{"age":78,"biography":"# Biography\n\n## Education\n- B.S., Business Administration, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1972\n\n## Family\n- Married, wife Sylvia, four children, five grandchildren\n\n## Career\n- Retired - 43 years in Financial Industry\n- Lookout Valley Presbyterian Church\n\n## Committees\n- Chair, Judiciary Committee\n- Vice-Chairperson, Fiscal Review\n- Member, Education Committee\n\n## Community Involvement\n- Senate member of the 108th through 113th General Assemblies\n- Board Member, 1994-Present, Awakening, Inc.\n- National Rifle Association\n- Hamilton County Pachyderm Club\n- Cleveland/Bradley County Chamber of Commerce\n- Tennessee Valley Safari Club\n- Bethel Bible Village \u2013 Former Board Member\n\n## Honors & Awards\n- Former Presidential Appointee - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) Advisory Committee 2006-2010\n- Appointed Chair of PBGC by President George W. Bush by Executive Order 2007-2010.\n- Named Chair of ERISA Advisory Council for 2005 Session by U. S. Secretary of Labor\n- Named Vice Chair of ERISA Advisory Council for 2004 Session by U. S. Secretary of Labor.\n- Nominated as Washington Impact Player of the Year by Institutional Investment News, 2004.\n- U. S. Department of Labor, Investment Management Representative, 2003-2005.\n- U. S. Department of Labor, Investment Counseling Representative, 1985-1987.\n\n## External Links\n- [https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S10](https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S10)","birthdate":"Fri, 07 May 1948 00:00:00 GMT","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Todd","fullname":"Todd Gardenhire","lastname":"Gardenhire","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":null,"term":{"county":null,"electiondate":"2020-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate_010","office_title":"State Senate District 10","party":"R","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-11-05","term_start":"2020-11-03"},"year":2020}],"office_key":"state_senate_010","office_title":"State Senate District 10","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":null,"electiondate":"2020-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate_010","office_title":"State Senate District 10","party":"R","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-11-05","term_start":"2020-11-03"}]}],"terms":[{"county":null,"electiondate":"2020-11-03","office":"state_senate_010","state":"tn","term_end":"2024-11-05","term_start":"2020-11-03","title":"State Senate District 10"}],"token":"h8rNg1w4Dx"}