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Tyler Harper's Biography

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Contact Information

19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Southwest
Atlanta, 30334

Full Name:

Tyler Harper

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1986

Birth Place:

Irwin County, GA

Home City:

Irwin County, GA

Religion:

Baptist

Associate of Science, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia

Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Georgia, 2023-present

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 7, 2012-2023

Candidate, Georgia State Commissioner of Agriculture, 2022

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 7, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Vice-Chair, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Former Member, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Ben Hill-Irwin Joint Development Authority

Appointed by Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Member, Compensation of Police and Sheriffs (COPS) Task Force

Appointed by Governor Nathan Deal, Former Member, Georgia Governor’s Education Reform Commission

Former Member, Government Oversight Committee, Georgia State Senate

Chair, Public Safety Committee, Georgia State Senate

Member, Retirement Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Employee, United States Senator Saxby Chambliss

Volunteer, Alumni Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, present

Member, Alumni Board, University of Georgia Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Alpha Eta Chapter, present

Member/Former State President, Georgia Young Farmer's Association, present

Member/Former President, Ocilla Rotary Club, present

Member/Musician, Satilla Baptist Church, present

Former County Campaign Chair, Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black

Host, Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at the Georgia Capitol

Graduated Member, Georgia Academy of Economic Development

Appointed by Governor Nathan Deal, Member, Georgia Law Enforcement Task Force

Associate Life Membership, Peace Officer Association of Georgia

Former Member, Public Affairs Committee, University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association

Former Member, Strategic Planning Committee, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Graduated Member, Georgia Legislative Leadership Institute, 2013

Graduated Member, Leadership Georgia, 2013

Awards:

Defender of Liberty, American Conservatives Union;
Selected by GOPAC as one of twenty Emerging Leaders

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Piano, guitar, outdoorsman, rated helicopter and fixed wing pilot

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