Mike's Bio

Former state Representative Mike Glanton has been a public servant/volunteer/leader for over thirty years. He is a United States Army Retired War Veteran and has worked as a Federal and State employee. He has spent significant time in over thirteen (13) countries and lived in eighteen (18) different cities around the world. Mr. Glanton began his political career serving with the Clayton County Democratic Party where he was elected to the State Committee for the Democratic Party of Georgia serving on the Voter Registration and Constituency Groups sub-committees. He is in his third term as a State Committee member. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. Among his awards are the Federal Humanitarian Service Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal, and the Georgia Secretary Of State’s Outstanding Citizen Award. He is a 2008/2009/2010 Top Volunteer and District Partner In Education for the Clayton County Public Schools and served on the Superintendent’s Executive Advisory Council. He is Clayton County Arc’s 2008 “Legislator of the Year”. He is the Clayton County Chamber of Commerce “Community Service Award” recipient for 2008. Mr. Glanton serves as Chairman of the Governing Council for the new Clayton County Public Charter School Elite Scholars Academy and was instrumental in obtaining approvals at the local and State levels for the Charter School. He currently serves on the Clayton County Public Schools Strategic Planning Committee developing the vision and mission of the school system’s future objectives. He is a Partner In Education with several schools and often participates in Career Day and Read across America programs and is an active PTSA member. He was instrumental in a successful initiative to create an Elementary Level Fine Arts Magnet School for Clayton County Public Schools. Mr. Glanton was the first African-American to represent his Legislative District and the first African-American born in Rome (Floyd County) to ever serve in the Georgia General Assembly. He served as Chairman of the nine-member Legislative Delegation from December 2008 through January 2011representing Clayton County and also served as its Secretary during the 2007-2008 legislative sessions. He matriculated with Liberty University, Fayetteville State University, Georgia Military College and the United States Army Logistics Management College. He is a lifetime member of the Phi Theta Kappa Society and is past Vice-President and Founding Member of the Georgia Military College Honor Society Chapter Zeta Beta Alpha. He currently serves on numerous local boards including Chairman, House of Dawn, Inc., Chairman, FI HI Hope Foundation, Chairman, Alzheimer’s Support Center among others. He served as a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC), the National Legislative Black Caucus (NLBC), and the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), the Georgia House Democratic Caucus and the Metro Alliance of Delegation Chairs (MADC). He is a graduate of the Georgia Legislative Institute administered by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University Of Georgia. He currently serves as a senior consultant/advisor to the Clayton County Grassroots Leadership Institute and the Clayton County Archway Partnership Project. Former Representative Glanton served two consecutive terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. He served on the House Transportation, Defense and Veterans Affairs, Children and
Youth and Ways and Means Committees. He has sponsored and cosponsored several pieces of “key’ legislation. He also served on several subcommittees to including Transportation Funding, Income and Sales Tax, Finance and Public Policy, Peachcare, Roads and Highways and served on the study committee for the state of the State Health System. As a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Rep. Glanton was appointed to the Transportation and Lottery Commission Sub-Committees. Mr. Glanton was appointed by the Democratic House Leadership to serve during the 2009 session as the Vice-Chair of the Democratic House Caucus Policy Committee on Public Safety. He was selected to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2009 “Honor Roll”. Mr. Glanton was instrumental in the building of a new 12,000 square feet Alzheimer’s Service Center in Clayton County. He also spearheaded the efforts to obtain 10 acres of prime interstate front land worth an estimated 5 million dollars from the Federal Highway Administration working with the Georgia Department of Transportation for the purpose of building the proposed National Museum for Commercial Aviation. He was successful in naming/renaming several roads and highways in Clayton and Henry Counties including renaming portions of Highway 138 from the city limits of Jonesboro to I675 “Lake Spivey Parkway”. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, he introduced and passed significant revenue generating legislation for the Cities of Jonesboro, Forest Park, Riverdale and Morrow and Clayton County totaling over 1.5 Billion dollars in potential revenue and development. He has personally risen over $300,000 dollars in donations for local nonprofits. He is credited with passing Ethics Legislation for the Clayton County School Board in efforts to regain the System’s Accreditation. Mr. Glanton also served as the Chairman of the Clayton County Ethics Committee commissioned by the Board of Commissioners to rewrite the County Code of Ethics in 2008. He annually host/co-host six signature community events including the Annual Ministers’ Fellowship Breakfast, National Day of Prayer Community Breakfast, International Cultural Celebration Program, East Clayton County Community Day Festival, Business2Business Bowling Tournament and the Coalition of Clergy Annual Community Awards Banquet. Mr. Glanton is currently heading a multi-million dollar International Recruiting Company serving as the Chief Operating Officer (COO). He is a licensed and ordained Minister and pastor’s New Life Christian Church in Jonesboro. He currently serves as the President of the Clayton County Ministers’ Conference and Co-Founded of the Coalition of Clayton County Clergy. He is the recipient of the Coalition’s 2009 Exceptional Servanthood Award. Mr. Glanton was a 2010 candidate for election to the Georgia State Senate. He resides in Jonesboro with his lovely wife Pearla (Kauai, Hawaii). He is the proud father of five adult children and grandfather of thirteen..

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