PERSONAL 
John Coyne is 55 years old and has five children and six grandchildren.  He resides with his wife, Pamela, and son, Christopher, in Alpharetta, GA.  Upon election to the 4^th District House seat, the family plans a move to the Brookhaven area.

 EDUCATION
John was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey in 1950, graduated from Livingston High School in 1968, attended Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey where he studied engineering and was Captain of the Golf Team from 1968-1970. 

In 1970, he transferred to the University of Georgia and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture in 1972.  During his two years at the University of Georgia, John was employed to help oversee the operations of the University greenhouses and the College Station Research facility as an assistant to several professors in the Horticulture Department.

PRESENT WORK HISTORY
John has been a Partner/Project Manager with the Architectural firm of H.D.H. Partnership since 1987.  John’s area of specialty is in real estate due diligence providing clients with pre-acquisition and construction inspections, site and land use studies, architectural code compliance research, and providing and implementing a Capital Improvement Strategies and budget to satisfy the needs of the projects. 

During his tenure, John has dealt directly with some of the largest real estate investment groups and financial institutions in the United States.  H.D.H. has provided services nationally to General Electric, American Express, Goldman Sachs, Donaldson Lufken and Jenrette, the RCT, Prudential Mellon Financial, Bank of America, The Charles E. Smith Co. in Washington, DC, Insignia of Greenville, SC, National Property Investors of Atlanta, GA, Mac International of Osaka, Japan, Grubb Ellis in San Francisco, CA, and Jamestown Properties of Atlanta, GA.

H.D.H. Partners has reviewed several hundred properties totaling over three million multifamily units and several million square feet of retail development. 

John also is the CEO of several small family owned businesses, providing service to the residential and commercial real estate market.  His latest undertaking is the formation of Managed Environments, Inc., a nonprofit company that will build and manage the homes for mentally challenged independent individuals. 

PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS / PARTNERSHIPS
John has served in the management and ownership capacity to several of Atlanta’s most respected and recognized companies.  He has been with the Fred J. Schwaemmie Corporation and its associated company, Management Enterprises, Inc., overseeing the Apartment Services Division and was a board member of the Company.  He later founded Greenleaves, an affiliate of the Calibre Companies of Georgia responsible for all the land planning and all exterior development of their multi-family projects.  Calibre Company’s developed and managed over 10,000 multi-family units in Atlanta and served other cities throughout the United States.  John was a Principle Partner in The Summit Group G.P.

In addition to his real estate development background, John also founded Sears Lawn Care Company, a licensee of Sears and Roebuck Inc. where he served as CEO  The company serviced the metro Atlanta area.  The company became second in size and service only to ChemLawn, the national leader in chemical lawn care.  

John has maintained a real estate license in Georgia for over 30 years and is presently licensed with the Charles Pittard Corporation’s Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, another well respected firm in the Atlanta market. 

JOHN HAD A STRONG WORK AND ETHICAL UPBRINGING
John started working, as most young men, cutting neighbor’s grass and shoveling snow.  At 14, he delivered newspapers for the Newark Star Ledger, and as a senior in high school, got his first full-time summer job with Kinney Shoes.  He continued working nights and summer vacations for Sherwin Williams’ distribution warehouse while attending college.

CIVIC LEADERSHIP
Being the father of five children, John has served in several areas.  He was head coach and Director at Murphy-Candler Little League program, a sponsor to Atlanta Colt Football, an assistant to the Atlanta Junior Gold program, a supporter of Gwinnett County Soccer program, head coach with the Jonesboro Athletic Association’s baseball program, supporter and assistant to the Georgia Special Olympics, supporter and assistant of the Atlanta Association for Developmental Disabilities (AADD) recreational program, and the North Metro Miracle League (NMML) baseball program. 

John is a mentor of the Roswell United Methodist Church, where he serves as an Usher.

TIES TO THE 4^TH DISTRICT
John started his first company, Greenleaves, in Chamblee, GA.  The company later moved to Norcross.  He started Sears Lawn Care in Norcross, dealing with the Sears Atlanta Group on Ponce de Leon in Decatur.  John has lived in Lilburn, Duluth, and North Fulton County, all of which has been a part of the 4^th District at some time or other.  John was also partly responsible for the development of numerous multi-family projects in Dekalb County.