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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, 2006 and 2011. 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.
Stan has served his state as President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in 2003-2004 furthering his responsibilities and interaction with Congress, Federal agencies, state officials, industry leaders, Wall Street, consumer groups and the news media. Stan has testified multiple times before Congress on matters related to energy, nuclear waste, telecommunications and pipeline safety. Wise is a past President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and serves on the International Relations Committee and Gas Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). He is also on the Advisory Council for the New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities.
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 U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Advisory Board, the Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation, Inc., 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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Tim Echols

District 2 Year Elected: 2010 Serves Through: 2016
Republican, Wintersville

Tim Echols was elected to the Commission in November 2010 after spending 15 years in the non-profit sector. Commissioner Echols is a big fan of "Project Share," which allows Georgia Power customers to donate money to the Salvation Army with their power bill payment. Georgia Power matches the customer's contribution dollar for dollar. As a conservative, Tim likes the idea of citizens helping each other.
Echols' campaign focused on consumer protection, clean energy, and accountability. He plans to travel the state speaking to students and civic groups about the importance of reliable energy at low prices and other aspects of the Commission's responsibilities.
Echols also has a strong interest in the transportation responsibilities of the Commission. He was instrumental in getting a Macon television station to do an investigative report on "rogue" moving companies who are in violation of the law and hurting legitimate businesses.
Echols grew up in the south metro Atlanta area in an entrepreneurial family. He attended North Clayton High School and eventually served as Student Council President.
In 1978, Echols went to Athens to attend the University of Georgia where he served as Baptist Student Union President and graduated in 1982 with a degree in English. Echols eventually started his own nonprofit organization, Family Resource Network (FRN). TeenPact, a program of FRN, has grown to be a national citizenship experience for teens operating in almost 40 states. TeenPact has trained over 23,000 teens and children since its inception in 1994. Tim is the author of "Real Citizenship," available on Amazon.com , a primer on citizenship.
Commissioner Echols and his wife Windy have seven children and live in Winterville, Georgia, just outside Athens in Clarke County.

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.
Due to the judicial nature of the PSC, he enrolled at Georgia State Law School in 2009, to gain a better understanding of regulatory and administrative law proceedings in Georgia. Chuck takes night classes and pays for this education out of his own pocket.
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.