Senator LaTonya Johnson

Senate District 6

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Current Committees

• Committee on Finance
• Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
• Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
• Joint Committee on Finance
• Joint Legislative Council

Biography

• Born Somerville, Tennessee, June 22; 1 child.
• Graduate Bay View High School, 1990; B.S. in Criminal Justice, Tennessee State University, 1997; attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1990—92.
• Full-time legislator. Former family child care provider and owner, 2002—12; insurance agent, 2000—02; financial employment planner, 1997—2000.
• Member: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together Local 502 (former president); AFSCME District Council 32 (former vice president); AFSCME People; Emerge Wisconsin, Class of 2012; Milwaukee Democratic Legislative Caucus (former chair); Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus; University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (advisory board member); Wisconsin Legislative Children's Caucus (cochair); BLOC (Black Leaders Organizing for Communities) cofounder; NAACP; College Savings Program Board.
• Former member: African American Chamber of Commerce; Wisconsin Women in Government (former board member); Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU); Midwestern Legislative Conference (executive committee member).
• Elected to Assembly 2012-2014. Elected to Senate since 2016.

Member of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board