Gloria S. Butler

Family

2 Children: Felicia, Leslie,

EDUCATION

Associate of Arts, Business Administration, Georgia Perimeter College, 1984

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Minority Leader, Georgia State Senate, 2021-2025
Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 1999-2025
Vice Chair of Finance, Democratic Caucus, Georgia State Senate, 2011-2025
Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 55, 2022
Minority Caucus Chair, Georgia State Senate, 2019-2021
Deputy Minority Whip, Georgia State Senate, 2005-2011

COMMITTEES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Executive Assistant, Dekalb County Sheriff's Office, 1997-1999
Assistant to the Director, AmeriCorps Team For National Service, 1996
United States Speaker Program, United States Information Agency, 1995-1996
Legislative Assistant, United States Congress, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, 1993-1995
Fiscal Accounting Assistant, Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, 1981-1993

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Berean Christian Church, present
Member, National Organization for Women, present
Member, Lakeside Methodist Church, present
Member, South Dekalb Business Association Board, present
Member, Advisory Board, DeKalb Junior League, present
State Director, Women in Government (WIG), present
State Director, Women in Legislative Lobby (WILL), present
Volunteer, VIBE, present
Volunteer, Positive Growth, present
Member, Child Fatality Review Pane, 2005-present
Executive Board, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), DeKalb County, 1992-2000
Member, Workforce Investment State Board, 1999-2000
Member, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Commission, 1999-2000
Member, National Council of Negro Women, 1995-present
Director, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's Get Out the Vote Campaign, 1992