Rep. Kimberly Alexander
HD 66
Rep. Kimberly Alexander was elected in 2012 General Election for a newly drawn House District 66 seat, which includes parts of Douglas and Paulding counties, becoming the first female Douglas County resident elected to the House and first African-American female elected in Paulding County. She had earlier made history in Paulding County as the first African-American female to run for office on the Hiram City Council.
Rep. Alexander is a native of Paulding County, growing up in Hiram as the eighth of 11 children, and attending Paulding County Schools. She now lives in neighboring Douglas County and holds a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University and a bachelor’s degree from Morris Brown College. She is also certified as a business manager and risk management assurance professional.
In January 2015, Rep. Alexander was appointed deputy minority whip in the Georgia House. She also serves as the parliamentarian for the bi-partisan House Women’s Caucus and is a member of the Banks & Banking, Code Revision, Intragovernmental Coordination, Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment and Motor Vehicles committees.
In the House, Rep. Alexander has sponsored the Tax Accountability Act, the Child Safety & Emergency Preparedness Act and a local elections bill. When passed, the Child Safety & Emergency Preparedness Act verbiage would enhance disaster planning for child care facilities across the State.
Rep. Alexander has spent more than 16 years as a community advocate, her most memorable work serving as a coordinator of local efforts to protect teens from draconian statutory rape and child molestation laws which unfairly punished them for having consensual contact with their peers.
The awards she has received for community outreach include the 2013 CAPO – Community and Political Organizer Award/Woman of the Year in Douglas County and selection as a 2015 Emerging Leader by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation at the University of Virginia. Up to 50 state legislators from across the country are selected to participate in this program each year, and she was the only participant from Georgia. She served as a panelist for the “2015 State of Education Forum – Legislation & It’s Impact on the Education System of Georgia,” as well as the 2015 graduation speaker for the Atlanta Job Corps. Her tireless dedication to her community has been featured on CNN, BET, MTV, ABC and NBC, as well as international news channels in Europe.
Rep. Alexander has a diverse business background and has worked as a part-time college instructor. Her professional work experience is in the insurance, banking, finance and international business industries as an internal auditor. She is a proud long-time member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and a past member of the National Association of Black Accountants.
Rep. Alexander and her son, Ferrow, enjoy spending time together with family and friends and in her spare time, she enjoys traveling and meeting people.
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