Jason Downey

Jason Downey

Jason Downey practices law with the Morgan & Morgan Law Firm in Macon and represents the 8th Congressional District on the State Board of Education. He was elected Chair of the State Board of Education in December 2021. Mr. Downey is a 2000 graduate of Marshall University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a 2003 graduate of Mercer University’s School of Law with his Juris Doctorate. He served on the Macon-Bibb County Board of Education from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Downey and his family reside in Jones County, where his spouse Connie has been an elementary school counselor for more than 20 years.