Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed, R-Jasper, prepares to speak in the Alabama Senate on May 2, 2024 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. Reed, who has led the chamber since 2021, plans to resign at the beginning of next year to become a workforce advisor to Gov. Kay Ivey. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Reed, R-Jasper, will leave the Alabama Senate at the beginning of next year to take a job in Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration.
Reed, first elected to the Alabama Senate in 2010, has served as Senate President Pro Tem, the effective leader of the chamber, since 2021. Ivey said in a statement Tuesday that Reed would become Senior Advisor to Workforce Transformation.
“He will be integral to the transition from the Department of Labor to the Department of Workforce and in setting the foundation for the new agency,” Ivey said in the statement. “Increasing our state’s labor force participation rate and setting us up for long term success remains a priority for my administration.”
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Reed was strongly aligned with business entities during his time in the Senate. He helped pass bills expanding tax incentives for businesses in 2023 and another package this year aimed at improving workforce development training, though several of those bills were amended before passage.
“Alabama is poised to chart a new path in workforce development and economic growth, and I am immensely grateful to Governor Kay Ivey for giving me the opportunity to be a part of her team as a Senior Advisor to Workforce Transformation,” Reed said in a statement.
Secretary Marty Redden will lead the Department of Labor as it transitions into the Department of Workforce, which officially launches next summer.
Reed’s appointment is effective Jan. 1. Ivey plans to announce a special election for his Senate seat after he takes office. The seat has been solidly Republican in recent years.
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