Bankers Serving Georgia cont.

Truist Bank Vice President

Secretary, Banks and Banking

I’d say the biggest skill I’ve learned from banking that helps me as a legislator is communication. Legislating, just like banking, is all about relationships and building trust. Being able to talk through things in an honest and transparent way makes you successful at work, and down here under the gold dome.

• Elected in 2018.

• Is a member of the Majority Caucus Whip team this year, helping to corral fellow Republicans on key votes.

Morris Bank Director (Dublin, Gray, Warner Robins, Statesboro, Brooklet, Perry)

Chairman, Insurance and Labor Secretary, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

Financial forecasts that we receive as Board members of Morris Bank help me to get a sense of what all is going on in the local economy.

• Elected in 2015.

• Owns his own insurance agency

• If the name sounds families, his father – Larry Walker, Jr. – served 16 terms in the House, from 1973 to 2005.

River City Bank (Rome, Blairsville); Market President/Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending

Vice Chairman, House Banks & Banking Governor’s Floor Leader

Banking has helped me keep a watchful eye on the budgeting process and it helps bring balance to the process. As a banker, balancing is what we do every day.

• As one of the Governors floor leaders, he is responsible for advancing the administrations’ legilative priorities

• Elected in 2020

• Has served on the House Banks and Banking Committee since his first term, ascending to Vice Chair this year.