Jamie Kiel -  State Representative Jamie Kiel is serving his first term in the Alabama House of Representatives. He serves on the Ways and Means Education Committee which oversees the state’s over $8 billion education budget.

A graduate of Russellville High School, Kiel started his company — Kiel Equipment — while working toward his Management and Marketing degree at the University of North Alabama. What began as a local business 25 years ago now serves customers across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, selling and leasing mowers, tractors, and other heavy duty equipment.

Kiel is a member of the UNA Foundation Board and the UNA College of Education and Human Sciences Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Franklin County Broadband Taskforce, and has served on the SACS Accreditation and the Federal Monitoring Committees for the Franklin County school system. Kiel also serves as a youth league basketball coach.

Kiel and his wife, Melissa, have three daughters: Sarah Kate, Audrey Claire, and Lydia Grace. The children attend Russellville schools where Melissa teaches. The family is actively involved at Tharptown Baptist Church, where Kiel served as the music director for 20 years.