David W. Tandy
| David W. Tandy | |
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| Member of Louisville Metro Council for the 4th District | |
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Assumed office April 14, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Willie Bright |
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| Born |
December 18, 1972 Owensboro, KY, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Official website |
David Warren Tandy is an American Democratic Party politician in Louisville, Kentucky, who represents Louisville Metro's District 4. Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright. Tandy currently serves as the president of the Metro Council.
Biography
Tandy was born December 12, 1972 in Owensboro, Kentucky. As a student athlete, Tandy played as a defensive tackle for the Owensboro High's Red Devils. In 1991, Tandy was selected to play for the KY-TN All-star game. That same year Tandy began his matriculation at Vanderbilt University on an athletic scholarship. During his matriculation at the university, Tandy served as president of the Black Student Alliance, was a founding member of the Voices of Praise Gospel Choir, and was elected to serve on the Honors Council. Tandy graduated from Vanderbilt's Peabody College in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development.
Political career
In 2000, Tandy served as treasurer for the Kentucky Democratic Party, the youngest person and second African-American to serve his party as a state official.
Tandy was elected by the Metro Council to serve as District Four councilman on April 14, 2005. He was re-elected in November 2006. In January 2009, he was unanimously elected to serve as the seventh president of the Louisville Metro Council. In the 2010 mayoral race, Tandy came in second place in the Democratic primary. Following the death of Council President Jim King in January 2015, Tandy was selected to fill the unexpired term. He is the second member of the Metro Council, after King, to serve as president for more than one term.
Professional career
Tandy was an attorney with the firm of Stoll-Keenon-Ogden. His areas of practice included public finance, corporate law and government relations. He left the firm in 2008 to actively campaign to become the next mayor of Louisville; eventually claiming second place in the primary election.
Tandy has served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division, Inc. and ran the law firm of Tandy & Associates. In addition he has practiced law with the firms of Sheffer-Hutchinson-Kinney and Woodward, Hobson, & Fulton in Kentucky; Ortale, Kelley, Herbert, & Crawford in Nashville, Tennessee; and worked in the Washington D.C. Office of former United States Senator Wendell H. Ford.
Community involvement
Tandy's community involvement includes serving as an executive board member of the Louisville Branch NAACP Executive Committee and the Kentucky YMCA-Youth Association, Inc. In addition he is a former board member of the Louisville Metro Police Merit Review Board and the Louisville Metro Parks Advisory Commission. Councilman Tandy also served as the first president of the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Organization.