Tom Tillberry
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 51B district
In office
2007  January 7, 2013
Preceded byConnie Bernardy
Succeeded bydistrict redrawn
Personal details
Born (1964-05-04) May 4, 1964
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Political partyMinnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
SpouseKimberly
Children2
ResidenceFridley, Minnesota
Alma materWinona State University
Professioneducator, counselor, legislator

Thomas Tillberry (born May 4, 1964) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 51B, which included portions of Anoka and Ramsey counties in the northern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, he is also a counselor at Roseville Area High School in Roseville.[1]

Tillberry was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. He was a member of the House's Taxes Committee and Ways and Means Committee. He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the K-12 Education Finance Division and the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division.[2]

Tillberry attended Winona Senior High School in Winona, then went on to Winona State University, receiving a B.A. in Political Science. He later earned his M.A. in Counseling from Winona State. He is also a former admissions counselor for Winona State.[1][3]

Tillberry served as a member and treasurer of the Fridley School Board from 2005 to 2006. He was a union negotiator for the Roseville Chapter of Education Minnesota, and a delegate to the National Education Association. He has also been a member of Dads Make a Difference, a teen pregnancy reduction program, and is a co-founder of DCCST, a district-wide crisis intervention team. He and has wife have worked as interfaith medical missioners to Nigeria, Guatemala and Haiti.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Tillberry, Tom". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  2. "Tom Tillberry (DFL) 51B - Minnesota House of Representatives". House.leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  3. 1 2 "Project Vote Smart - Representative Tom Tillberry - Biography". Votesmart.org. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  4. "Biography". Tomtillberry.com. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2010-07-20.


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