Rep. Dar'Shun Kendrick
HD 93
Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick serves House District 95 in the Georgia House of Representatives which includes portions of DeKalb, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties.
She was first elected in 2010 at the age of 27. She serves as the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Non-Civil (Criminal law) committee as well as on the Juvenile Justice, Interstate Cooperation, Small Business Development & Jobs Creation, and Technology & Infrastructure Committees. She also was appointed to the overview committee of the Georgia Technology Authority.
She is co-Founder of the Georgia Future Caucus, a bipartisan group of legislators 40 or younger. In 2018, her peers elected her as the Chief Deputy Whip for the House Democratic Caucus. In 2019, she was appointed to the Telecommunications, Science & Technology Committee for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Additionally, in 2019, she started the first Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship bipartisan caucus of the Georgia House of Representatives. In 2020, she was elected to serve as House Whip of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, the largest black caucus in the nation. Her policy work focuses on equity in economic development and wealth creation, technology and entrepreneurship and criminal justice reform.
Rep. Kendrick was born and raised in Atlanta and attended Towers High School in Decatur where she graduated at the top of her class. She graduated from Oglethorpe University in 2004 with a dual degree in political science and communications and from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2007. In 2011, she graduated with honors from Kennesaw State University with a Masters degree in Business Administration. In 2017, she opened Kendrick Advisory & Advocacy Group, LLC, a law firm & registered investment advisory firm which focuses on capital raising compliance and investment strategies, particularly for women founders and black founders. In 2019, she obtained her series 65 license and is currently a registered investment adviser representative in the State of Georgia.
She is the author of the inspirational book “Morning to Motivation,” published in 2021. In 2023, she opened Darshun Speaks, a law firm and business coaching firm which helps founders become “Investor Ready.” Rep. Kendrick has been featured in the Huffington Post as 1 of 25 people in Atlanta positioned to create diversity in tech for African Americans and in the Atlanta Journal Constitution as a businesswoman running for office. She founded Georgia’s “Tech for All” policy conference which seeks to establish collaboration between the black tech ecosystem and policy makers to advocate for inclusive tech policy within the state. The conference has been rebranded to Tech for All Policy Conference.
In 2019, she received the Rising Star Award for the Urban League of Greater Atlanta’s Young Professionals and “40 under 40” recognition from the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Rep. Kendrick is a community activist, public speaker, elected official, private securities attorney, registered investment adviser, founder, investor, published author and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She currently resides in Lithonia, Georgia with her dog Dezzy.
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