Council Members

Executive Director, Georgia Public Defender Council

Executive Director, Peace Officer's Standards and Training Council

Attorney with the Law Offices of Joseph W. Ballard

Superior Court Judge, Rockdale Judicial Circuit

Serves on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and is also a member of the Georgia Bar Journal’s Editorial Board

Chief of Police, Lavonia Police Department

Director, Georgia Judicial Council’s Administrative Office of the Court

Serves the Seventh District of Georgia for the Georgia Board of Corrections

Director, State Office of the Child Advocate

Grants Consultant for the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless

Chief Denise Downer-McKinney was sworn in as the Chief of Police for the Rome Police Department on March 14, 2016.

City Manager of Union City

Sheriff of Forsyth County

Commissioner, Floyd County BOC

Chief Compliance and Technology Officer at the Georgia Department of Community Health

Juvenile Court Judge for the Southwestern Judicial Circuit (which includes Lee, Macon, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and Webster Counties)

Law Enforcement Officer, Retired 

Assistant Commissioner, Department of Community Supervision

Assistant Director, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)

Commissioner, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice 

Superior Court Judge, Cherokee Judicial Circuit

Executive Director, Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia

Director, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS)

General Counsel for the Georgia Department of Education

Mayor of LaGrange, GA