Wayne Parker, Jr. (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Alabama (5)
- Birth Date: Sept. 28, 1959
- Web site: http://wayneparker08.com/
Education
- American Graduate School of International Management, MA
- Auburn University, BA
Wayne Parker was born in Huntsville where he now resides. He received a degree in economics from Auburn University and a master's degree from the American Graduate School of International Management.
He worked in the Washington area for the International Foundation and the Export-Import Bank before returning to Huntsville in 1994 to run for Congress.
After two unsuccessful bids to unseat Democratic Rep. Bud Cramer, he formed a lobbying firm named The Churchill Group. He lobbied Congress until 2001 on issues such as lowering estate taxes and corporate taxes. His father-in-law, former Republican Rep. Bill Archer, chaired the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee at the time.
Parker gradually ended his lobbying business and began selling insurance. He is now a vice president of the Insurance Office of America, one of the largest privately-held insurance companies in the country.
Parker and his wife, Lisa, have 4 children.
