Labor Commissioner

Is leading what the department calls the largest unemployment-insurance modernization in state history — replacing the aging benefits platform in fall 2026 with a cloud-based system meant to speed claims and curb fraud. She touts Georgia's jobless rate holding around 3.5%, well below the national figure, and frames the agency around employer engagement rather than benefit expansion.

Comes out of the chamber-of-commerce world and champions Georgia's employer-friendly, right-to-work model — the climate the state markets to recruiters. She has not made union organizing or collective bargaining a priority of her tenure, emphasizing partnerships with employers and workforce boards instead.

Has not called for raising Georgia's minimum wage; her message centers on job growth, employer partnerships and matching workers to openings rather than mandating higher pay. Georgia defers to the federal $7.25 floor for covered workers.

Has not proposed a Georgia state OSHA plan, leaving workplace-safety enforcement to the federal program. Her strategic plan frames safety and compliance around employer partnership and service rather than new state enforcement powers.

Makes workforce a centerpiece — expanding job-matching infrastructure and partnering with the Technical College System / WorkSource Georgia, employers and educational institutions to move Georgians into open jobs. She partnered with TCSG to support furloughed federal workers during the 2025 shutdown.

Has not made child-labor enforcement a public focus of her tenure; her agenda is built around modernization, employer engagement and workforce development rather than ramped-up labor-standards policing.

Has not pushed for a state harassment law or new worker-protection mandates, framing the department's role around service to workers and employers and faster, more reliable benefits rather than expanded regulation.

Has made customer service and modernization the heart of her pitch — a published strategic plan, the unemployment-platform overhaul, and faster, lower-fraud claims processing aimed at improving the user experience for claimants and employers alike.