Staff	Committees
Talmadge James	Appropriations
	Education
	Higher Education - Secretary
	Special Committee on Small Business Development and Job Creation

Georgia State Representative Amy Alexander Carter (R-Valdosta) represents House District 175 including part of Lowndes County, primarily the city of Valdosta.

A life-long resident of South Georgia, Amy grew up in Valdosta, Georgia, where she attended public schools and graduated from Valdosta State University.

A career educator, Amy is the Teaching as a Profession Teacher and a Work-Based Learning Coordinator for Lowndes High School.  She prepares high school juniors and seniors for future positions in the field of education.  Her students study, apply, and practice the use of current technologies, effective teaching and learning strategies, the creation of an effective learning environment, the creation of instructional opportunities for diverse learners and students with special needs, and plan instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, community, and curriculum performance standards.  Through a partnership with local businesses, she also prepares students for the challenges they will face in the working world. Before working with high school students, Amy was a Business & Office Technology instructor at Valdosta Technical College. Her experience working with students has given Amy an understanding of the needs and challenges facing our educational system.

Amy is also a committed community servant. She energetically seeks innovative and progressive solutions to issues in her community and around the state. She has been honored for her work and has received recognition including:

• Georgia’s Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year, 2002
• Valdosta Woman of the Year, 2003
• Leadership Georgia’s Dale Threadgill Community Service Award, 2004
• Valdosta-North Rotary Club Most Outstanding Member, 2004
• Azalea City Kiwanis Club Citizen of the Year, 2005
• Georgia Association for Career and Technical Legislator of the Year, 2007
• Georgia School Counselors Association Legislator of the Year, Region 11, 2007
• Lowndes County Schools Distinguished Alumni of the Year, 2007
• Honorary State FFA Degree, 2009
• Leadership Lowndes Class of 1997 and Board of Trustee 1998-2000
• Lowndes Youth Leadership League, Chairperson, Inaugural Class of 1999
• Leadership Georgia Class of 2002
• Conservative Policy Leadership Foundation, Inaugural member 2010-11
• Valdosta Junior Service League
• Valdosta-North Rotary Club
• Valdosta Technical College Foundation Board of Trustee
• Lowndes Educational Improvement Foundation Trustee
• R. Wayne Alexander Memorial Scholarship Trustee
• Habitat for Humanity, 2003 Jimmy Carter Work Project Entertainment Chair
• Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Guild Member
• Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education (GACTE)
• Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE)
• Georgia Association of Educators (GAE)
• Volunteer for American Red Cross, United Way, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Lowndes High School Sponsor, Future Educators of America
• Lowndes High School Class Sponsor, Class of 2013

Amy serves on the House Committees for Appropriations, Education, Special Committee on Small Business Development and Job Creation, and is the Secretary of the Higher Education Committee.

As a legislator, Amy hopes to address such issues as drop-out rates, class sizes, expansion of Georgia’s Pre-K program, technology in classrooms, access to foreign language instruction, access to quality and affordable healthcare, economic development opportunities, and measures to support law enforcement and corrections officers.

Amy lives in Valdosta, Georgia, with her husband and their two children. They attend First Christian Church where Amy serves as a Deacon.