase, Michael

Number of Grandchildren:

2 Grandchildren; 5 Great-Grandchildren

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