州长凯-艾维于2017年5月任命弗农-巴尼特担任阿拉巴马州税务局局长。
He has worked in state government for over 26 years serving as a Deputy Solicitor General, Deputy Legal Advisor to the Governor, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, and Executive Counsel of the Department of Environmental Management.
Commissioner Barnett is the current Vice Chair of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee, the First Vice President of the Federation of Tax Administrators Board of Trustees, a member of the Senior Executive Board of the Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a member of the Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators Executive Committee, and the past Chair of the Multistate Tax Commission.
他在范德比尔特大学和阿拉巴马大学法学院获得学位。他和他的妻子有两个孩子。
