Doug Collins — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the 12th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs since February 2025
Served as U.S. Representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2021
Chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve since 2002, promoted to Colonel in 2023
Managing partner at the Collins and Csider law firm since 2010
Holds a Juris Doctor from Atlanta's John Marshall Law School (2007)

Biography

Douglas Allen Collins serves as the 12th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, taking office in February 2025 after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Georgia's 9th congressional district as a U.S.

Representative from 2013 to 2021. Prior to his time in Congress, Collins served in the Georgia House of Representatives for the 27th district from 2007 to 2013.