Regina brings with her over 25 of experience in public service, along with 28 years as an attorney and a lifetime of community service. Her experience in public administration, running a business, finance, law and particularly tax collection makes her perfectly suited to continue her service as Trustee. She has collected taxes for both the City and the County and set records doing it.

Before she even graduated from Rhodes College, Regina was serving the City of Memphis, including several years as an internal consultant on budget and staffing issues, several years with HCD, and 3 years as Assistant City Treasurer. She implemented procedures which set new records for tax collections.

She was then appointed by Governor Ned McWherter as Assistant to the TN Commissioner of Revenue in Nashville. When the State of TN formed a new department of 1200 employees called Youth Development, she was tapped to be the personnel director.

After graduating from law school and passing the bar while working full-time, Regina returned to Memphis out of love for the city and began her private law practice serving individual clients, as well as large and small businesses, for 15 years. In 2009, following the death of the then County Trustee, the Shelby County Commission unanimously appointed Regina as Trustee. While she was Trustee then, the office set new tax collection records and won a national award for financial management. From 2010 through 2015, she served as the Deputy City Attorney for Memphis. In 2016, Regina opened Newman Law & Mediation, resuming her private law practice.

In 2018, Regina was elected as Trustee and is the first woman elected to hold the position in Shelby County. In 2021, her fellow County Trustees elected her President of the West TN Trustees' Association.

She has remained involved in civic, political and community endeavors throughout the County.

Regina was born in Kentucky and came to Shelby County to go to Rhodes College. While in Memphis, she met and married Robert A. Newman, a financial advisor, and they live in Midtown.

Regina is committed to being a servant of the citizens and believes in treating all persons fairly and with respect, and working hard every day to exceed their expectations. "I believe that the people in our community expect their Trustee to safeguard the County's funds, which are their tax dollars. I work for the taxpayers, and government is about them, not me."

She works for YOU and has shown she knows how to do the job right!


Recipient of:

Ruby Wharton Award for Politics & Government

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award
from Rainbow PUSH Memphis

African American Legacy Award
from N. Memphis District of the AME Church