| Senator Lindsey Tippins w as first elected to the Georgia State Senate in 2010. He represents Senate District 37,
located in Northwest Cobb County.
Sen. Tippins serves as Chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee and is a member of the Senate Appropriations, Natural Resources and the Environment, and Transportation Committees. He also serves as an ex-officio of the
Senate Education and Youth and Regulated Industries and
Utilities Committees.
Sen. Tippins previously served on the Cobb Board of Education for 12 years, serving as chairman for three years. He is
the past president of the Georgia Utility Contractor Association and the North Georgia State Fair, having served as a
long time board member of both
organizations. Sen. Tippins is a board member of the
Calvary Children's Home, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
(Atlanta Metro region), and was appointed by former Governor Perdue to serve on the Georgia Student Finance
Commission.
He is the owner and founder of Tippins Contracting
Company, Inc., a pipeline construction company, which has
been in business since 1969.
Sen. Tippins received his Bachelor of Business
Administration from Kennesaw Junior College and Georgia
State University, and received his Juris Doctorate from
Woodrow Wilson College of Law. He is also a graduate of
McEachern High School.
Sen. Tippins has been happily married to the former Ann
Scott for 49 years. They have two children, Nathan and Rebekah, and have six lovely grandchildren. |