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Ross Turner's Biography

Office:

Full Name:

Ross Turner

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Julie; 3 Children: Clarence Ross "Clay" IV, Carey, Ellis

Birth Date:

05/15/1964

Birth Place:

Greenville, SC

Home City:

Greenville, SC

Religion:

Christian

BS, Financial Management, Clemson University, 1986

Senator, South Carolina State Senate, District 8, 2012-present

Candidate, South Carolina State Senate, District 8, 2024

Former Member, Family and Veterans' Services Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, General Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Joint Screening Committee for the Legislative Audit Council, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Rules Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Member, Banking and Insurance Committee, South Carolina State Senate, 2023-2024

Member, Corrections and Penology Committee, South Carolina State Senate, 2023-2024

Member, Education Committee, South Carolina State Senate, 2023-2024

Member, Finance Committee, South Carolina State Senate, 2023-2024

Member, Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee, South Carolina State Senate, 2023-2024

President, The Turner Agency, Incorporated, 1989-present

Instructor, Wyatt Institute of Real Estate, present

Member/Sunday School Teacher, Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, present

President, Greater Greenville Independent Insurance Agents, present

Former President, Gower Neighborhood Association

Former President/Member, Greenville Clemson Club

Former Member, Greenville Rotary Club

Participant, Leadership Greenville

Member, Peace Center of Greenville Board of Trustees

Former Member, Sara Collins Elementary School Booster Club/Parent Teacher Association

Former President/Member, YMCA Camp Greenville Board

Former Chair, Young Independent Agents Committee

Member, Upstate Citizens' Committee for Judicial Qualifications, 2000-2012

President, James. L. Mann High School Booster Club, 2010-2011

Member, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina (IIABSC), 2004-2008

Member, Beck Academy Booster Club/Parent Teacher Association, 2005-2007

Awards:

Hayne Glover Independent Agent of the Year, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina, 2013

Father's Name:

Clarence Ross, Jr.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Reading business trends, watching sporting events, watching dance team competitions, timing at swim events, hunting, golfing, watching Clemson football, coaching my kids' teams

Mother's Name:

Anne Summers

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