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Johnny Shaw
born 1955-01-05 (Age 69)
State Representative District 80 elected 2022-11-08 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Education
- Theology A.S., American Baptist College, Jackson, TN Campus
Family
- Married, five children
Career
- Businessman/Minister
Committees
- Member, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Fiscal Review
- Member, Local Government Committee
- Member, Local Government Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Select Committee on Rules
- Member, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee
- Member, Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session
- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
- Member, Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of 1st Extraordinary Session
Community Involvement
- House Member of the 102nd through 113th General Assemblies
- Vice-Chair, CMRA/Community Rehab
- Gathering of Men - Missionary Org.
- Former Hardeman County Commissioner
- Former Board Member, National Civil Rights Museum
- Community Rehabilitation Agencies of TN, Board of Directors
- TAKE ONE (Offender Support Program), Steering Committee Chair
- Board Member, West Tennessee Mental Health Facility
- Hardeman County Chamber of Commerce
- Lifetime Member of the NAACP
- Mayor's Character First Program, Brownsville
- Founding Member of the Shaw Singers
- Rural West Tennessee Caucus
- Alzheimer’s Tennessee Advocate
- Commission on Aging Advocate
- Tennessee Association of Broadcasters
- West TN Public Broadcast Board of Directors
- TN Association of Broadcasters, Member
- Code Red Ministers Coalition of West TN, Member
Honors & Awards
- 2022 NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award
- 2022 USDA Rural Development – TN State Black History Month Honoree
- 2021 Legislator of the Year – Tennessee Veterinary Medical Assoc.
- 2020 Hardeman County Commissioners Named Highway 64 the Rep. Johnny W. Shaw Highway
- 2020 Tennessee Education Association – Presidential Award for Meritorious Service
- 2020 The North Star Award – The Hardeman County Commission for Black History
- 2019 Southwest TN Development District – Legislator of the Year
- 2016 Legislator of the Year, TN Forestry Association
- 2014 Media History Maker
- 2013 Legislator of the Year, NBCSL, Corporate Roundtable Benjamin Ruffin Award
- 2012 Tennessee Association of Broadcasters-Distinguished Service Award
- Southeast association of Area Agencies on Aging-2012 Aging Impact Award
- 2008 Big Brothers, Big Sisters Appreciation & Service Award
- 2005 West Tennessee African American Entrepreneurs, C.A. Rawls Bridge Builder Award
- 2004 William Henry Miles Outstanding Community Service Award
- 2003 Jackson Affordable Housing's Jo Helen Imani Award
- 2002 Legislator of the Year, Tennessee Development District Association
- 2000 West Tennessee Black Business Association Chairman's Award