Katrina Robinson

Katrina Robinson DEMDemocrat

American politician

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Katrina RobinsonDEMDemocrat American politician
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Katrina Robinson (born January 13, 1981) is an American former politician who served in the Tennessee Senate from the 33rd district from 2019 to 2022 as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first sitting member of the state senate to be indicted since Operation Tennessee Waltz and later became the first person to ever be expelled from the state senate.Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, educated at the University of Memphis and Union University, and founded a nursing college in 2015. She was elected to the state senate in the 2018 election after defeating incumbent Senator Reginald Tate in the Democratic primary. Robinson was indicted on forty-eight charges relating to the embezzlement of $600,000 from federal grants to her nursing school in 2020. The charges against her were reduced to twenty before Judge Sheryl H. Lipman acquitted her on fifteen charges. She was found guilty on four counts of wire fraud in 2021.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
Union University
BSN Nursing
2010
University of Memphis
BBA Marketing Management
1998 - 2008
Xavier University in Louisiana
Attended
Past Positions1 - 11 of 11
Senator
Tennessee State Senate
2019 - 2022
Owner
Celebrity Body Studio
Current
Founder
The Healthcare Institute Limited Liability Company: Healthcare Career College
2015 - Current
Healthcare Facility Administrator, Registered Nurse
DaVita
2012 - 2015
Staff
Intensive Care Unit, Methodist University Hospital
2011 - 2015
Registered Nurse
Select Specialty Hospital
2011 - 2013
Director
Government Strategic Account Sales, AmeriGas Propane, Limited Partnership
2008 - 2009
Government Accounts Manager
FedEx Society
2006 - 2008
Account Executive
Konica Minolta
2004 - 2005
Small Business Account Executive
AT&T
2001 - 2004
Account Executive
Bellsouth Telecommunications
Other Experience1 - 23 of 23
Founder
The Sweet Jar Foundation
Current
Participant
Emerge Tennessee
2018
Leadership Fellow
National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL)
2017
Member
Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) Program
2017
Participant
Leadership Memphis
2017
Advisory Board Member
Shelby Residential and Vocational Services Incorporated
Appointee
Ascend Program (Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Circle)
Chair
Shelby County Schools Career and Technical Education Design Board
Chair
Shelby County Ethics Commission
Member
Tennessee State Senator Military Academy Nomination Board
Member
Junior League of Memphis
Member
National League of Nurses
Member
Emerge Tennessee Advisory Council
Member
Democratic Women of Shelby County
Member
Shelby Residential & Vocational Services, Incorporated (SRVS) Advisory Board
Member
Shelby County Juvenile Court Foster Care Review Board
Member
Tennessee Nurses Association
Member
National Small Business Association Leadership Council
Member
Shelby County Democratic Party
Participant
Propel Program, City of Memphis Office of Business Diversity
Former Member
Judiciary Committee, Tennessee State Senate
2022
Former Member
Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Tennessee State Senate
Former Member
Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Tennessee State Senate
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