Representative Danny Garrett Contact information

Danny Garrett, born on October 11, 1957, is a businessman and an American politician who has served District 44 in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2014. He is a member of the Republican Party and currently serves as the House majority whip. He represents the 44th House District in Jefferson County, which includes the cities of Trussville, Clay, and portions of Pinson.

Garrett is the oldest of four children born to John Ray Garrett, Jr. and Shirley Ferguson Garrett. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and his family moved to Decatur, Alabama on his first birthday in 1958. In 1962, the family moved to Center Point, which was then a suburb of Birmingham. Garrett attended Erwin Elementary School, Erwin Junior High School, and Erwin High School (now Center Point High School), graduating in 1976. He was elected class president in both his junior and senior years.

From 1976 to 1978, Garrett attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 1978, he transferred to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. In 1984, Garrett married Carol Sisson of Haleyville, Alabama. The couple first met as students while at the University of Alabama. They have three married adult sons and one grandchild.

In 2010, Garrett was appointed by the Trussville City Council to the Trussville City Schools Board of Education. He was named vice president of the Board in 2012. In 2014, Garrett ran for the open seat of State Representative for House District 44, which had been held for 36 years by Arthur Payne. In 2018, Garrett was re-elected without opposition.

Garrett currently serves as House majority whip, a position he was selected for in 2018. He serves as vice chair of the Education Ways and Means Committee and Education Policy Committee. He also serves as a member of the Fiscal Responsibility Committee and previously served as a member of the Small Business and Commerce Committee. Garrett served as co-chair of the Joint Task Force on Budget Reform and Co-Chair of the Joint Task Force on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he was named chair of the Emergency Small Business Task Force subcommittee of the Executive Branch Small Business Commission, which prepared detailed plans, procedures, and recommendations for reopening the state’s economy. Garrett also was appointed to the Lieutenant Governor’s Workforce Development Task Force.

Upon graduation from college, Garrett began his career with the Birmingham office of Ernst & Young, during which time he passed the Certified Public Accountant exam.