serving in 1997. Representative Rice entered the legislature as his third career, having already

worked as a marketing executive for IBM in their U.S. headquarters and later as managing

partner of The Quality Group, a developer of electronic learning systems. As an original native

to the suburbs of Philadelphia, the future legislator moved to Atlanta in 1984. He attended

Temple University, where he was an accounting major and participated in several of the

University’s intercollegiate sports programs. His personal claim to fame is having played on the

school’s football team with famed actor and comedian Bill Cosby!

Representative Rice has served as Chairman of the Motor Vehicles Committee since the 2005

Session of the Georgia Legislature. The Chairman has worked very hard authoring legislation

that would make Georgia Driver’s License eligibility stricter, thereby improving road safety. He

is also a member of the Rules, Ways and Means, Appropriations Committees.

Representative Rice and his wife are the proud parents of four children and ten grandchildren.

Frances Rice is an interior decorator as well as a skilled porcelain artist. Both she and the

Representative appear as guest speakers occasionally for the Christian Women’s Club. Aside

from that, he is also a deacon at the Peachtree Corners Baptist Church, as well serving on the

Advisory Board of the Life South Community Blood Bank. He is the Co-Chairman of the House

Republican Policy Committee and Captain of the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard, an Atlanta

based military organization. Aside from the already very full and busy life Representative Rice

leads, he is also very interested in Civil War History and reading the biographies of historical

figures.