F. Faison Middleton IV of Albany, has been appointed as the Second Congressional District representative on the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Student Financing Commission.

Middleton, 40, is a partner at Watson Spence LLP. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Dougherty Circuit Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. He is active in the product liability section of the Georgia Bar, has chaired numerous committees for the Atlanta Bar Association, and has served as the regional coordinator for the high school mock trial competition in the Atlanta Region for four years.

Middleton serves on the board of trustees of Leadership Georgia and is a graduate of the Class of 2007. He is also a graduate of the 2005/2006 class of Leadership Albany, and is president of the non-profit Lily Pad SANE Center, Inc. He is a member of the Dougherty County Rotary Club where he serves on the board as treasurer. Middleton earned a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a law degree from Georgia State University College of Law. He and his wife, Kari, have two sons.