Commissioner Michael Hooks - Chairman
District 3
(901) 545-4301
Michael Hooks, currently serving as Chairman of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, was elected to the Board in August, 1994 and reelected in 1998 and 2002. He is president of Michael A. Hooks and Associates, a real estate appraising/property tax consultant firm.
He was elected to the State Constitutional Convention in 1977 and selected as one of 50 Outstanding Leaders of the Future by Ebony Magazine in 1978. Mr. Hooks was elected to the Memphis City Council in 1979 and served as chairman for two consecutive years.
Mr. Hooks was elected as the Shelby County Property Assessor in August of 1988. During his four year term, he was voted by his peers in the International Association of Assessing Officers as Assessor of the Year.
He served on the State Board of Equalization. That appointment by Governor Ned McWherter makes him the only Shelby Countian to have served in that capacity.
He is married to City Councilwoman Janet Hooks.