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For over a decade Matt Borron had dedicated his career to advocating for communities, service members, veterans and military families on the local, state and federal level. Mr. Borron currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer for the Association of Defense Communities, a national non-profit organization representing communities and states with a significant military presence.
As Executive Director, he oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization, including managing the development of the association’s educational events, membership councils, and legislative and federal agency outreach. As the primary point of contact for ADC members and stakeholders, Mr. Borron works closely with the House and Senate Defense Communities Caucus and key offices in DOD and other federal agencies to coordinate policy efforts that support military-community partnership efforts and defense infrastructure.
Prior to his time at ADC, Mr. Borron taught history at Montana State University, managed the Department of Labor’s Montana Veterans Upward Bound program and also did a stint as a Congressional Intern for U.S. Representative Denny Rehberg (MT)
Mr. Borron has also been a member of the U.S. Army Reserve for the past 16 years, currently serving as Chief Ordnance Inspector for the 3998th Combat Support and Sustainment Battalion.
Mr. Borron holds a Bachelors Degree in World History and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Montana.
Earl L. “Buddy” Carter is an experienced businessman, health care professional and faithful public servant. For over 32 years Buddy owned Carter’s Pharmacy, Inc. where South Georgians trusted him with their most valuable assets: their health, lives and families. While running his business, he learned how to balance a budget and create jobs. He also saw firsthand the devastating impacts of government overregulation which drives his commitment to ensuring that the federal government creates policies to empower business instead of increasing burdens on America’s job creators.
A committed public servant, Buddy previously served as the Mayor of Pooler, Georgia and in the Georgia General Assembly where he used his business experience to make government more efficient and responsive to the people. Buddy is serving his fifth term in the United States House of Representatives and is a member of the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee and the House Budget Committee. He proudly serves as Chairman of the E&C Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, where he prioritizes beating China, reducing emissions, unleashing American energy, and creating a pro-growth business environment. As a pharmacist serving in Congress, Buddy is dedicated to working towards a health care system that provides more choices, less costs and better services.
A lifelong resident of the First District, Buddy was born and raised in Port Wentworth, Georgia and is a proud graduate of Young Harris College and the University of Georgia where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Buddy married his college sweetheart, Amy. Buddy and Amy have three sons, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren.
As the Representative for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, Mike Collins brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur, businessman, and employer to Congress. He and his wife Leigh Ann started a trucking company in the early 1990s that has grown to employ more than 100 Georgians and hauls freight all over America. Mike has also served on the board and as Chairman of one of Georgia’s largest credit unions and president of his local Chamber of Commerce. That experience informs Mike’s top policy priorities, which are to cut wasteful spending and take onerous regulations off the backs of small business owners so our economy can grow and hard-working Americans can thrive.
Representative Collins was born, raised and still resides in Jackson, Georgia. He graduated with a business degree from Georgia State University. He and Leigh Ann have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Scott Goldstein serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy in the U.S. Department of Transportation. Prior to joining the Department, he served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Henry “Hank” Johnson, as Policy Director for Transportation For America and Deputy Director for Transportation at Smart Growth America, as Congressional Relations Officer for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), in addition to previous roles with Congressman Johnson and Congressman David Scott. Goldstein graduated from Emory University with a degree in Political Science and received his Master’s in Public Management from John Hopkins University.
Marjorie Greene has a lifetime of business experience, having grown up working in her family’s company. In 2002 Marjorie purchased Taylor Commercial, a commercial construction and renovation company. The company has since managed a quarter of a billion dollars of construction projects.
Marjorie successfully started, grew, and sold a thriving CrossFit gym here in Georgia which has become one of the top CrossFit gyms in the country. Marjorie has a unique perspective on how to succeed from the ground up, through true hard work and financial responsibility.
Marjorie graduated from the University of Georgia and received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Marjorie has been actively involved in her community, in her children’s schools, and been active on a national level as National Director of Family America Project.
Marjorie has a strong Christian faith and believes we must continue to protect our great freedoms and work to keep America a great country for our generations to come.
Marjorie has three children, Lauren, Taylor and Derek. Marjorie believes the best part of her life is being a mother and spending time with her family.
Lt. Gen. John P. Healy is the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As Chief of Air Force Reserve, he serves as principal adviser on reserve matters to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff. As Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, he has full responsibility for the supervision of all Air Force Reserve units around the world.
Lt. Gen. Healy was commissioned through the ROTC program at the University of Connecticut in 1989. He was part of the initial cadre for the C-17 Globemaster III program and has commanded at the squadron, Vice Wing, and Numbered Air Force level. Additionally, his joint experience includes Division Chief of Current Operations to the U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and J7-Director of Exercises and Assessments and Advisor on Reserve Component Affairs for U.S. European Command at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany.
Prior to his current position, Lt. Gen. Healy served as the Deputy to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, assisting the Chief of Air Force Reserve.
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Congressman Barry Loudermilk, a Constitutional Conservative, represents northwest Georgia’s 11th Congressional District.
In the 118th Congress, Congressman Loudermilk serves as a member of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy. Congressman Loudermilk also serves on the Committee on House Administration and is the Chairman on the Subcommittee on Oversight and serves as a member of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a conservative caucus of House Republicans.
Before being elected to Congress in 2014, he was a small business owner for over 20 years. He also served in the Georgia State legislature for nine years.
A Georgia native, Congressman Loudermilk holds an Associate Degree in Telecommunications Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education and Information Systems Technology. And he proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years in the intelligence and technology fields.
He is the former owner of an information technology services business, and is an author, historian, and motivational speaker.
He and his wife Desiree have been married since 1983. They reside in northwest Georgia and have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Justin Lumadue is Vice President of Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He serves as the Chamber’s chief lobbyist on tax, financial services, and trade. Lumadue’s many accomplishments include leading successful campaigns to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, the Export-Import Bank, and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, as well as securing Senate approval of the U.S-Chile Tax Treaty.
Additionally, Lumadue frequently speaks with business leaders, local chambers of commerce, and international audiences to help them understand the policy and political pressures directing the agenda in Washington.
Lumadue started his career as senior manager for policy and congressional communications at the Chamber. In this capacity, he coordinated overall communications with Capitol Hill on the broad scope of issues impacting the business community.
A native of Pennsylvania, Lumadue received his B.A. in political science from Pennsylvania State University in 2005.
Dr. Rich McCormick is a decorated veteran and Emergency Room physician who proudly serves Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
Raised by a single mother, Rich was a paperboy in middle school and eventually worked his way through college, earning a degree from Oregon State University. A firm believer in service before self, McCormick joined the Marine Corps and became a helicopter pilot.
During his two decades of service, Rich deployed to combat zones in Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. As a Marine, he flew helicopters, was Airborne and attached to Army and foreign forces, and taught at Georgia Tech and Morehouse College as the Marine Officer Instructor. In the Navy, Rich earned the rank of Commander and served as Department Head for the Emergency Medicine Department in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Between deployments, Rich earned his Master of Business Administration from National University and medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he was honored to serve as student body president. He completed residency in Emergency Medicine through Emory while training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Most recently, Dr. McCormick served as an Emergency Room physician at Northside Hospital.
In Congress, Rich serves on the House Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Science, Space, and Technology Committees, as well as the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Rich lives in Suwanee, Georgia and is a member of Cross Pointe Church.
Born and raised in Georgia, Senator Jon Ossoff serves as our Senior United States Senator.
Since his election, Sen. Ossoff has built bipartisanship in the Senate to achieve meaningful legislative results for Georgia — even in a divided Congress. In his first two years in office, Sen. Ossoff passed into law more standalone bills than any other freshman Senator.
Sen. Ossoff’s legislative achievements include laws to strengthen mental health services and public safety; to tackle the opioid epidemic; to investigate unsolved Civil Rights murders; to strengthen mental health care services for veterans; and to fight corruption and improve security in U.S. prisons.
Sen. Ossoff has led bipartisan investigations that exposed the mistreatment of military families living in privatized housing; corruption in Federal prisons; the sexual assault of female inmates; and the medical mistreatment of women in Federal detention.
Sen. Ossoff has upgraded and strengthened health care facilities across Georgia, helped pass legislation that capped the cost of insulin for seniors at $35/month, and passed bipartisan legislation to protect our kids from online exploitation.
Sen. Ossoff has relentlessly championed Georgia’s economic development, passing legislation into law that has attracted thousands of advanced manufacturing jobs and billions of dollars of investment to Georgia.
Through the historic bipartisan infrastructure law, Sen. Ossoff is delivering an unprecedented expansion of broadband internet access; upgrading ports, airports, roads, bridges, and water infrastructure statewide; and investing in the resilience of Georgia’s coast to help local communities prepare for storm surge, coastal flooding, and tropical storms.
Focused on improving the lives of Georgia’s veterans, servicemembers, and military families, Sen. Ossoff has passed into law bipartisan legislation to expand veterans’ access to mental health care and to upgrade child development centers for military families and barracks for enlisted personnel. He also championed passage of historic legislation to strengthen VA health care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Mentored by civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis, Sen. Ossoff previously led a small business that produced investigative journalism exposing war crimes, public corruption, human trafficking, and organized crime.
Sen. Ossoff lives with his wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, and daughter, Eva Beth, in Atlanta.
Congressman David Scott was born in Aynor, South Carolina on his grandparents’ tobacco and cotton farm, on June 27, 1945.
Shortly after David was born, his mother and father headed north to find work.
David Scott was kept on the farm and was raised by his maternal grandmother. Every year, Congressman Scott brings together over 90 healthcare organization and hospitals including the Veterans hospital, Grady hospital, Emory hospital, and Southern Regional hospital, to provide life-saving healthcare with critical breast cancer care and prostate cancer care, and children’s dental care.
And, Congressman Scott also holds his annual jobs fair, bringing together dozens of businesses and organizations providing jobs, interviews, recruiting and hiring sessions for his constituents seeking and in need of jobs.
In conclusion, Congressman Scott is most appreciative to his outstanding and dedicated Congressional staff, his extraordinary business partners, and his dedicated health care providers for doing this great work, for helping people get jobs and having good healthcare is truly doing God’s work. And when you work for God, God works for you, says U.S. Congressman David Scott.
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock grew up in Kayton Homes public housing in Savannah, born one of twelve brothers and sisters raised in coastal Georgia. His father, a veteran, small businessman, and preacher, grew up in Burke and Screven County, GA. Senator Reverend Warnock’s mother grew up in Waycross, GA, where she spent summers picking tobacco and cotton. A graduate of Savannah’s Sol C. Johnson High School, Senator Raphael Warnock’s mother and extended family still lives in the Savannah area.
Senator Warnock is a proud graduate of Morehouse College; after graduating from Morehouse, he went onto earn a PhD and begin his career ordained in the ministry. For over 15 years, Senator Warnock has served as Senior Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the former pulpit of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is the youngest pastor selected to serve in that leadership role at the historic church.
Senator Warnock was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in the January 5, 2021, special election runoff for the term ending January 3, 2023, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Johnny Isakson, a seat previously held by appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler. He took the oath of office on January 20, 2021.
Amanda Seals | 770-653-4969
Sharon Mason | 404-308-8181
Dana Johnson | 404-550-6220
Laura Austin | 678.643.9607
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