Jeff Yarbro

Family

Wife: Tyler; 2 Children,

EDUCATION

JD, University of Virginia Law School, 2001-2004
AB, Government, Harvard University, 1995-1999

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Democratic Leader, Tennessee State Senate, 2019-2023
Candidate, Tennessee State Senate, District 21, 2022
Minority Caucus Chair, Tennessee State Senate, 2015-2018
Senator, Tennessee State Senate, District 21, 2015-present

COMMITTEES

Council on Pensions
Finance, Ways and Means Committee
Health and Welfare Committee
Joint Committee on Fiscal Review
Select Committee on Rules
State and Local Government Committee
Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education Advisor, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, 2007-2009
Director, Get Out The Vote, Harold Ford for United States Senate, 2006
Attorney, Bass, Berry & Sims, 2005-present
Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals, 2004-2005
Research Associate, TSD, Incorporated, 2001
Assistant to Chief Political Strategist, Gore Lieberman 2000, 2000
New Hampshire Primary and Advance Staff, Gore 2000, 1999-2000
Law Clerk, Chambers of Judge Gilbert Merritt

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Board Member, Nashville’s Metro Transit Authority, 2009-2014
Capital Campaign Committee, Conexion Americas, 2011-2014
Chair, Finance and East-West Connector Committees and Full Board , Nashville Metro Transit Authority, 2009-2014
Member, East End Preparatory Elementary School Board of Directors, 2010-present
Sunday School Teacher, Christ Church Cathedral, 2007-2009
Co-Founder, Nashville’s Kitchen Cabinet, 2008-present
Co-Chair, Casa Azafran Capital Campaign
Co-Chair, Superintendent Register’s Transformational Leadership Group
Disaster Response Volunteer, Nashville Red Cross
Member, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Advisory Committee
Member, Pencil Partner Program, Antioch Middle School
Member, Tennessee Bar Association
Member, Nashville Bar Association
Volunteer, St. Luke’s Community House