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= Tommy Ray Calvert, Jr. = Tommy Ray Calvert, Jr. (September 24, 1980 - ) was first elected to the Bexar County Commissioner's Court in 2014, and has since served the more than 500,000 residents of Precinct 4. At the time of that election, he was the county's youngest and first African-American commissioner.

Calvert received two National Achievement Awards from the The National Association of Counties (NACO) in 2022. One recognized his creation of a neighborhood trash program for the high crime Camelot neighborhood through legislation addressing solid waste resulting in a 74% decreases in illegal dumping and a 75% decrease in animal protection calls. The second recognition Calvert received from the National Association of Counties celebrated food security measures Calvert put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic; Calvert's leadership led to $2 million in federal funding and 25,000 pounds of super greens and fruits for consumption by his constituency through the creation of the ten acre Greenies Urban Farm.where an eyesore called "The Goonies" once was. The farm, known as "The Greenies," is a community collaboration between over 200 nonprofits providing fresh produce grown in partnership with the San Antonio Master Gardeners for the San Antonio Food Bank; the site will also have a an event center accommodating three hundred people providing revenue for other county initiatives. Calvert is also known for having successfully opposed the closure of Randolph Air Force Base and fostering the creation of three new hospitals to serve his district's citizens.

As CEO of the Boston-based American Anti-Slavery Group, the first U.S. anti-human trafficking organization established since reconstruction, Calvert helped raise $50 million to fight human trafficking. Working with Congress during the George W. Bush administration, Calvert helped over 6,000 South Sudanese slaves through covert activity along the Thai-Burma border, worked to raise sanctions against the Burmese dictatorship leading to the demise of Burma's dictatorship.

Tommy Ray Calvert, Jr. founded and serves as General Manager of KROV-FM, a community-based station whose call letters represent "Restore Our Voice." Calvert is a graduate of Tuft University in Boston where he studied International Relations ; at 19, he became the youngest person ever appointed to the Tufts University Board of Trustees. Calvert grew up on San Antonio's East Side.