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PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Northwest Office Building • Harrisburg, PA 17124
Tel (717) 783-7637 • Fax (717) 772-3714
www.lcb.state.pa.us

Chairman T. Timothy Holden

Mr. Holden was nominated to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
by Gov. Tom Corbett on June 14, 2013. He was unanimously confirmed
by the state Senate on Nov. 13, 2013, to serve a four-year term.
Mr. Holden was named chairman of the PLCB by Gov. Tom Wolf on
Feb. 17, 2015. He is a native of St. Clair, Schuylkill County and completed his
education at Bloomsburg University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in
sociology. In 1980, Mr. Holden earned his license as an insurance broker and
real estate agent. He 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. He was a member of Congress for
10 terms, representing the Sixth District from 1993 to 2002 and the 17th
District from 2003 to 2012. The Sixth 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 part 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. He
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. He and his wife, Gwen, live in St. Clair.

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