President Pro Tempore, Mississippi State Senate, 2020-present

Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 30, 1992-present

Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 30, 2023

Member, Compilation, Revision and Publication Committee

Chair, Congressional Redistricting Committee

Member, Economic and Workforce Development Committee

Member, Finance Committee

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Interstate and Federal Cooperation Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER)

Member, Judiciary, Division A Committee

Member, Legislative Budget Committee

Member, Legislative Budget Committee

Vice Chair, Local and Private Committee

Chair, Rules Committee

Former Member, Corrections Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Finance Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Member, Highways and Transportation Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Member, Housing Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Former Chair, Public Health and Welfare Committee, Mississippi State Senate

Owner, Dean Kirby Insurance Agency, 1979-present

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), present

Member, Board of Trustees/Advisory Board, River Oaks Hospital, present

Member, Exchange Club, present

Member, Home Builders Association, present

Member, Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi (IIAM), present

Member, Kiwanis Club, present

Member, National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL), present

Member, National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), present

Member, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), present

Member, Pearl County Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Rankin County Chamber of Commerce, present

32nd Degree Mason, Scottish Rite Freemasons, present

Former Member, The United Way

County Chair, Republican Executive Committee, 1977

Names of Grandchildren:

Kirby, Madeline, Max, Fisher, Ford, Clowie

Number of Grandchildren:

6