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Robyn Crittenden
Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Revenue
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Governor Brian Kemp
Preceded by David Curry
28th Secretary of State of Georgia
In office
November 8, 2018 – January 14, 2019
Governor Nathan Deal
Preceded by Brian Kemp
Succeeded by Brad Raffensperger
Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services
In office
January 14, 2019 – July 1, 2021
Governor Brian Kemp
Preceded by Gerlda B. Hines
Succeeded by Gerlda B. Hines
In office
July 1, 2015 – November 8, 2018
Governor Nathan Deal
Preceded by Keith Horton
Succeeded by Gerlda B. Hines
Personal details
Political party Republican
Education Yale University (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)

Robyn A. Crittenden is an American attorney from the state of Georgia. She was the 28th Georgia Secretary of State. She is the first African-American woman to serve as a statewide constitutional officer in Georgia.

Biography

Crittenden earned her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. Crittenden is a former general counsel for Morehouse College, assistant vice chancellor for legal affairs for the Georgia Board of Regents, and an assistant county attorney for DeKalb County, Georgia.

In 2015, Governor Nathan Deal appointed Crittenden as the commissioner of the Department of Human Services. Following the resignation of Brian Kemp as Secretary of State on November 8, 2018, Deal appointed Crittenden as the 28th Secretary of State to serve the remainder of his term. Following the completion of the term, she was re-appointed commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Services. In June 2021, Governor Kemp appointed Crittenden to lead the Georgia Department of Revenue, succeeding David Curry, who stepped down to run for U.S. Congress.

Crittenden and her daughter live in Tucker, Georgia.

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