| Biography
Representative Jimmy Pruett is a legislator serving House District 149, which includes the
counties of Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler and portions of Jeff Davis and Laurens counties.
Representative Pruett is a former Administration Floor Leader to Governor Perdue. Jimmy is a
business man who lives in Dodge County. He started his first business in 1974 and has been
instrumental in establishing other businesses. Mr. Pruett is actively involved in industry recruitment for
the local community and his efforts have been significant in bringing companies to this area of
Georgia.
Representative Pruett has served in many capacities including the Small Business Advisory Committee
for the U.S. Senate and the Rural Economic Development Commission. Locally he has served on the
Advisory Board of the Heart of Georgia Technical School, Heart of Georgia Airport Authority, the
Hospital Authority, and the Board of Directors of Citizens Bank and Trust Company. His community and
professional involvement includes serving on the Eastman-Dodge County Chamber of Commerce for
12 years, two years as Vice-President of Membership Committee and six years as a Chamber Director,
membership in the Conditioned Air Association of Georgia, the Eastman Dodge Historical Society, and
actively supporting the American Cancer Society. Mr. Pruett was in the Georgia Army National Guard
and graduated from Georgia Military Institute as a Commissioned Officer. He was instrumental in
implementing the State Approved Educational Apprenticeship Program and traveled throughout
Georgia promoting the program.
As a family man who grew up in Eastman, Mr. Pruett is a firm believer in family values and that these
values should overflow into our community, business, and political endeavors.
Awards
Environmental Leadership Award
The Georgia Conservation Voter
- Special Recognition Leadership Award
Fulton County District Attorneys / Atlanta City Council
- Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award
Georgia Secretary of State
- Legislative Leadership Award
Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
- GGS Legislative Award
Georgia Gerontology Society
- 2014 A+ Ranking
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
- Named 2014 "Most Effective Legislator"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Pathfinder Award
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
- Vice Chair of National Labor and Economic Development
Committee
National Conference of State Legislatures
- American Conservatives Award
American Conservative Union
- Appreciation Award
Sowega Libraries
- Red Service Ribbon
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