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Sonya Halpern
Profile
Sonya Halpern is an American politician and marketing executive serving as a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district. Elected in 2020, she has built a career focused on community leadership, including serving as the first African-American Chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Halpern holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MBA from the University of Hartford. In the state legislature, she serves on several committees, including Appropriations and Health and Human Services, and has occasionally crossed party lines on specific policy issues.
Details
- Born
- October 11, 1967 · 58 years old
- Education
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Hartford
- Career
- Marketing executive, Chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts
