| Senator Billy Hickman, a Republican, was elected to the
Georgia Senate in a special election in 2020 to represent
District 4, which includes Bulloch, Candler, Effingham,
and Evans counties, as well as a portion of Chatham
County. Sen. Hickman serves as Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Education and Youth, Secretary of the
Senate Committee on Finance and Vice-Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Higher Education. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Appropriations and is an Ex-Officio member on the Senate
Committee on Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security. He chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
on Education and Higher Education and is a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health
and Human Development. A native of Statesboro, Sen. Hickman is a certified public accountant, certified in financial forensics and a 1974
graduate of Georgia Southern College. He is a partner at Dabbs, Hickman, Hill, and Cannon, LLP. Throughout
his career, he has held numerous leadership roles, including serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc., and President of the Statesboro-Bulloch County Chamber of
Commerce. He currently serves on the board of East Georgia Regional Medical Center and Georgia Southern
University Athletic Foundation, Inc.
Sen. Hickman and his wife, Jo Ann, have two sons and five grandsons. They are active members of First Baptist
Church of Statesboro. |