Jefferson County Tax Assessor

Gaynell Hendricks is the first woman and first African American to serve as Jefferson County Tax Assessor¹. She had completed two six-year terms when she won a third in November 2020, defeating Republican Jonathan Barbee²³. She holds a sociology degree from LeMoyne-Owen College and an MBA from Rutgers and founded the Wee Care Academy childcare centers¹². She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁴.

• Jefferson County Tax Assessor, currently in her third six-year term; her office completed the county's first resurvey in more than 75 years and a countywide remapping¹²³
• Founder and owner, Wee Care Academy childcare centers, since 1988²
• Former board member and first woman chair of the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport board; other civic boards including the Birmingham Zoo¹²
• B.A. in sociology, LeMoyne-Owen College; MBA, Rutgers University¹²
• Elected countywide; she had served two full terms by 2020 and won a third term on November 3, 2020 with about 56 percent of the vote over Jonathan O. Barbee²³. Unopposed in 2026⁴.