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