Candidate · Labor Commissioner
Bárbara Rivera Holmes
What this job does: Leads the Georgia Department of Labor, which runs unemployment benefits, job search help and job training. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Georgia Labor Commissioner (since April 2025, appointed)
- Occupation
- Labor Commissioner; former chamber of commerce president
Background
- Led the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce from 2015; earlier a business executive. source: wctv.tv
- Appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in 2018. source: wctv.tv
- Appointed labor commissioner by Gov. Brian Kemp in March 2025 after Commissioner Bruce Thompson died; sworn in April 2025. First Latina constitutional officer in Georgia. source: wctv.tv
- This is Rivera Holmes's first run for the office. source: wtoc.com
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