Matt Kisber

Matthew Harris "Matt" Kisber (born January 31, 1960) is a businessman and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Tennessee who served ten two-year terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives and was Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development during the governorship of Phil Bredesen.

Kisber was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and grew up there. His grandfather, Jonas Kisber, Sr, owned and operated Kisber's Department Stores in Jackson. Matt's dad is Jonas Jr; and was prominent in the city's small Jewish community. Matt Kisber started working in his family's department store when he was 12 years old. While attending Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science, he worked as a photojournalist for the Jackson Sun newspaper.

Kisber was elected to represent Jackson in the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1982 and went on to serve ten consecutive two-year terms before leaving office voluntarily in November 2002. During his years in the state legislature, he served as chairman of the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee, as well as special joint committees of the House and Senate that considered matters related to business taxation, electricity deregulation, and workers' compensation. He also headed a National Conference of State Legislatures committee that studied the streamlining of state sales tax administration.

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