Meet your Public Service Commission

H. Doug Everett
District 1 Year Elected: 2002 Serves Through: 2008 Republican, Albany
A native of Cordele, Georgia, Commissioner Doug Everett is the first Republican elected to the Commission from Southwest Georgia. He was elected to the Georgia House from Albany in 1996 and served three terms before his election to the Commission in 2002. As a State Representative, he served on the House Industry Committee and the Subcommittee on Utilities.
Commissioner Everett was born in Cordele, Georgia but moved to Sylvester where he graduated from high school. He entered Georgia Tech but later transferred to Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern University) and majored in math.
After moving to Albany, Commissioner Everett first worked for Albany First Federal Savings and Loan before starting his own business in 1974, Southern Appraisal Company that specializes in appraising large commercial and industrial properties. In 1980, he received his MAI appraisal, the highest appraisal designation one can receive.
Prior to serving as a legislator, Everett served on the Albany Zoning and Planning Board of Appeals, the Board of Tax Assessors and three terms on the Albany City Commission, including two years as Mayor Pro Tem.
Everett is married to Janice Perry Johnson of Montezuma. The couple has three grown children, Mitch, Mike and Denice Delk, and four grandchildren. Everett belongs to the Rotary Club and is a former member of the Sylvester JAYCEES and the Sylvester Kiwanis Club.

Stan Wise
District 5 Year Elected: 1994, 2000 Serves Through: 2006 Republican, Marietta
S tan Wise won re-election to his second six-year term on the Commission in November 2000. He served as Commission Chairman in 1997 and 1999. He was first elected to public office as a Cobb County Commissioner in 1990 and had previously served that county as a member of the Cobb County Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals. Wise was a Board Member of the ten-county Atlanta Regional Commission from 19921994. Wise is the immediate past President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He is also chair of the advisory council to the Gas Technical Institute. He currently serves on the Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation, Inc. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Cobb YMCA, the Boys Club of Cobb County and the Advisory Board of the North Georgia Law Enforcement Academy. Wise earned his B.S. in Business Management from Charleston Southern University in 1974. He and his wife, Denise, have two grown children.

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Robert "Bobby" Baker
District 2 Year Elected: 1992, 1998, and 2004 Serves Through: 2010 Republican, Clarke
Bobby Baker was the first Republican elected to a statewide office since Reconstruction, and was reelected in 1998 and 2004. Bobby Baker grew up in DeKalb County and graduated from Oglethorpe University with honors. He received his law degree from the University of Georgia.
After graduating from law school, Commissioner Baker joined the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a regional conservative public interest law firm, and later entered private practice.
In 1994 Bobby Baker became the first Republican to serve as Chairman of the Public Service Commission. He also served as Chairman in 1998 and 2003. During his tenure on the PSC he has worked aggressively to develop competitive markets for utility services, reduce regulation and expand toll free calling in Georgia.
In 1995, 1998 and 1999 he was selected as one of Georgia Trend's 100 most influential people in Georgia, and was honored to be the 1998 recipient of the Oglethorpe University Talmage Award. Commissioner Baker served on the board of directors for the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) from 1994 to 1998, and served as ViceChairman of the Gwinnett County Planning Commission from 1991 to 1995. He is a member and director of the PeachtreeAtlanta Kiwanis Club.
He is married to the former Joselyn Butler.

David Burgess
District 3 Year Elected: 2000 Serves Through: 2006 Democrat, DeKalb
Governor Roy E. Barnes appointed David Burgess to fill a vacant Commission seat on April 8, l999. His appointment to the Commission is one of several "firsts." Burgess is the first African-American person to serve on the vital utility board; the first former PSC staff member to hold a Commission seat; and according to PSC Historians, the first Georgia Tech graduate on the Commission. He was elected to a full six-year term in November 2000. He served as Chairman in 2002.
Burgess graduated from Georgia Tech in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. He served as a member of the PSC staff for 17 years. Burgess began as public utilities engineer, rose through the ranks in six years to become the Commission's Director of Rates and Tariffs; and served as the Director of the Commission's Telecommunication Unit for two years prior to his appointment. He has effectively resolved various electric, gas and telecommunications issues during his tenure at the commission. Burgess continues to lead the Commission's efforts to implement the requirements of the 1996 Federal Telecommunications Act.
An Atlanta native, Burgess and his wife Phyllis have two daughters, Crystal and Christina. Burgess is the Superintendent of Sunday School and a trustee at Turner Monumental A.M.E. Church in Atlanta.

Angela Elizabeth Speir
District 4 Year Elected: 2002 Serves Through: 2008 Republican, Gwinnett
A ngela Speir is the first woman elected to the Public Service Commission and the second Republican woman elected to a statewide office. A Georgia native, Commissioner Speir grew up in DeKalb County and graduated from Agnes Scott College with a B.A. in Biology. She is also a graduate of CEO International.
After graduation from Agnes Scott, Angela Speir served as the Assistant Administrator of the medical complex at the United Methodist Children's Home providing medical aid and counseling to abused children.
She first ran for public office in 1992 as a candidate for the Georgia State Senate.
Ms. Speir's interest in helping others led her to a career in the employment industry. Through positive leadership and mentoring, Ms. Speir is recognized as a leader in the field.
She is a member of the Telecommunications Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Ms. Speir is a member of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce and the CEO Executive Roundtable. Ms. Speir is a supporter of the Gwinnett County Children's Shelter, The United Methodist Children's Home, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Commissioner Speir and her husband reside in Gwinnett County.