| State Representative Vance Smith, Jr. represents House District 133, which includes portions of Harris, Muscogee and Troup counties. Vance resides in Harris County and received his bachelor's degree from Columbus College, which is now Columbus State University. Vance owns and operates Vance Smith Contracting & Consulting, LLC, which provides business development services for construction and engineering companies in Georgia. Previously, Vance was president and CEO of Vance Smith Construction Company, which was founded in 1974. Vance served as a Harris County commissioner from 1987 to 1990 and was chairman during his last two years on the Harris County Commission. First elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1992, Vance served for 17 years in the House and was chairman of the House Transportation Committee for five years. Upon leaving the House in 2009, Vance became the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and remained the commissioner until fall of 2011. Reelected to the Georgia House in 2018, Vance currently serves as vice chairman of the Natural Resources & Environment Committee and vice chairman of the Ways & Means Committee. Vance has been married to Michele, a former teacher, for 47 years. They have three children, Bo, Suzanne and Kip, as well as seven grandsons. |