Republican
Representative Sherman Parker represents
part of St. Charles County (District 12)
in the Missouri House of
Representatives. He was elected to the
House in November 2002 and
was re-elected in 2004 with 73% of the
vote.
During the 92nd
Missouri General Assembly,
Representative Parker was elected Deputy
Majority Whip and served as
Vice-Chairman of the Financial Services
Committee. He also served on the
Education Committee, and the Small
Business Committee.
During his
first year
as a
legislator,
Missouri’s
community
college
chancellors
and
presidents,
named
Sherman their
legislator
of the year
for his work
and
commitment
to higher
education.
Sherman was
also named
Missouri
Votes
Conservation’s
Rising
Stars, due
to his
leadership
on
conservation
issues. In
2002,
Sherman was
named by his
peers as the
Missouri’s
Young
Republican
of the Year.
In 2005,
Cardinal
Glennon
Hospital
awarded
Sherman the
"Defender of
the
Children"
award. This
year,
Sherman was
named by the
St. Louis
Business
Journal as
one of the
region's
"Most
Influential
Minority
Business
Leaders.
Sherman is
presently a
contributing
columnist to
the St.
Louis Post
Dispatch
newspaper.
Prior to his
legislative
duties,
Sherman
served as
the Chief
Operating
Officer for
Omicron
Development
Corporation,
was a member
of the
executive
staff of
UniGroup,
Inc., an
Account
Comptroller
for State
Street Bank
in Boston,
Massachusetts,
and served
as a Special
Assistant to
three United
States
Senators.
Representative
Parker
received a
Bachelor of
Arts degree
in North and
South
American
history and
political
science from
the
University
of Vermont.
During his
junior year
in college,
he attended
the St.
Louis
University
in Madrid,
Spain
