She currently serves as Secretary of Special Judiciary Com-mittee and is a member of the Appropriations, State Insti-tutions and Property, Urban Affairs, Veterans, Military and Homeland Security committees.

Senator Davenport is the Chairwoman of the Clayton Coun-ty Legislative Delegation for 2012-2013 term, member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, Georgia Legislative Women’s Cau-cus, Working Families Agenda Caucus, WiLL/Women Legis-lators’ Lobby, National Black Caucus of State Legislators and National Organization of Black Elected Legislators.

She is a graduate of Spelman College, America's oldest his-torically black college for women, and a life member of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College, recipient of the 2008 Merit Award by the National Alumnae Associa-tion of Spelman College, the 2002 Spelman College Board of Trustees Community Service Award, and the Atlanta Chapter’s 2001 Outstanding Alumna Award.

Senator Davenport has been a life-long advocate of educa-tion, and in September 1997, she established the Henry and Clara Dixon Education Fund in honor of her maternal grandparents to help students purchase books while at-tending college. She also founded COLLEGE BOUND, a resi-dential summer program that exposes high school students to the college experience and encourages their pursuit of higher education. She was a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Con-vention (DNC) in Charlotte, NC, pledged to President Barack Obama, a delegate in the 2008 DNC in Denver, Colo., pledged to Senator Barack Obama, a delegate to the 2004 DNC in Boston, Mass., pledged to Senator John Kerry, and the 1988 Atlanta DNC pledged to the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

Senator Davenport is a member of the following

organizations-

Atlanta Business League

Empire Board of Realtists, Inc.

National Association of Real Estate Brokers

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Senate District 44

RainbowPUSH Coalition

Life Member – National Council of Negro Women

Life Member –National Alumnae Association of Spelman College

American Business Women’s Association

Senator Davenport is presently a real estate professional with Success Atlanta Real Estate and Invest-ment having worked in the real estate industry for three decades. She has conducted workshops on home ownership for she believes in “democracy in housing” and that every citizen deserves to experi-ence the American dream of home ownership. Senator Davenport has conducted Home Foreclosure seminars and worked with HUD certified counselors to assist homeowners in foreclosure prevention. She is a member of Andrews Chapel United Methodist Church, Jonesboro, Georgia, where she serves as a communion stewardess, member of the United Methodist Women, Hostess Committee, and Building Committee. She has served as a member of the Church Development Committee, Nominating Commit-tee of Griffin District and Vice President of the United Methodist Women, Griffin District. She is the daughter of Mrs. Helen Dixon Davenport and the late Nathaniel Davenport and the sister of Carolyn Davenport.