Sylvia Allen
American politician
Sylvia Tenney Allen (born April 2, 1947) is an American politician from Arizona. She has served as a Republican member Arizona House of Representatives since 2026. She previously served in the Arizona State Senate from 2008 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2021.
Education
Sylvia Allen holds a high school diploma from Snowflake High School, in Snowflake, Arizona.
Career
She is a co-founder and co-owner of George Washington Academy, LLC, a charter school in Snowflake, Arizona.
She served as a Navajo County Supervisor.
A Republican party activist, in 2008 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate following the departure of Senator Jake Flake. A resident of Snowflake, Arizona, she first represented the 5th legislative district.
Following her appointment, she was elected in her own right in 2008. In the 2009–10 legislature, she was a member of four standing committees: Appropriations; Education Accountability and Reform; Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Public Debt; and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Welfare.
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