| A proud military spouse, State Representative Bethany Ballard has made House District 147 her
home since 2011 when her husband, Mike, transferred to Air Force Reserve Command
Headquarters. She was elected to serve in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2022 and is
the Vice Chairman of the Special Rules Committee, Chairman of the Education Curriculum
Subcommittee and a member of the Defense and Veterans Affairs and Appropriations
Committees.
After graduating from Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina, Representative Ballard
received a BA in English Literature from the University of North Carolina and an MA in English
Literature from the University of Central Arkansas. She taught high school English for a number
of years until she took some time off from full-time work to stay home with her children. During
that time, she began running political campaigns and eventually opened her own small political
consulting company.
Representative Ballard spent many years as a substitute teacher and a volunteer in the media
center at her children's schools and in the children's ministry at Perry Methodist Church. She has
served as the acolyte coordinator there for over a decade.
Representative Ballard is married to her college sweetheart, Mike, a colonel in the Air Force
Reserves. Together, they have two sons, Braden and Preston. |