Speaker Pro Tempore, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2022-present

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2002-present

Former Majority Whip, Georgia State House of Representatives

Candidate, State of Georgia House of Representatives, District 47, 2022, 2024

Speaker Pro Tempore, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2010-2022

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee

Member, Regulated Industries Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Education

Member, Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Committee

Member, Technology & Infrastructure Innovation, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2023-present

Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2021-present

Member, Education Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Member, Ethics Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Member, Reapportionment and Redistricting, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Member, Regulated Industries Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Member, Rules Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2019-present

Representative, Education Commission of the States, present

Georgia Member, Education Task Force, American Legislative Conference, present

Member, Education Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2009

Member, Education Committee, Southern Legislative Conference, 2009

Member, Education Policy Task Force, Council of State Governments, 2009

Member, Georgia Legislative Council, Southern Regional Education Board, 2007

Member, Land Conservation Partnership, 2006

Former Marketing Executive/Analyst/Auditor/Director, Home Box Office (HBO), Incorporated

Former Owner/Operator, Small Business

Member, Hope Grant Scholarship Program, present

Member, Northpoint Community Church, Alpharetta, Georgia, present

Favorite Quote:

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it is free." -P.J. O'Rourke

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn the flag." -Zell Miller

"Taxation with representation ain't so hot either." -Gerald Barzan, writer

"In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." -Eric Hoffer

"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" -George Bernard Shaw