AWDA_Yearbook_Booklet_2021

TUESDAY BUSINESS SESSION

Commissioner Vernon Barnett Alabama Department of Revenue

Appointed by Governor Kay Ivey, Vernon Barnett began his service as the Alabama Commissioner of Revenue in May 2017. Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Barnett served as Executive Counsel at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. From 2006 to 2011, he was the Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections and a Deputy Legal Advisor to the Governor. Commissioner Barnett began his state career in the Alabama Office of the Attorney General in August 1997, eventually serving as a Deputy Solicitor General. Commissioner Barnett is a graduate of Vanderbilt Universi- ty and the University of Alabama School of Law. He and his wife Robyn have two young children, Ian and Olivia.