Alan Nunnelee represents Lee and Pontotoc counties in the Mississippi State Senate.  He has done so since he was elected to replace Senator Roger Wicker in 1994.

He is Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. 

Alan is a leader of many national legislative organizations involved in health care including serving as Vice Chairman of the Health Committee of the National Conference of State Legislators, a member of the Health and Human Services Task force of the American Legislative Exchange Council, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Reforming States Group of the Milbank Memorial Fund.

He has been rated as a Business Champion for his support of issues relating to the free enterprise system, and been recognized by the Mississippi Lions Eye Bank for invaluable service to the blind.  The Mississippi Farm Bureau named him the “Friend of Agriculture” in 2001 for his outstanding contribution to agriculture and rural Mississippi.

He has been recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as being one of the top young business leaders of our state being named a “Top 40 under 40”.

Alan is a graduate of Mississippi State University, and when not working in the Legislature, he is Vice President of Allied Funeral Associates Insurance Company, a life insurance company specializing in working through funeral homes.

He is a member of the Community Development Foundation board of directors and a member of the Board of Trustees for Mississippi College.

Alan is a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Calvary Baptist Church, Tupelo.  He is a youth baseball coach.

He and his wife Tori have children, Reed and his wife Kemily who live in Flowood, MS, Emily  and Nathan who are students at Mississippi State University.