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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Graduated, Christian Brothers University
  • OD, Southern College of Optometry

Professional Experience

  • Graduated, Christian Brothers University
  • OD, Southern College of Optometry
  • Founder/Optometrist, Olive Branch Eye Care, 1995-present
  • Team Leader, Federal Express
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor/Resident Intern Supervisor, Southern College of Optometry
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Optometry

Political Experience

  • Graduated, Christian Brothers University
  • OD, Southern College of Optometry
  • Founder/Optometrist, Olive Branch Eye Care, 1995-present
  • Team Leader, Federal Express
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor/Resident Intern Supervisor, Southern College of Optometry
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Optometry
  • Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 2, 2013-present
  • Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 2, 2019

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Economic Development Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Local and Private Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Chair, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Economic and Workforce Development Committee

Member, Elections Committee

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Housing Committee

Member, Judiciary, Division A Committee

Member, Public Health and Welfare Committee

Member, Rules Committee

Vice Chair, Technology Committee

Member, Universities and Colleges Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Graduated, Christian Brothers University
  • OD, Southern College of Optometry
  • Founder/Optometrist, Olive Branch Eye Care, 1995-present
  • Team Leader, Federal Express
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor/Resident Intern Supervisor, Southern College of Optometry
  • Adjunct Faculty Professor, University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Optometry
  • Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 2, 2013-present
  • Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 2, 2019
  • Member/Diplomat, American Board of Optometry, present
  • Member, American Optometric Association, present
  • Member/Former President, Mississippi Optometric Association, present
  • Member/Former Chair, Advisory Board, Southern Eye Associates
  • Member/Former Society President/Legislative Chair, Northwest Mississippi Society of Optometrists

Other Info

— Awards:

  • First Year Outstanding Clinician Award for Southern College of Optometry;
  • Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities;
  • Beta Sigma Kappa International Honor Fraternity Member;
  • James P. Brownlee OD of the Year Award, Mississippi 2012;
  • First Board Certified (ABO) Optometrist in Mississippi

Priority Issues:

David Parker will work to create:

*Stronger Schools -- To give our children the tools for success.

  • *Safer Streets -- To make Mississippi a safer place to live, work, and raise a family.
  • *Lower Taxes -- To help hardworking families and businesses keep more.
  • *More Jobs -- To put Mississippians back to work.