| Representative Ehrhart represents House District 36, which includes portions of Cobb County.
Ginny has resided in Cobb County for 42 years. The daughter of an Army Lieutenant Colonel,
she was raised on U.S. Army bases, eventually settling with her family in Cobb County. She
attended Osborne High School and graduated from Auburn University with a degree in
International Trade. She taught high school economics and American government, also home
schooling her children, before starting her successful business that designs, manufactures and
markets home decor and linens with a southern theme to thousands of retail stores across the
country. Southern Sisters Enterprises, LLC is located on Dallas Highway in west Cobb.
Ginny is a frequent speaker on regional and national television and radio, writing and teaching
about the art of southern cuisine and hospitality. She was a television chef and home life
consultant for Family Net Television, authoring two cookbooks, Sunday in the South and
Seasons in the South. She currently hosts the highly regarded weekly lifestyle show, Southern
Sisters Radio on 920AM Atlanta, with her studio located at The Battery overlooking Sun Trust
Stadium.
Ginny advocates for families and speaks to audiences on a wide range of topics, including
domestic violence. She most recently organized a grassroots group which monitored the progress
of Cobb County's school bus stop arm law.
Ginny's merits as a hands-on small business owner and entrepreneur influence her conservativeminded policy platform. Public health and safety, transportation and education are priorities. She
brings a broad, pragmatic and solution-oriented perspective to public service that she believes
citizens want under the Gold Dome.
Ginny is a member of NorthStar Church in Acworth. She and her husband Earl live in Powder
Springs and are parents to six grown children, one granddaughter, and a talented Australian
Shepherd named Dixie. |