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Affordable Housing Trailblazer Award Honoree Senator Todd Young (R-IN)
Senator Todd Young represents Hoosiers in the United States Senate. He currently serves on the Senate Committees on Finance; Foreign Relations; Commerce, Science & Transportation; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. A fifth-generation Hoosier, Young grew up watching his parents work hard in order to support the family. His first jobs were delivering
newspapers, mowing lawns, and providing janitorial services at the family business.
Young is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated with honors in 1995 and accepted a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 2000, Young was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps as a Captain. While serving in the Marines and working as a business consultant, Young earned an MBA and his law degree. In 2010, he ran for Congress and served three terms representing Indiana’s 9th District. He was elected to the US Senate in 2016. Young married his wife Jenny in 2005 and worked together at a small law firm in Paoli, Indiana started by Jenny’s great-grandfather. Today, they reside in Greenwood, Indiana with their four young children: a son, Tucker, and three daughters, Annalise, Abigail, and Ava.
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