Meet your Public Service Commission [2009]

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District 1 Year Elected: 2002
& 2008 Serves Through: 2014 Republican, Albany
H. Doug Everett
Anative of Cordele, Georgia, Commissioner Doug Everett is the first Republican elected to the Commission from Southwest Georgia. He was re-elected overwhelmingly in November 2008 to a second term. He served as Chairman in 2004. 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 is the past President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC), a non-profit corporation for the advancement and education of commission regulation and the promotion of cooperation among the commissions of the 11 member states. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Agrirama Development Authority.
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 designation, 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, five grandchildren and one great-grandson. Everett is a former member Albany Rotary Club, the Sylvester JAYCEES and the Sylvester Kiwanis Club.

District 5 Year Elected: 1994,
2000 & 2006 Serves Through: 2012 Republican, Marietta
Stan Wise
Stan Wise has served on the Commission since January 1995 and served as Commission Chairman in 1997, 1999 and 2006. 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 1992-1994. Commissioner Wise is a past President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 2003-2004, a past President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and serves on the NARUC International Relations Committee and Gas Committees. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Advisory Board. He currently serves on the Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation, Inc.
Commissioner Wise received the 2008 Wayne Shackleford Award for Public Service from the Association County Commissioners Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Commissioner Wise to the State Energy Policy Council in 2006.The Governor also named Wise to the Commission for a New Georgia where he served as Team Leader for the Aerospace Technical Advisory Group.The Atlanta Business Chronicle also named Commissioner Wise as one of Georgia's 100 most Influential Citizens in 2006.
Charleston Southern University named Wise the Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. In addition, he was named the Bonbright Center of the Terry College of Business Honoree of the Year in 2005.
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. He owned and operated an insurance business in Cobb County for twenty years.Wise was awarded his B.S. in Business Management from the Charleston Southern University in 1974. He and his wife Denise have two grown children.

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District 2 Year Elected: 1992,
1998 & 2004 Serves Through: 2010
Republican, Clarke
Robert "Bobby" Baker
Bobby Baker was first elected to the Public Service Commission in 1992, and was the first Republican elected to a statewide constitutional office since Reconstruction.
Since that time, he has established a reputation as a fair and forthright champion of the Georgia consumer -- fighting to keep utility rates reasonable while maintaining a strong climate for economic development. Baker has worked aggressively to develop competitive markets for utility services, reduce regulation, and expand toll free calling throughout the state. He was elected to a third term in November 2004 and served as Commission Chair in 1994, 1998, 2003 and 2007.
Bobby Baker grew up in DeKalb County and attended DeKalb County public schools. He went on to graduate from Oglethorpe University with honors and receive his law degree from the University of Georgia.
After graduating from law school, Bobby Baker joined the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a regional conservative public interest law firm. While he later entered private practice, he continued to seek opportunities to make an impact on people's lives -- a goal he has accomplished during his tenure on the PSC.
Bobby Baker has been recognized on numerous occasions by both Georgia Trend magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the city and state's most influential leaders. He has served on the board of directors for the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) and also as Vice-Chairman of the Gwinnett County Planning Commission.
Bobby and his wife, the former Joselyn Butler, were married in 2001.

District 3 Year Elected: 2006 Serves Through: 2012 Republican, Atlanta
Chuck Eaton
Chuck Eaton was elected to his first term on the Public Service Commission in December of 2006. He was one of only two statewide Republican candidates in the entire country to beat an incumbent during that election year. He served as Chairman in 2008. Before serving on the Commission, he worked in real estate sales. Prior to moving to Atlanta, he was an Account Executive for a packaging manufacturer in LaGrange, Georgia. Commissioner Eaton also has an Accounting degree from the University of Alabama.
He is the past President of the Buckhead Forest Civic Association. Chuck was also a representative to the Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit "B" -- a citizen group which makes recommendations on zoning, land use, public safety and community issues. In Troup County he served on the Board of Directors for Troup Haven House -- a children's shelter.
Commissioner Eaton has been involved in the political process for a long time. In 1992, he served as Congressman Phil Crane's Deputy Campaign Manager. In Troup County he successfully managed multiple campaigns for former Representative Jeff Brown. He is a graduate of the Coverdell Leadership Institute -- a statewide organization founded by late U.S. Senator Paul D. Coverdell to strengthen leadership and political skills.
Chuck lives in Atlanta with his wife Erika, their daughter Lydia and their three rescued dogs. When not working at the Public Service Commission, he enjoys playing golf, target shooting, and boating with his family on Lake Lanier.
The Eaton's are members of North Avenue Presbyterian Church.

District 4 Year Elected: 2008 Serves Through: 2014 Republican,
Clarkesville
Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, Jr.
McDonald, who served 20 years as a state Representative, was appointed to the PSC by Governor Zell Miller to fill a vacated post and then re-elected in a special mid-term election in 1998. He held the seat until 2002. On December 2, 2008, Georgians elected McDonald to serve on the PSC again.
McDonald has a deep knowledge of the energy industry. During his previous term, he served on the Committee on Electricity of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, chairing that body's subcommittee on Nuclear Issues and Waste Disposal in 2001 and 2002.
McDonald has spent decades serving the residents of Georgia.As a state Representative, he chaired the Industry Committee for five years and the Appropriations Committee for eight years. He also served as a commissioner in Jackson County, served on the Board of Managers of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, and volunteered as a Firefighter for the city of Commerce for 35 years.
A native of Commerce who now resides in Clarkesville, McDonald is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a BBA in Business. He has long been a supporter of higher education, serving on the Board of Governors of Mercer Medical College and the Board of the Advanced Technology Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also a director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of Georgia.
McDonald has lived his entire life within District Four of the PSC. Currently, he is a partner in L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home in Cumming, with his son, Lauren III. He is married to Sunny McDonald, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a private pilot, and an avid golfer.