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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Bachelors, Chemical Engineering, Humber College, 1986-1989

Professional Experience

  • Bachelors, Chemical Engineering, Humber College, 1986-1989
  • President/Consulting, Enviroqual, Limited Liability Corporation, 2007-present
  • Technical Quality Engineer, Halyard Health, 2017
  • Quality Engineer, Immucor, Incorporated, 2014-2016
  • Senior Quality Engineer, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, 2013-2014
  • Quality Engineer, DePuy Synthes Companies, 2013
  • Quality Manager, Medical Packing Technologies, Incorporated, 1998-2000
  • Sanitation Environmental Manager, Sweet Ripe Drinks, 1994-1998

Political Experience

  • Bachelors, Chemical Engineering, Humber College, 1986-1989
  • President/Consulting, Enviroqual, Limited Liability Corporation, 2007-present
  • Technical Quality Engineer, Halyard Health, 2017
  • Quality Engineer, Immucor, Incorporated, 2014-2016
  • Senior Quality Engineer, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, 2013-2014
  • Quality Engineer, DePuy Synthes Companies, 2013
  • Quality Manager, Medical Packing Technologies, Incorporated, 1998-2000
  • Sanitation Environmental Manager, Sweet Ripe Drinks, 1994-1998
  • Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 105, 2019-present
  • Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 105, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Code Revision

Member, Human Relations and Aging

Member, Interstate Cooperation

Member, Science and Technology

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelors, Chemical Engineering, Humber College, 1986-1989
  • President/Consulting, Enviroqual, Limited Liability Corporation, 2007-present
  • Technical Quality Engineer, Halyard Health, 2017
  • Quality Engineer, Immucor, Incorporated, 2014-2016
  • Senior Quality Engineer, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, 2013-2014
  • Quality Engineer, DePuy Synthes Companies, 2013
  • Quality Manager, Medical Packing Technologies, Incorporated, 1998-2000
  • Sanitation Environmental Manager, Sweet Ripe Drinks, 1994-1998
  • Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 105, 2019-present
  • Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 105, 2020
  • Quality Assurance Consultant, FedEx-SEMC/Insight Global, 2019-present
  • Founder/Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Community Action Network Initiatives, Incorporated, 2014-present
  • Grassroots Organizer, Gwinnett County, 2008-present
  • Co-Founder, Civic Responsibility and Engagement Non-Profit Organization, present
  • Vice Chair of Community Outreach and Advocacy, Gwinnett County Democratic Party, present
  • Volunteer, Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, present
  • Member, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Advisory Board, Discover High School, present
  • Volunteer, Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless
  • Director, Georgia Black Women for Obama, 2011-2012

Other Info

Favorite Musician:

Aretha Franklin

Favorite Quote:

KNOWLEDGE is the most powerful gift you give to yourself and the VOTE is the most powerful gift you give to society~~Donna McLeod

Be the change you want to see in the world~~Mahatma Gandhi

Person Most Want to Meet (Dead or Alive):

President Barack Obama

Policy Positions

Georgia State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

2. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes

3. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget, Spending, & Tax

Budget Stabilization:

Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Georgia's budget.

1. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions?
- No Answer

2. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees?
- No Answer

3. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients?
- No Answer

4. An income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- Income Tax increase on income over $250,000 also large profitable businesses should pay greater share of income tax.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

1. Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates?
- Yes

2. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

3. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

3. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No

4. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector?
- No

4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- No

6. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Georgia?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support adopting federal education standards in Georgia?
- No

2. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No

3. Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Georgia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

3. Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

3. Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom?
- No

4. Should a license be required for gun ownership?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse?
- Yes

2. Do you support Medicaid expansion through Georgia's health care programs?
- Yes

3. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes

4. Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia?
- Yes

5. Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations?
- No

6. Do you support increasing funding for state medical facilities and hospitals in rural areas?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

1. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

2. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

3. Do you support greater efforts by Georgia state government in closing the pay gap between men and women?
- Yes

4. Should faith-based organizations be permitted to deny services based on religious beliefs?
- No

5. Do you support the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- 1) Healthcare: Expand Medicaid2) Education: Fully fund public education not at 1985 calculation. Restore and expand Hope Scholarship3) Transportation: Expand bus services that include light and heavy rail.

Events

2020

Oct. 18
Jun. 10