Biography

Samantha “Sam” Slimp Shaw was born and raised in Homewood, Alabama, where she attended Homewood High School.  She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. “Bill” Slimp. 

Sam received her first degree from Auburn University in 1979, earning a B.S. degree in Family and Child Development.  While at Auburn, Sam met Greg Shaw of Birmingham.  Sam and Greg were married in 1980 while he attended law school at Cumberland School of Law.  In 1993, Sam received a second degree in Business Administration, with a major in accounting, from Auburn University in Montgomery.

Sam and Greg have two sons.  Gregory is a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army.  He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 2007.  Christopher is now a senior studying mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. 

Sam and Greg have lived in Montgomery for over 23 years, where they are members of Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church.  Greg Shaw was elected as a Judge to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 2000 and re-elected in 2006.  Judge Shaw also serves as the Chief Judge of the Judiciary.   

Sam is very active in Operation Support Our Troops, an organization founded by West Point parents to help improve the morale and welfare of members of the armed forces of the United States deployed in harm’s way.  Sam has been very involved in sending care packages-a touch, a taste and a smell of home, to our troops in their deployed locations. 

Sam has spent most of her professional life as an accountant.  She began her accounting career at Shaw Oil Company in Birmingham, while Greg attended law school.  She also served as the accounting manager for La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery and in accounts payable at Alabama Steel Supply.  Sam served as the campaign manager for Greg in his 2000 and 2006 campaigns and she was the Deputy Finance Director for Senator Jeff Sessions’ 2002 campaign.  Sam is the immediate past chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee.  She is a member of the Capital City Republican Women, the Alabama Federation of Republican Women and the Camellia Club.