SERVING YOU. SERVING HOUSE DISTRICT 170.
It is one of my life’s greatest honors to represent you. I’m so grateful to family, friends, and work family who've encouraged me in this endeavor.ISSUES THAT MATTER
Economic Development
Education
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Taxes
Safe Communities
Rural Prosperity
2025 COMMITTEES
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs
The House Agricultural and Consumer Affairs Committee hears legislation that impacts Georgia’s largest economic industry, Agriculture. Other areas of concern are human nutrition, consumer consumption of food and its safety aspects, and plant industry.
Natural Resources & Environment
The House Natural Resources and Environment Committee is assigned legislation pertaining to management, quality, and usage of Georgia’s natural resources. Within the full committee, there are two standing subcommittees: Environmental Quality and Resource Management.
Rural
Development
The House Rural Development is assigned legislationt to support rural communities in our state. More information about this committee will be available later.
NEWS FROM ATLANTA
Stay up to date with Jaclyn with bi-weekly briefings of what is hapoening at the Capitol.
2025 Georgia Legislative Session – Week 9
2025 Georgia Legislative Session – Week 7
2025 Georgia Legislative Session – Week 5
2025 Georgia Legislative Session – Week 3
2025 Georgia Legislative Session – Week 1
About Jaclyn
A lifelong Georgian, Jaclyn Ford has lived our conservative farm values, and will be a dedicated voice for south central Georgia in Atlanta.
Before earning a degree in Agriculture from the University of Georgia, Jaclyn attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, where she served on the Board of Trustees. In 2023, she was named Chair of the ABAC Foundation, helping ensure Georgia remains a national leader in agriculture and inspiring the next generation of Georgia farmers.
Governor Brian Kemp appointed Jaclyn to serve on the Georgia Economic Development Board in 2019 after seven years on the Georgia Farm Service Agency Committee. Her leadership and expertise in agriculture is unmatched - Jaclyn also serves on the Georgia Agribusiness Council Board, The Georgia Farm Bureau Commodities Committee for Cotton, and is a former delegate to the National Cotton Council. Ford is also the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dixon Gin Co.
Jaclyn remains involved in her family farm, growing peanuts, pecans, cotton, corn, and cattle in Berrien County. She and her husband, Jake, live in Alapaha, where they've raised their two children. Her son is a senior at UGA, and her daughter is a junior in high school. She also works in the children's ministry at her church and sings in the community's annual Passion Play.
