Rep. Greg Cromer (R-Slidell)

Chairman
House Insurance Committee

State Representative Greg Cromer was born and raised in Bogalusa, Louisiana.

A graduate of Bogalusa High School, Representative Cromer went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management from Southeastern Louisiana University.

Cromer was employed for 27 years by Lockheed Martin, working on external fuel tanks for NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.  He retired in 2009 as Safety and Product Assurance Liaison to the Production Operations division of the company and began working for Geocent, a multi-state corporation, as a Project Manager for the company’s work with NASA.  Greg recently became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc. (LAHC), the state’s only non-profit, health insurance cooperative.

Active in the community, Rep. Cromer is a longtime member of the Slidell Lions Club and a former board member of the St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation.  In 2002, Greg won a seat on the Slidell City Council, a post to which he was reelected in 2006.  He served as Board President during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, assuming responsibility for the City’s single shelter and overseeing distribution of relief supplies. 

In 2007, he ran unopposed for Louisiana State Representative from the 90th House District, which includes portions of Slidell and Pearl River, and was reelected to another four-year term by an overwhelming margin in the fall of 2011.

Representative Cromer humbly serves in the Louisiana Legislature as the Chairman of the Insurance Committee, which has oversight on legislation pertaining to public and private insurance systems including employment and automobile insurance.  Rep. Cromer also sits on the House Executive Committee, House and Joint Committee on Homeland Security, and the Special Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

Greg has been married for 31 years to Peggy, the love of his life.  She is a retired employee of the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court and a two-time cancer survivor.  He has a daughter, Niki, son-in-law, Steve, and a grandson, Stephen.   His son, Clay, is a member of the Louisiana Air National Guard and is studying information technology and is engaged to Erica Geeting.