2023 Executive Orders

Appointing the Honorable Stuart Countess as chairman of the State Workforce Development Board

Appointing the Honorable Heather Marie Bohannon as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing

Appointing the Honorable David C. Will as chairman of the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel

Appointing the Honorable Angela Charlotte Spitzer as a member of the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council

Reappointing the Honorable Leonard Meadows as a member of the Board of Public Safety

Reappointing the Honorable Ellison G. Wood as a member of the Board of Public Safety

Reappointing the Honorable Glenn Page as a member of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Governing Board

Appointing the Honorable Benjamin Raines Jordan as a member of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Governing Board

Appointing the Honorable Darrell Keith Rochester as a member of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Governing Board

Reappointing the Honorable Danielle Barron Benson as a member of the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission

Transferring property in Walton County from the Georgia Department of Economic Development to the Technical College System of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Wenona C. Belton as Senior Judge of the Juvenile Courts of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Catherine Jones McWhirter as a member of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Appointing the Honorable Frederick “Rick” Lambert Hooper, III as a member of the State Use Council

Appointing the Honorable Lyndsey Hurst Rudder as a member of the State Use Council

Reappointing the Honorable Oscar “Steve” Hyman as a member of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

Declaring a State of Emergency for the Passing of First Lady Eleanor Rosalynn Carter

Appointing the Honorable Rustin J. Rodgers as a member of the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group

Appointing the Honorable David John Davis as a member of the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group

Reappointing the Honorable Douglas Ronald Duncan, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council

Appointing the Honorable Terry Rondell Smith as a member of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council

Reappointing the Honorable Norman L. Boyd as a member of the Board of Community Health

Reappointing the Honorable Russell Crutchfield as a member of the Board of Community Health

Reappointing the Honorable Mark Shane Mobley as a member of the Board of Community Health

Reappointing the Honorable Abigail Morgan Coggin as a member of the Professional Standards Commission

Appointing the Honorable Martin Duane Lockhart as a member of the Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council

Reappointing the Honorable Jewelle Johnson as a member of the State Personnel Board

Establishing the Georgia US250 Committee

Appointing the Honorable Miranda Williams as a member of the Education Commission of the States

Reappointing the Honorable Kristyn Long as the Governor’s Representative on the State Records Committee

Appointing the Honorable Jeffrey J. Mauer as a member of the Division of Family and Children Services State Advisory Board

Reappointing the Honorable Kelley Luthi Claas as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Reappointing the Honorable Virgil Ergle as a member of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Reappointing the Honorable Philamenia Rivers as a member of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Appointing the Honorable Dorothea Lusane McKenzie as a member of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers

Reappointing the Honorable Thomas Jeffrey Clark as a member of the Georgia Joint Defense Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Seth Millican as a member of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Jeff Alan Traub as a member of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Crystine McLeod Odom as a member of the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee

Reappointing the Honorable Roger Jerome Pierce, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing

Appointing the Honorable Jessica Lupo Willcox as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing

Appointing the Honorable Joe Barosain to serve as Director of the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency

Appointing the Honorable Georgetta Sharron Grovner as a member of the Sapelo Island Heritage Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Robert Gene Bearden as a member of the Georgia Technology Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Robert Ward Gray as a member of the Georgia Technology Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Daniel Frederick Israel as a member of the Georgia Technology Authority

Authorizing the demolition and removal of certain support buildings from the University of Georgia

Lowering flags to half-staff in honor and memory of lives lost in the terrorist attacks in Israel

Lowering flags to half-staff on Friday, October 6, in honor and memory of Correctional Officer Robert D. Clark

Appointing the Honorable Rhonda D. Bennett as a member of the Council on American Indian Concerns

Appointing the Honorable Deborah Silcox as a member of the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust

Appointing the Honorable Donna Hortman Sheldon as a member of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission

Reappointing the Honorable James “Jim” Ronald Bracewell as a member of the State Board of Pharmacy

Reappointing the Honorable Wes Lewis as a member of the Board of Human Services

Reappointing the Honorable Joseph Ingram Chapman as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Sheriffs’ Retirement Fund of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Laurie McRae as a member of the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers

Reappointing the Honorable Barbara Jo Neville as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence

Reappointing the Honorable Bradford Lee Rigby as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence

Reappointing the Honorable Christopher Hightower as a member of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Terry Raber as a member of the Council on American Indian Concerns

Appointing the Honorable James Luther Morton as a member of the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board

Appointing the Honorable Stephen Andrew Bradley as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence

Declaring a State of Emergency for Inflation

Reappointing the Honorable Jerry Kevin Colwell as a member of the State Water Well Standards Advisory Council

Appointing the Honorable Jerald Mitchell as a member of the Board of Community Affairs

Appointing the Honorable Joseph Brennan Vignati as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Appointing the Honorable Jamie L. Bormann as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence

Appointing the Honorable Anna Linzey Thomas as a member of the State Commission on Family Violence

Reappointing the Honorable Scott Michael Orenstein as a member of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Michael Young as a member of the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority

Appointing the Honorable Ronald Edward Daniels as a member of the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Ezell Brown as a member of the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board

Reappointing the Honorable Lori K. Rozier as a member of the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board

Appointing the review commission to examine the indictment of Senator Shawn Still

Appointing the Honorable Kenna Blake Scragg as a member of the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors

Appointing the Honorable Robert Tyre Jones IV as a member of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Reappointing the Honorable Linda Frye Campbell as a member of the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Appointing the Honorable Jeffrey C. Dantzler as a member of the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Kenny Green as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts

Reappointing the Honorable Debra Jean Stubbs Wright as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts

Reappointing the Honorable Michael M. Kaplan as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians

Reappointing the Honorable Elizabeth Jordan Frobos as a member of the Professional Standards Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Brandon Shaw Seigler as a member of the Professional Standards Commission

Appointing the Honorable Nicholas Dwayne Ellis as a member of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel

Regarding Commercial Vehicle Operations During the State of Emergency for Hurricane Idalia

Reappointing the Honorable Carolyn J. Altman as a member of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Richard Hawk as a member of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Jinger Beth Robins as a member of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Kathryn Kilpatrick Cheek as a member of the Board of Public Health

Reappointing the Honorable Don Thomas Floyd as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund

Reappointing the Honorable Rachel Louise Dodsworth as a member of the Capitol Arts Standards Commission

Appointing the Honorable Kerry Lynn Dyer as a member of the Capitol Arts Standards Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Katie Connell as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission

Reappointing the Honorable R. Michael Key as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Christina Lewis Scott as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission

Appointing the Honorable Richard “Rick” Dunn as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Superior Court Clerks’ Retirement Fund of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Dandy “Dan” G. Nichols as a member of the Georgia Board of Massage Therapy

Reappointing the Honorable William Murray as a member of the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board

Appointing the Honorable Sandi Darby-Bowling as a member of the State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers

Appointing the Honorable Gladys P. Wyant as Chairperson of the Georgia Council for the Arts

Appointing the Honorable Thomas A. Peterson IV as Solicitor General of the State Court of Toombs County

Appointing the Honorable Homer Bryson as a member of the Board of Directors of the State Employees’ Assurance Department

Appointing the Honorable Benjamin B. Kenemer as District Attorney of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Paul Shailendra as a member of the North Georgia Mountains Authority

Appointing the Honorable Charles McLendon Fiveash as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Elizabeth Holcomb as ex-officio chairperson of the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee

Appointing the Honorable Christopher Edward Hosey as a member of the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies

Appointing the Honorable Joseph P. Ierardi as District Five Commissioner on the City of Jesup Board of Commissioners

Reappointing the Honorable Glen L. Willard as a member of the Jekyll Island-State Park Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Terri D. McFadden as a member of the Board of Health Care Workforce

Authorizing the demolition and removal of a structure from Central State Hospital

Appointing the Honorable Bryan Allen Brooks as a member of the Georgia Council for the Arts

Appointing the Honorable Joanne Sonya Chesler as a member of the Georgia Council for the Arts

Reappointing the Honorable James G. Cunningham as a member of the State Workforce Development Board

Appointing the Honorable Lee Chapman as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Martin Edward Kilpatrick, III as a member of the Georgia Ports Authority

Appointing the Honorable Shawn Christopher Fellows as a member of the Bona Fide Coin Operated Amusement Machine Operator Advisory Board

Reappointing the Honorable Charles Randall Fox as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Robert “Buzz” Law as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Shirley Smith as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Douglas Harold Lambert as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Butch Parrish as a member of the OneGeorgia Authority Overview Committee

Reappointing the Honorable Semba Brittian as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Kathy Colbenson as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Cayanna Good as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable David Andrew Hamilton as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable June Sharon O’Neal as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Patricia Ann Rosenthal as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Aimee Simpson as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Myra Tolbert as a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Reappointing the Honorable Ember Bishop Bentley as a member of the State Forestry Commission

Authorizing the demolition and removal of a structure in Tattnall County by the Department of Corrections

Approving the issuance of Private Activity Bonds to benefit Emory University

Lowering flags to half-staff and authorizing Dr. Christine King Farris to lie in state in the Georgia State Capitol

Appointing Lesley Chandler Reynolds as a member of the Board of Natural Resources

Reappointing the Honorable Dena Adams as a member of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Nancy Marlowe Thrash as a member of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority

Reappointing the Honorable James “Bubber” Alton Epps, Jr. as a member of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Reappointing the Honorable Pauline Hale as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Albert Hodge as a member of the Board of Community Affairs

Reappointing the Honorable Frank Turner, Jr. as a member of the Board of Community Affairs

Appointing the Honorable Robert Gene Duncan as a member of the Board of Community Affairs

Reappointing the Honorable Robert Eddie Ausband, Jr. as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Miriam McMillan Shook as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Carolyn Meadows as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association

Reappointing the Honorable Jeffrey Eugene Mullis as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association

Reappointing the Honorable Darien M. Sykes as a member of the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Appointing the Honorable Kitty B. Carter-Wicker as a member of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce

Appointing the Honorable Bruce Carlisle as a member of the Board of Corrections

Appointing the Honorable Daniel Clay Bennett as a member of the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission

Appointing the Honorable John Manning Ott as a member of the Investigative Panel of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Rhonda Barnes Wilson as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Employees’ Retirement System of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Bob Pierce as a member of the Board of Driver Services

Authorizing the demolition and removal of structures in Jones County by the Georgia Forestry Commission

Appointing the Honorable Francis Jill Oldham as a member of the Joint Study Committee on Dual Enrollment for Highly Skilled Talent at Younger Ages

Reappointing the Honorable Bob Barr as a member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission

Authorizing the Department of Public Safety to provide for the demolition and removal of structures in Fulton County

Appointing the Honorable Albert Jarrell Greene as a member of the State Water Well Standards Advisory Council

Appointing the Honorable Susan K. Treadaway as District Attorney of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Henry M. Newkirk as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Gary Bishop as a member of the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Despina D. Dalton as a member of the Georgia Composite Medical Board

Appointing the Honorable Gregory N. Sasser as Solicitor General of the State Court of Bacon County

Lowering flags to half-staff on Monday, May 29, 2023, until noon, in observance of Memorial Day

Appointing the Honorable Stanley Wade DeJarnett as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable C. Scott Johnson as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable Lindee Jeanne Morgan as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable Noris Felicia Price as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable Julie White Walker as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable Ellen Wilkins Wiley as a member of the Georgia Council on Literacy

Appointing the Honorable Jerry Kevin Colwell as a member of the State Water Well Standards Advisory Council

Appointing the Honorable Albert Henry Konetzni as a member of the Georgia Joint Defense Commission.

Appointing the Honorable Amber Rebecca Furby as a member of the Georgia Behavior Analyst Licensing Board

Appointing the Honorable Margaret Ann Molony as a member of the Georgia Behavior Analyst Licensing Board

Appointing the Honorable Phil D. Miller to fill the temporary vacancy in the office of Douglas County Commission Chairperson

Establishing and appointing members to the Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission

Appointing the Honorable William Rhett Hickman as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board

Reappointing the Honorable Randall W. Hatcher as a member of the Board of Economic Development

Appointing the Honorable Stancil O. Wise, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission

Authorizing the transfer of property in Baldwin County from the Georgia Department of Defense to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Reappointing the Honorable Houston Gaines as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission

Reappointing the Honorable Brian Strickland as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission

Authorizing a transfer from the Governor’s Emergency Fund

Appointing the Honorable Mark Wenzel Hennessy as a member of the Board of Natural Resources

Reappointing the Honorable Cherise Mlott as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council

Reappointing the Honorable C. Peggy Venable as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council

Appointing the Honorable Matthew Alexander Barnes as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council

Appointing the Honorable Michele Monique Mason as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council

Appointing the Honorable Joshua Brebson Whitworth as a member of the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Craig R. Buckley as a member of the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers

Appointing the Honorable Jerry Bruce as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Appointing the Honorable Shanna Jackson Sheats as a member of the State Board of Funeral Service

Appointing the Honorable Mike Long as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia

Appointing the Honorable Lisa Clark McKnight as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission Advisory Committee

Appointing the Honorable Karen Viera as chairman of the State Workforce Development Board

Reappointing the Honorable Billy Grogan as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Alex Lee as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Reappointing the Honorable Ted Wynn as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Appointing the Honorable Vernica Marie Crockett as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Appointing the Honorable Richard Allan Johnson, Jr. as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Appointing the Honorable James Barry Woodward, Sr. as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority

Suspending from office Mr. Henry Mitchell as County Commissioner for Douglas County

Reappointing the Honorable Bambi Riley as a member of the Board of Review of the Department of Labor

Reappointing the Honorable Suzanne Mathis as a member of the Alapaha Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Jonathan Hawkins as a member of the Atlanta Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Harold Choate, III as a member of the Cherokee Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable O. Wendell Horne III as a member of the Macon Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Graham McKinnon IV as a member of the Northeastern Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Robert Alexander, Jr. as a member of the Piedmont Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Jeffrey Brickman as a member of the Stone Mountain Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Ben Vaughn as a member of the Towaliga Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Reappointing the Honorable Ashlan Durrence Porter as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing

Reappointing the Honorable Brent Stiehl as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry

Appointing the Honorable Caylee B. Noggle as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation

Reappointing the Honorable Tracy L. Jordan as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology

Appointing the Honorable Charles Austin Gower, Jr. as a member of the Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel

Appointing the Honorable Lawton C. Heard, Jr. as Judge of the Superior Court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Kelley M. Robertson as Judge of the State Court of Hall County

Lowering flags to half-staff on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in honor and memory of State Representative Letitia “Tish” Naghise

Appointing members to the review commission to consider the indictment of Dr. Romona Jackson Jones, County Commissioner for Douglas County, and Henry Mitchell, County Commissioner for Douglas County

Issuing a writ of election to fill the District 68 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives

Appointing the Honorable Clayton M. Fuller as District Attorney of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Michael L. Hubbard as Judge of the State Court of Carroll County

Appointing the Honorable Margaret Claire Chason as Judge of the Superior Court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Jeffrey Eugene Mullis as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association

Renewal of State of Emergency for Supply Chain Disruptions

Reappointing the Honorable Indran Indrakrishnan as a member of the Board of Healthcare Workforce

Appointing the Honorable Benjamin DeLeon Steele as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians

Appointing the Honorable William Pope Hightower as a member of the State Workforce Development Board

Reappointing the Honorable David Johnson as a member of the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers

Appointing the Honorable Cornelius “Neil” Edward Rawls as a member of the State Board of Registration of Used Moto Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers

Appointing the Honorable James “Bubber” Alton Epps, Jr. as a member of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Appointing the Honorable Roy Hampton Fickling as a member of the Board of Public Safety

Appointing the Honorable Scott F. McAfee as Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable Shannon Wallace as Judge of the Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit

Appointing the Honorable James E. Hardy as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia

Reappointing the Honorable Cody Whitlock as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund

Declaring a State of Emergency due to unlawful assemblage, overt threats of violence, disruption of the peace, and danger existing to persons and property

Reappointing the Honorable Benjamin Lamar Gillis as a member of the State Forestry Commission

Appointing the Honorable T. Jane Warnock as Chairperson of the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission

Appointing the Honorable Tyler Leon Barr as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation

Appointing the Honorable Michael Wayne Brown as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Conditioned Air Contractors

Appointing the Honorable Brenda DeAnn Golden as a member of the Georgia Real Estate Commission

Appointing the Honorable Virginia “Ellen” D. Fitzgerald as a member of the State Board of Optometry

Approving the issuance of single family mortgage bonds by the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority

Appointing members to the Altamaha Regional Water Planning Council

Appointing the Honorable Alexia Louise Jones as a member of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council

Appointing the Honorable Nathan Atkin Call as a member of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council

Appointing the Honorable John Fitzgerald Carter as a member of the Invest Georgia Board

Extending the State of Emergency for Tornadoes and Severe Storms