Senator Jeff Yarbro
Since being elected to the Tennessee General Assembly in 2014, Senator Yarbro has been working hard to bring people together on the issues that matter most. He’s reached across the aisle on dozens of bills that have been signed by the Governor and made into laws. At the same time, he’s been a persistent voice to call for strengthening public education, improving access to health care, and building an economy that works for everyone. He serves on the Finance, Ways and Means Committee, Fiscal Review, Health and Welfare Committee, the State and Local Government Committee, and the Senate Rules Committee.
Biography
A native of Dyersburg, Tennessee, Senator Yarbro received a B.A. from Harvard University and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. During law school, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review. Upon graduation, he received the Thomas Marshall Miller Prize, awarded to an outstanding member of the graduating class. He also received the Roy H. and Mary Claiborne Ritter Prize and was elected to the Order of the Coif and the Raven Society. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Gilbert Merritt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Senator Yarbro is actively involved in the community. He serves as the co-chair of the Metro Nashville Public Schools’ working group to transform high school education and is one of the founding board members of East End Prep, a charter elementary school. He has served as an education policy adviser to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean. In connection with his work in public education, he received the PENCIL Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year award for 2010-11. He is a veteran of Al Gore's presidential campaign and Harold Ford Jr.’s campaign for the United States Senate. He is also an attorney for Bass Berry + Sims in Nashville, TN, and holds memberships with the Nashville Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Bar Association, Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee (Metro Government of Nashville & Davidson County, Tennessee), and the American Health Law Association (AHLA). He is married to his wife, Tyler Chance Yarbro, and has two kids, a son, Jack and a daughter Kate.
Awards and Honors: Aspen Institute - Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership; NewDeal Leaders; Council of State Governments, Toll Fellowship; 2011 Nashville Business Journal “40 Under 40” Award; The Academies of Nashville Awards, 2014 CEO Champions Award; TN Health Care Campaign 2015 Award; National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2016 Public Policy Award; 2017 Tennessee AFL-CIO Legislative Leadership Award; Tennessee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 2017 Appreciation Award.
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