| Chairman Appropriations Human Resources Sub-Committee
Katie Dempsey was elected in November 2006 to represent Georgia House District 13,
which includes the city of Rome and additional precincts in Floyd County. Over the last
eight years, Katie has taken on a number of leadership roles, including currently serving as
Chairman of the Appropriations Human Resources Sub-Committee. Katie also serves on the
Economic Development & Tourism Committee; the Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications
Committee; the Health and Human Services Committee; the Higher Education Committee;
the Rules Committee and the Transportation Committee. In 2011, Katie served as Chief
Deputy Whip of the House.
In addition to her House leadership positions, Katie serves by appointment of the Speaker
of the House on the Coosa North Georgia Water Planning Council, Regional Transportation
Roundtable, the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
Coordinating Council, Recreational Authorities Overview Committee, and the Anatomical
Gifts Procedures Advisory Board. Previously, Katie served on the Special House and Senate
Joint Committee on Immigration Reform, the House Study Committee for Pain Management
and the Hospital Tax and Indigent Care Study Committee. She graduated from the Georgia
Legislative Leadership Institute and Emerging Political Leaders Program at Darden School
of Business Coverdell Leadership Institute.
Katie also works with regional and national leadership organizations, serving on the
Southern Legislative Conference's Economic Development, Transportation & Cultural
Affairs Committee and on the National Conference of State Legislators' Education
Committee.
Prior to her service in the State House, Katie served two terms on the Rome City
Commission serving in a number of capacities, including Chairman of the Community
Development Committee. From her position on the city Commission, Katie gained
statewide notoriety for her leadership on municipal issues. She served as statewide cochair of the Joint Workgroup on Economic Development for the Georgia Municipal
Association, the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, and the Georgia
Economic Developers Association, and was an active member in the National League of Cities. She was also appointed to the Governor's Task Force on Local Transportation,
helping improve roadways in Rome and around the state.
Katie's elected service is only part of the way she has served her community. Katie has
served on the boards of numerous organizations including the Exchange Club Family
Resource Center, as a trustee of the Floyd Medical Center, and as President of the Floyd
Healthcare Foundation. She is active in the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, the Rome
Symphony Orchestra, the Rome Junior Service League, and an alumna of Leadership Rome.
She is an active member of First United Methodist Church of Rome and a member of the
Northwest Georgia Emmaus Community. In 1990, Katie was named Child Advocate of the
Year by the Rome/Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. In 1995, Katie was
named a recipient of the Heart of the Community Award. In 2003, the Exchange Club
named its community volunteer award after her and made her the first recipient of the
Katie Dempsey Star Volunteer Award.
Katie is married to Lynn Dempsey, a native of Rome, and the couple has lived in Rome since
1974. Since graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in Early Childhood
Education, Katie has helped run two successful small businesses in our community. The
Dempsey's daughter, Corie, and her husband, Andrew Swan, are the parents of their
daughter Taylor and their son Patterson. Gaines, the Dempsey's son, and his wife, Amy, are the parents of their daughters Cade, Callie, and Eloise. |