Katrina Frye Shealy

Katrina Frye Shealy REPRepublican

State Senator, District 23

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Katrina Frye ShealyREPRepublican State Senator, District 23
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Katrina Frye Shealy (born December 25, 1954, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American politician, and a member of the South Carolina State Senate. She is a Republican but was elected as a petition candidate from District 23 in Lexington County. At the time of her election in 2012, she was the only woman in the South Carolina Senate but as of May 2023, she is now one of six women currently serving in the South Carolina State Senate.She is an insurance executive and the former chairwoman of the Lexington County Republican Party. Shealy was the past Chair of the S.C. Friends of Juvenile Justice and is very active in Juvenile Justice reform.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
Darden School of Business
Attended Business
2014
University of South Carolina
Education Fellowship
2013
Lexington County Sheriff's Citizens Academy
Graduated
2003
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Graduated Emerging Leaders Program
Past Positions1 - 5 of 5
Senator
South Carolina State Senate
2012 - Current
Insurance Consultant
Keenan Suggs
2014 - 2016
Vice President of Production
Tower Street Insurance Advisors
2013 - Current
Insurance Underwriter
Davis Garvin Agency
1983 - 2012
Owner
Leola's This and That
Other Experience1 - 25 of 25
1st Vice Chair
South Carolina Republican Party
2015 - 2016
Member
Lexington County Medical Center Women of Hope Advisory Board
2011 - 2016
Member
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
2008 - 2014
Volunteer
South Carolina Republican Party
2000 - 2013
President
West Metro Republican Women
2003 - 2010
Chair
Lexington County Republican Party
2007 - 2008
Member
South Carolina Forestry Association
2005 - 2008
Volunteer
Department of Juvinelle Justice
2007 - 2008
Member
Congaree Girl Scout Council Board of Directors
2001 - 2005
Member
Lexington County Social Services Board of Directors
2001 - 2003
Chair
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
2000 - 2002
Co-Chair
Green School Caucus
Executive Board Member
National Association of Women Legislators
Founder
Katrina's Kids
Member
Health and Human Services Committee, Southeastern Legislative Conference
Member
Mutual Ministry Committeee, Saint James Lutheran Church, Lexington
Representative
Friedman Foundation Institute
State Director
National Foundation for Women in Government
State Director
South Carolina Women in Government
Former Chair
General Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Former Member
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Former Member
Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Former Member
Medical Affairs Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Former Member
Banking and Insurance Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Former Member
Judiciary Committee, South Carolina State Senate
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