District 4 Year Elected: 1998, District 5 2008, 2014 Year Appointed: 2018 Serves through: 2020 Serves through: 2018 MEETMEET YOURYOUR Republican, Republican, Marietta Clarkesville PUBLICPUBLIC Lauren “Bubba” McDonald Tricia Pridemore SERVICESERVICE

auren “Bubba” McDonald was appointed to the Commis- ricia Pridemore was appointed to the Commission by L sion in June 1998 by Governor to fill a vacat- Governor Nathan Deal in 2018. She is a businesswoman ed post and then re-elected in a special mid-term election in T COMMISSIONCOMMISSION with a background in technology, consulting and workforce November 1998. He held the seat until 2002. In 2008 and in 2014, Georgians again elected McDonald to serve on the development. Since the acquisition of Accucast, the software Commission. Previously he served in the House of company she founded with her husband in 2006, she served on Representatives for 20 years from 1971-1991. the Georgia World Congress Center Board of Governors, the 2011 Transition team of Governor Deal and co-chaired both of McDonald has a deep knowledge of the energy industry. To- Governor Deal’s Inaugural Committees in 2011 and 2015. day he is a member of NARUC’s Electric Committee where he is Vice-Chair of the Nuclear Waste Subcommittee. Pridemore formerly served as the Executive Director of the

McDonald has spent decades serving the residents of Georgia. Governor’s Office of Workforce Development and started As a State Representative, he chaired the Industry Committee Georgia’s skilled trade initiative aimed at encouraging careers for five years and the powerful Appropriations Committee for in the energy, transportation and construction trades. eight years. Prior to his legislative service, he was on the Jack- Pridemore was a candidate for the House of son Board Of Commissioners, served on the Board of Manag- Representatives in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District and a ers of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, member of the Cobb Galleria Authority Board of Governors. and volunteered as a firefighter for the city of Commerce for 35 years. Pridemore earned a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State A native of Commerce who now resides in Clarkesville, University. She and her high school sweetheart turned hus- McDonald is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a band, Michael, reside in Marietta, Georgia and are members of Bachelor of Arts in Business. He has long been a supporter of Mount Paran Church in . higher education, serving on the Board of Governors of Mer- cer Medical College and the Board of the Advanced Technolo- gy Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also a director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of Georgia. He also served six years in the Georgia Air National Guard.

McDonald has lived his entire life within District Four of the Commission. Currently, he is a partner in L.W. McDonald & Son Funeral Home in Cumming, with his son, Lauren III. He is married to Shelley McDonald. He was married to the late Sunny Nivens McDonald for 45 years. He is an elder in the Georgia Public Service Commission Presbyterian Church, a private pilot, and an avid golfer www.psc.state.ga.us 404-656-4501 404-656-2341 (fax) 1-800-282-5813 (statewide toll-free) E-mail: [email protected] District 2 District 3 Year Elected: 2010, District 1 Year Elected: 2006, 2016 Year Elected: 2002, 2012 Serves through: 2008, 2014 Serves through: 2018 2022 Serves through: 2020 Republican, Atlanta Republican, Jefferson Republican, Albany

Chuck Eaton H. Doug Everett

im Echols was elected to the Public Service huck Eaton was elected to his first term on the Pub- Commission in the general election of November native of Cordele, Georgia, Doug Everett is lic Service Commission in December of 2006 and T C 2010 after spending 15 years in the non-profit sector. the first Republican elected to the reelected in 2012. He was one of only two statewide Repub- A Echols founded “TeenPact” and grew the mock Commission from Southwest Georgia. In 1996, he lican candidates in the entire country to beat an incumbent legislative youth program to 38 states in his tenure. He was elected to the Georgia House from Albany and during the 2006 election year. He was elected Chairman in continues to serve on the Board of Directors. served three terms before his election to the 2012 and then re-elected to a second two year term in Commission in November 2002. 2014. Before serving on the Commission, he worked in real Tim has tried to lead by example. He added solar hot estate sales. Prior to moving to Atlanta, he was an Account water heating to their Athens home just before being As a State Representative, he served on the House Executive for a packaging manufacturer in LaGrange, Geor- sworn-in and drove a natural gas car, an electric car and Industry Committee and the Subcommittee on gia. Commissioner Eaton has an Accounting Degree from propane van. Tim created the Clean Energy Roadshow Utilities. Prior to serving as a state legislator, the University of Alabama and a Law Degree from Georgia that travels Georgia helping cities, businesses and Everett served three terms on the Albany City State University. consumers evaluate alternative fuels and see if it will Commission, including two years as Mayor Pro

work for them. Tem. He is the past President of the Buckhead Forest Civic Asso- ciation. Chuck was also a representative to the Atlanta Tim's priority is helping Georgia be prepared for rising Commissioner Everett is a past president of the Neighborhood Planning Unit "B" - a citizen group which energy prices for diversifying the way our electricity is Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility makes recommendations on zoning, land use, public safety generated. He has helped secure record amounts of solar Commissioners (SEARUC), a non-profit and community issues. In Troup County he served on the and wind for Georgia--without a subsidy. He advocates corporation for the advancement and education of Board of Directors for Troup Haven House - a children's for more nuclear power and advocates for recycling of commission regulation and the promotion of shelter. nuclear waste. cooperation among the commissions of the 12

member states. He also served on the Board of Commissioner Eaton has been involved in the political Tim Echols grew up in the south metro Atlanta area in Directors of the Georgia Agrirama Development process for a long time. In 1992, he served as Congressman an entrepreneurial family. The Echols owned a car Authority. He is also a past member of the Phil Crane's Deputy Campaign Manager. In Troup County auction, dairy farm, and house moving business. Tim Advisory Board of Directors of the Institute of he successfully managed multiple campaigns for former attended North Clayton High School, and owned his Nuclear Power Operations. Representative Jeff Brown. He is a graduate of the Coverdell own car clean-up shop, housed in the family auction Leadership Institute - a statewide organization founded by barn. In 1978, Tim went to Athens to attend the Commissioner Everett was born in Cordele, late U.S. Senator Paul D. Coverdell to strengthen leadership University of Georgia where he served on the Freshman Georgia but moved to Sylvester, Georgia where he and political skills. Council and then Baptist Student Union President. He graduated from high school. He entered Georgia

and his wife Windy Davis were married shortly after Tech but later transferred to Georgia Teachers Due to the judicial nature of the PSC, he graduated from the Tim graduated in 1982 with a degree in English, and College (now Georgia Southern University) and Georgia State University School of Law in 2012, in order to Windy went on to graduate with a teaching degree from graduated with a degree in mathematics. gain a better understanding of regulatory and administrative Georgia State. law proceedings in Georgia. He is admitted to practice law Everett is married to Janice Perry Johnson of in Georgia. He attended night classes and paid for this edu- Tim is the author of “Real Citizenship,” available on Montezuma. The couple has three grown children, cation out of his own pocket. Amazon.com, a primer on citizenship. Windy and Tim Mitch, Mike and Denice Delk, five grandchildren

have seven children and live in Jefferson, near Athens. and three great-grandchildren. Everett is a former He lives in Atlanta with his wife Erika, their daughter Lydia Tim has a Bachelor of Arts and two Masters degrees member of the Albany Rotary Club, the Sylvester and their two rescued dogs. The Eaton's are members of from the University of Georgia. Reach him on Twitter JAYCEES and the Sylvester Kiwanis Club. Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. and Instagram @timechols, Facebook and Snapchat @timgechols.