Jarrett Charles Coleman (b. circa 1990) is an American politician and pilot. He is a Republican member of the

Pennsylvania State Senate The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four-year terms, stagger ...

, and represents the 16th District.

Early life and education

Coleman studied to become a pilot at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania and later

Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is a private university focused on aviation and aerospace programs based in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, United States. It is the largest accredited university system specializing in ...

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, where he earned a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

in aviation and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

Career

Coleman worked as a pilot for

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, Compass Airlines, and

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. He was elected to the school board for the Parkland School District in November 2021, running on his opposition to the district's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including

remote learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...

and mask requirements for children — and the teaching of

critical race theory Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic field focused on the relationships between Social constructionism, social conceptions of Race and ethnicity in the United States census, race and ethnicity, Law in the United States, social and political ...

. Coleman successfully challenged 17-year incumbent Pat Browne in the 2022 Republican primary for Pennsylvania's 16th Senate District, narrowly defeating Browne by only 24 votes. He went on to win the general election, defeating Democrat Mark Pinsley. Currently, Senator Jarrett Coleman chairs the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee, the panel responsible for reviewing proposals to restructure and streamline state government. Coleman is also a member of the Communications and Technology, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Education, Local Government, and Urban Affairs and Housing committees.https://urbanaffairs.pasenategop.com/committee-members/

References

External links

Senate website
Living people Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University alumni Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-politician-stub