David Byerman

David Byerman
Headshot of David A. Byerman Director of the Legislative Research Commission
Director, Legislative Research Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2015
Personal details
Born	David Byerman
Political party	Non-Partisan
Spouse(s)	Caroline Byerman
Children	Amanda Will
Residence	Frankfort, KY
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania University of Redlands
Website	[29]

David Byerman serves as Director of the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. In this capacity he manages all nonpartisan legislative staff in Kentucky, overseeing an agency with approximately 400 employees and a $63.4 million annual budget. Byerman was announced as the unanimous choice of legislative leadership on September 10, 2015 and was formally appointed by the 16-member Legislative Research Commission on September 23, 2015.

Byerman is a graduate of McQueen High School in Reno, Nevada. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Redlands, with a double major in history and political science, serving as President of the student body. Byerman earned a Master of Governmental Administration degree from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is married to Caroline Byerman. They have two children, Amanda and Will.

Byerman began his career as Executive Director of Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities, Inc., a public-private partnership that promotes alternative fuel vehicles. Under Byerman's leadership, Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities developed from a start-up non profit to the become the winner of the "Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence," an honor awarded by Governor Tom Ridge in 1998.

Byerman moved back to his home state of Nevada in 1998 and served on the senior staff of Governor Bob Miller. There, Byerman served as Executive Assistant to the Governor, a policy position in which Byerman managed transportation, environmental, and information technology issues as a member of the Governor's senior staff. From the Governor's staff, Byerman went on to lead intergovernmental relations for the Nevada Department of Transportation.

As a volunteer in his community, David has served as President of the Sparks Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the State of Nevada's Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy, and Chairman of the Board of the Nevada Association of Nonprofit Organizations.

Byerman served as Chief Government Liaison for Nevada for the U.S. Census Bureau during both the 2000 and 2010 Census campaigns. In this role, Byerman served as the lead strategist and media spokesman for both campaigns. Nevada's 2000 Census Campaign produced the biggest turnaround of any state in the nation; while 2.3% of Nevadans were missed in 1990, the undercount was cut to only 1.6% in 2000. The improved Census count was calculated to have produced $16 million for Nevada annually in additional federal allocations from 2000 to 2010. Both campaigns were highly successful, and Byerman was widely credited with having played a major role as both an advocate and an organizer.