| Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, a Republican, has served in the
Georgia State Senate since 2017. She represents Senate
District 32, which includes portions of Cobb and
Cherokee counties. Senator Kirkpatrick serves as Chairwoman of the Senate
Committee on Children and Families, Vice Chairwoman
of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services,
and Secretary of the Senate Committee on Insurance
and Labor. She also serves as a member of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations and Ex-Officio member of
the Senate Committees on Government Oversight and
Veterans, Military and Homeland Security. She is an appointed member of the Georgia Joint Defense Commission, as well as a member of the Commission
on Family Violence and a legislative liaison to the Commission on the Holocaust. Sen. Kirkpatrick also
represents the Senate on the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council. Senator Kirkpatrick has been an orthopaedic hand surgeon in Atlanta for over 30 years and was previously the
President of Resurgens Orthopaedics. Senator Kirkpatrick is a Captain in the 132nd Medical Unit of the Georgia
State Defense Force, a volunteer group which supports the National Guard. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a consultant and
lecturer on patient safety in surgery. She is also a member of the East Cobb Rotary and she has served as a pet
therapy team leader at the Ronald McDonald House through the Happy Tails Pet Therapy Program. She is on
the Board of the Resurgens Charitable Foundation.
Senator Kirkpatrick graduated from the University of Kentucky and earned her medical degree from the
University of Louisville. Her husband Dr. Tom Haltom is an emergency physician. She and Tom have two adult
children. Kay and Tom are active members of East Cobb United Methodist Church, where she sings in the
choir. |