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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Northwest Office Building • Harrisburg, PA 17124
Tel (717) 783-7637
www.lcb.pa.gov

Tim Holden

Mr. Holden was first nominated to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control

Board by Governor Tom Corbett on June 14, 2013 and was unanimously
confirmed by the State Senate on Nov. 13, 2013. Mr. Holden was
named Chairman of the PLCB by Governor Tom Wolf on Feb. 17, 2015.
Mr. Holden was nominated to a second term by Governor Wolf on
May 18, 2016 and was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate
on June 29, 2016. Mr. Holden is a native of St. Clair, Schuylkill County.
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After attending St. Mary’s Elementary School and St. Clair Area High

School, Mr. Holden received an athletic scholarship to Fork Union
Military Academy, completing one year of college prep. Mr. Holden
earned a football scholarship to the University of Richmond, but an
illness cut short his football career. Mr. Holden completed his education
at Bloomsburg University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in
sociology. In 1980, he earned his license as an insurance broker and
real estate agent. Mr. Holden went on to work as a probation officer,
was sergeant-at-arms for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
and served as sheriff of Schuylkill County from 1985 to 1992. Mr.

Holden was a member of Congress for 10 terms, representing the 6th
District from 1993 to 2002 and the 17th District from 2003 to 2012. The
6th District was comprised of Schuylkill and Berks counties, as well as
part of Northumberland and Montgomery counties. The 17th District
was comprised of Schuylkill, Dauphin, and Lebanon counties, as well
as parts of Perry and Berks counties. Mr. Holden was a member of the
House Agriculture Committee since 1993 and served as vice chairman

of that committee in the 110th and 111th Congresses. Mr. Holden was
named chairman of the committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation,
Credit, Energy and Research during the 110th and 111th Congresses,
and he served on the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry subcommittee. In the
105th Congress, Mr. Holden was appointed to the Transportation and
Infrastructure committee. Mr. Holden and his wife, Gwen, live in St. Clair.

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