David W. Tandy
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David Warren Tandy is an American Democratic Party
politician
in Louisville
, Kentucky
, who represents Louisville Metro's
District 4. Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council
selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright. Tandy currently serves as the chairman of the Council’s Labor and Economic Development Committee.
, the youngest person and second African-American to serve his party as a state official.
Tandy was elected by the Metro Council to serve as District Four Councilman on April 14, 2005. He was re-elected in November 2006.
In January 2009, he was unanimously elected to serve as the seventh president of the Louisville Metro Council.
In the 2010 mayoral race, Tandy came in second place in the Democratic primary.
Tandy has served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society
, Mid-South Division, Inc. and ran the law firm of Tandy & Associates. In addition he has practiced law with the firms of Sheffer-Hutchinson-Kinney and Woodward, Hobson, & Fulton in Kentucky; Ortale, Kelley, Herbert, & Crawford in Nashville, Tennessee
; and worked in the Washington D.C. Office of former United States Senator Wendell H. Ford
.
-Youth Association, Inc. In addition he is a former Board Member of the Louisville Metro Police Merit Review Board and the Louisville Metro Parks Advisory Commission. Councilman Tandy also served as the first President of the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Organization.
Democratic Party (United States)
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politician
Politician
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in Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, who represents Louisville Metro's
Government of Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Metro is governed by an executive dubbed the Metro Mayor as well as a city legislature dubbed the Metro Council. The second and current Metro Mayor is Greg Fischer , who entered office on January 3, 2011...
District 4. Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council
Louisville Metro Council
The Louisville Metro Council is the city legislature of Louisville, Kentucky . It was formally established in January 2003 upon the merger of the former City of Louisville with Jefferson County and replaced the city's Board of Aldermen and the county's Fiscal Court .The Metro Council consists of...
selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright. Tandy currently serves as the chairman of the Council’s Labor and Economic Development Committee.
Biography
Tandy was born December 12, 1972 in Owensboro, Kentucky. As a student athlete, Tandy played as a Defensive Tackle for the Owenboro High's Red Devils. In 1991, Tandy was selected to play for the KY-TN All-star game. That same year Tandy began his matriculation at Vanderbilt University on an athletic scholarship. During his matriculation at the university, Tandy served as president of the Black Student Alliance, was a founding member of the Voices of Praise Gospel Choir, and was elected to serve on the Honors Council. Tandy graduated Vanderbilt's Peabody College in 1995 with a Bachelors of Science in Human and Organizational Development.Political career
In 2000, Tandy served as Treasurer for the Kentucky Democratic PartyKentucky Democratic Party
The Kentucky Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA. The party Chairman is Daniel Logsdon, Jr., Party Vice-Chair is Susie Watkins, and David Tandy is Treasurer...
, the youngest person and second African-American to serve his party as a state official.
Tandy was elected by the Metro Council to serve as District Four Councilman on April 14, 2005. He was re-elected in November 2006.
In January 2009, he was unanimously elected to serve as the seventh president of the Louisville Metro Council.
In the 2010 mayoral race, Tandy came in second place in the Democratic primary.
Professional career
Tandy was an attorney with the firm of Stoll-Keenon-Ogden. His areas of practice included public finance, corporate law and government relations. He left the firm in 2008 to actively campaign to become the next Mayor of Louisville; eventually claiming second place in the primary election.Tandy has served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
, Mid-South Division, Inc. and ran the law firm of Tandy & Associates. In addition he has practiced law with the firms of Sheffer-Hutchinson-Kinney and Woodward, Hobson, & Fulton in Kentucky; Ortale, Kelley, Herbert, & Crawford in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
; and worked in the Washington D.C. Office of former United States Senator Wendell H. Ford
Wendell H. Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator in Kentucky history...
.
Community involvement
Tandy’s community involvement includes serving as an Executive Board Member of the Louisville Branch NAACP Executive Committee and the Kentucky YMCAYMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
-Youth Association, Inc. In addition he is a former Board Member of the Louisville Metro Police Merit Review Board and the Louisville Metro Parks Advisory Commission. Councilman Tandy also served as the first President of the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Organization.