House, he chairs the Ethics Committee and serves on the Economic Development and

Tourism, Health and Human Services, Insurance, and Natural Resources and

Environment Committees. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee as an Ex-Officio

member.

Representative Wilkinson is a fifth generation Atlantan who graduated from North Fulton

High School and the University of Georgia. He was the University’s first intern to the

Georgia General Assembly working for the Republican Minority Leaders in the House

and Senate.

He served Presidents Ford and Reagan as a member of the White House Press Office.

He accompanied President Reagan on overseas trips to France, Honduras, Japan,

China, England, and Belgium and attended the Economic Summits in France and

England. He was a senior member of the Bush-Quayle Inaugural Committee and

coordinated the hosting of the Washington, DC based diplomatic corps for the

Inaugural.

Representative Wilkinson is retired from The Coca-Cola Company where he worked

mainly in Coca-Cola International. During his career, he was a spokesman for the

company in the United States, Director of Public Relations for Europe and Africa,

Executive Assistant to the President of Coca-Cola International, and International Media

Director for External Technical Affairs.

Representative Wilkinson is retired from the United States Naval Reserve. He attained

the rank of Captain (O-6) and is a veteran of Desert Storm.

He is married to Pat and they have two sons, David and Stuart. David is married to Lisa

and they have one daughter, Ella Grace.

Representative Wilkinson has served on numerous non-profit boards including The

Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Metro Atlanta Crime Commission, USO of Georgia,

the Arts Festival of Atlanta, the Tommy Nobis Center, the Georgia Council for

International Visitors, Sister Cities International and Atlanta International Family

Services. He was appointed by Atlanta Mayors Andrew Young and Maynard Jackson to

the Atlanta Council for International Cooperation. He is an Advisory Member of the

Board of the Jekyll Island Foundation and on the Board of Directors for the Mighty

Eighth Air Force Museum.

He has visited more than 40 countries and has been a guest lecturer on international

affairs to college and high school students for the past 25 years. Representative

Wilkinson has also served as a guest commentator on international affairs and business

for numerous local and national media outlets.

The Wilkinsons are members of the Christ Episcopal Church Frederica on Saint Simons

Island.