The Honorable Glenda Battle RN, BSN is a native of Bainbridge, GA. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Valdosta State College (1978). She has been employed by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital since 2001 in the Emergency Center. Ms. Battle has successfully completed courses in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Trauma Nursing Core and Emergency Nursing Pediatric. She was elected to the Decatur County Board of Commissioners, District 3 in 1984 and is currently in her sixth term. She is a Certified County Commissioner (1991) after completion of 48 hours of course work. Commissioner Battle served as President of Association County Commissioners of Georgia(ACCG) for 1996-97. She currently serves on the Georgia Pines MHDDAD Community Service Board as Chairperson, SOWEGA Regional Development Center (RDC) as Vice Chairperson, Chairperson of SOWEGA Rural Transit Committee of the RDC, Gilbert H. Gragg Library Board Chairperson and SOWEGA-AHEC Vice Chairperson but the list goes on. She was named Decatur County Women of the Year in 1998 awarded by the Pilot Club and received the Emory Greene Leadership Award in 2002 from ACCG, the highest honor bestowed upon a County Commissioner in Georgia.