Staff	Committees
Sharla Shockley	Economic Development and Tourism
	Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications
	Health and Human Services
	Higher Education - Vice Chair
	Rules

Vice Chair Higher Education

Katie Dempsey was elected in November 2006 to represent Georgia House District 13 including the city of Rome in Floyd County. Katie serves on the House Committees for Economic Development and Tourism; Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications; Health and Human Services; Higher Education - Vice Chair; and the powerful Rules Committee. She has also served on the House Study Committee for Pain Management and the Hospital Tax and Indigent Care Study Committee. She serves as Deputy Whip for the House Republican Caucus and recently graduated from the Georgia Legislative Leadership Institute and Emerging Political Leaders Program at Darden School of Business Coverdell Leadership Institute.

Prior to her service in the State House, Katie served two terms on the Rome City Commission serving in a number of capacities, including most recently as Chairman of the Community Development Committee. From her position on the city Commission, Katie gained statewide notoriety for her leadership on municipal issues.

She served as statewide co-chair of the Joint Workgroup on Economic Development for the Georgia Municipal Association, the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, and the Georgia Economic Developers Association, and was an active member in the National League of Cities. She was also appointed to the Governor’s Task Force on Local Transportation, helping improve roadways in Rome and other areas of the state.

Katie’s elected service is only part of the way she has served her community. Katie has served on the boards of numerous organizations including the Exchange Club Family Resource Center, as a trustee of the Floyd Medical Center, and as President of the Floyd Healthcare Foundation.

She is active in the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, the Rome Symphony Orchestra, the Rome Junior Service League, and an alumna of Leadership Rome. She is an active member of First United Methodist Church of Rome and a member of the Northwest Georgia Emmaus Community.

In 1990, Katie was named Child Advocate of the Year by the Rome/Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. In 1995, Katie was named a recipient of the Heart of the Community Award. In 2003, the Exchange Club named a community volunteer award after her ­ and made her the first recipient of the Katie Dempsey Star Volunteer Award.

Katie is married to Lynn Dempsey, a native of Rome, Georgia, and the couple has lived in Rome since 1974. Since graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in Early Childhood Education, Katie has helped run two successful small businesses in our community. The Dempsey’s daughter, Corie, and her husband, Andrew Swan, live in Macon, Georgia. Gaines, the Dempsey’s son, and his wife, Amy, live in Rome with their daughters Cade and Callie.