Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the appointment and re-appointment of 48 people to various state boards, authorities, and commissions. Governor Kemp also recently appointed the following members of the Georgia General Assembly to serve on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee, a Joint House and Senate Committee responsible for the oversight of MARTA: Senator Tonya Anderson, Senator Gloria Butler, Senator Steve Gooch, Representative Demetrius Douglas, Representative Scott Hilton, and Representative Martin Momtahan.
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Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Deb Bailey is the former Executive Director of Government Affairs at Northeast Georgia Health System. She began her nursing career as a psychiatric nurse before becoming the head nurse in a Drug and Alcohol Unit. Later, she became a Computers in Nursing Consultant, serving on the editorial board of the first-ever Computers in Nursing Journal. Baily was one of the first women to speak publicly on this issue in the United Arab Emirates and also served as a Professor of Nursing at Brenau College for several years. She then transitioned into healthcare administration, as a VP of Nursing at Northeast Georgia Health System.
Bailey was appointed by former Governor Perdue to the Committee on Public Health and former Governor Deal appointed her to the Georgia Board of Nursing, the Georgia Hospital Medicaid Financial Program Advisory Committee, and numerous other state committees. Bailey currently serves on the Brenau Professional Advisory Board, the University of North Georgia Professional Sciences Advisory Board, and the Emory Doctorate Nurse Practitioner Board. She has also served on the Legislative Taskforce of the Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, and Safety Net Coalition of Hospitals. Bailey has a bachelor’s degree in both Psychology and Nursing, a master’s in Nursing, and is a Wharton Business School Fellow.
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