Georgia Commissioner of Technical and Adult Education is appointed to Southern Regional Education Board

Vollmer, who holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta and a bachelor's degree from Greensboro College in Greensboro, N.C., has worked in public service under five Georgia governors.

As executive director of the HOPE Scholarship Program from 1993 to 1996, Vollmer played a key role in launching the program, and Governor Zell Miller asked that he lead the implementation of additional lottery-funded programs. As executive director of the Office of School Readiness, Vollmer worked closely with the Board of Regents, the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and the Department of Education to promote a unified education system.

From 1997 to 2000, he served as interim president of Middle Georgia College and interim president of Clayton College & State University. After serving as executive director of Governor Roy Barnes' Office of Education Accountability, Vollmer was appointed president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 2001, where he served until being appointed by Governor Perdue as commissioner of the Department of Technical and Adult Education in September 2004.

The Southern Regional Education Board, headquartered in Atlanta, was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to help leaders in education and government work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. SREB has 16 member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Each state is represented by its governor and four gubernatorial appointees.