Senator Sarah Kyle

Senator Kyle has dedicated her professional life to public service. After graduating Austin Peay State University, she began her career as a public school teacher in Tennessee before becoming a legislative aide to Sen. Anna Belle Clement O’Brien. During her tenure working in the State Senate, she attended law school in Nashville. After graduating, she clerked for the Tennessee Attorney General’s office. She served as a judge in Memphis City Court before being the second woman elected statewide in Tennessee to the Public Service Commission in 1994. In 1996, she was appointed to the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA), which succeeded the Public Service Commission as the utility regulator for Tennessee’s consumers. She served as President of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC), was a member of the National Association of Regulatory & Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and was 1 of 25 people in the nation to serve on the Telecommunications Committee. Sara is a mother of four and is married to Shelby County Chancellor Jim Kyle.

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Community Service: Sara has been an active member of her community, including various neighborhood and women’s organizations, PTA, and volunteering her time as a youth soccer and basketball coach. Her current and previous memberships include the NAACP, the Yellow Rose Society, Kiwanis Club, the Tennessee Bar Association, and the Memphis Bar Association. 

 

Service in Public Office: Member: Government Operations Committee; Judiciary Committee; State and Local Government Committee; Joint Government Operations Commerce, Labor, Transportation and Agriculture Subcommittee; Joint Government Operations Judiciary and Government Subcommittee.