Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 175, 2006-2017

Floor Leader, Georgia State House of Representatives, 2011-2012

Changed Political Party, from Democrat to Republican, November 2010

Former Member, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Governmental Affairs Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Member, Small Business Development Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on General Government, Georgia State House of Representatives

Diversified Cooperative Training Coordinator, Lowndes High School, present

Teacher, Work-Based Learning Coordinator, Lowndes High School, present

Former Business & Office Technology Instructor, Valdosta Technical College

Member, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Council, 2013-present

Volunteer, American Red Cross, present

Member, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, present

Member, Board of Trustees, Valdosta Technical College Foundation, present

Volunteer, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, present

Member, First Christian Church, present

Deacon/Member, First Christian Church, present

Member, First Lady's Children's Cabinet, present

Sponsor, Future Georgia Educators, Lowndes High School, present

Member, Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education (GACTE), present

Member, Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), present

Member, Habitat for Humanity, present

Member, Lowndes Education Improvement Foundation Trustee, present

Member, Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE), present

Trustee, R. Wayne Alexander Memorial Scholarship, present

Volunteer, United Way, present

Coordinator, Valdosta Junior Service League, present

Member, Valdosta-North Rotary Club, present

Former Member, Trade and Industrial Educators of Georgia (TIEGA)

Member, Conservative Policy Leadership Foundation, 2010-2011

Member, Board of Trustees, Leadership Lowndes, 1998-2000

Chair, Lowndes Youth Leadership League, 1999

Awards:

2015 Council of State Governments Southern Legislative Conference Henry Toll Fellow
2014 Store Front Award, Georgia Convenience Stores Association
2014 Named Georgia Chamber Business Champion
2013 Named one of four Power Women by Georgia Trend Magazine
2012 Loyce W. Turner Public Service Award by Valdosta State University Public Administration Program
2011-2012 Liberty Bell Award Winner by the Valdosta Bar Association
Honorary State FFA Degree, 2009
Georgia Association for Career and Technical Legislator of the Year, 2007
Georgia School Counselors Association Legislator of the Year, Region 11, 2007
Lowndes County Schools Distinguished Alumni of the Year, 2007
Azalea City Kiwanis Club Citizen of the Year, 2005
Valdosta-North Rotary Club Most Outstanding Member, 2004
Leadership Georgia's Dale Threadgill Community Service Award, 2004
Valdosta Woman of the Year, 2003
Georgia's Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year, 2002