Christopher “Chris” Lanier is a lifelong Clarksville resident, small business owner, and community leader running to represent District 67 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Raised in the Beachaven subdivision off Madison Street, he is a proud graduate of Clarksville-Montgomery County schools, attending Norman Smith Elementary, Barksdale Elementary, Richview Middle, and Clarksville High School before earning a degree from Austin Peay State University in Agriculture with a minor in Business. His commitment to education was shaped early by his mother’s career as a CMCSS teacher and school counselor and continues through his service to local schools.

Chris has been married for 24 years to his wife Carrie, a first-grade teacher at Kirkwood Elementary. They have two children, Emily, a senior at Rossview High School, and Bowman, a fifth-grade student at Rossview Elementary. As a husband and father, Chris understands the priorities families share, including school safety, strong academics, student discipline, transportation, and supporting and retaining great teachers.

For more than 26 years, Chris has owned and operated Lanier Lawn & Landscaping, LLC, building a trusted local business while investing in the community. A graduate of Leadership Clarksville, Class of 2023, he has served as a Partner in Education with Rossview Elementary and Kirkwood Elementary. He is a past president and current board member of the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville, helping provide more than 3,800 books to local third graders and supporting the effort that helped establish Explorers Landing at the Customs House Museum.

Chris serves as Chairman of the Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board and previously served as Vice-Chair. He earned the Tennessee School Boards Association’s Master School Board Member distinction, becoming the first in Tennessee to achieve the highest Level 5 certification within one year. With deep community roots and a record of service, Chris is committed to addressing parents’ top concerns, including school quality, student mental health, bullying, school safety, and substance abuse, and bringing practical leadership and local values to Nashville.