Thomas Tillberry (born May 4, 1964) is a

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politician and former member of the

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representing District 51B, which included portions of Anoka and

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counties in the northern part of the

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metropolitan area. A

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, he is also a counselor at

Roseville Area High School Roseville Area High School (RAHS) is a public high school in Roseville, Minnesota, United States. It serves Roseville and the surrounding communities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, and Shoreview. RAHS is ...

in Roseville. Tillberry was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. He was a member of the House's Taxes Committee and Ways and Means Committee. He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the K-12 Education Finance Division and the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division. Tillberry attended

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in Winona, then went on to

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, receiving a

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in Political Science. He later earned his

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in Counseling from Winona State. He is also a former admissions counselor for Winona State. Tillberry served as a member and treasurer of the

Fridley Fridley is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 29,590 at the 2020 census. Fridley was incorporated in 1949 as a village, and became a city in 1957. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as ...

School Board from 2005 to 2006. He was a union negotiator for the Roseville Chapter of

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, and a delegate to the

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. He has also been a member of Dads Make a Difference, a teen pregnancy reduction program, and is a co-founder of DCCST, a district-wide crisis intervention team. He and has wife have worked as interfaith medical missioners to

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, Guatemala and Haiti.

References

External links

Rep. Tillberry Web Page

Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Tom Tillberry

Project Votesmart - Rep. Tom Tillberry Profile

Tom Tillberry Campaign Web Site
1964 births Living people People from Fridley, Minnesota Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Politicians from Waukesha, Wisconsin 21st-century American politicians School counselors {{Minnesota-politician-stub