| Senator Dean Burke, a Republican, represents Senate District 11,
which consists of Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and
Seminole counties along with portions of Mitchell and Thomas
counties. Senator Burke serves as Vice-Chairman of the Health and
Human Services Committee, and is a member of the Agriculture and
Consumer Affairs Committee, the Rules Committee and the Ethics
Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations Committee and is
its Community Health Sub-Committee Chair, responsible for 14.1
percent of the states total budget.
Prior to being elected to the State Senate, Senator Burke
contributed to his community by serving five years on the
Bainbridge City Council and the Lower Flint Water Council. He is
also a member of the Rotary Club and former member of the
Hospital Authority of the City of Bainbridge and Decatur County.
Senator Burke also dedicates time to the Boy Scouts of America
where he serves as a volunteer.
Senator Burke graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgia
Southwestern University and went on to graduate from the Medical
College of Georgia. He received his specialty training in Obstetrics
and Gynecology at Mercer University School of Medicine and
practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 27 years. He now serves as
a rural hospital administrator in the role of Chief Medical Officer at
Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge. In addition, Senator
Burke is the Chairman of the Stratus Healthcare Governing Board,
and is an advocate for improving health care outcomes in Georgia.
Senator Burke and his wife, Thea, have been married for 36 plus
years, have two children, and three grandchildren. The family belongs to the First United Methodist Church in Bainbridge. |