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WestStar Leadership
554 University Street
Administration Building, Room 321
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7298
(731) 881-7019 fax

Virginia Grimes
vgrimes@utm.edu


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WestStar – Speakers by Topic

 

Economics

 

Webb Banks
Mayor, City of Brownsville
111 N. Washington Avenue
Brownsville, TN 38012
(731) 772-6130
aobanks@newwavecomm.net
Economic & Community Development; Regional Partnership

 

Kevin  Barron
Director of Physician Services and Managed Healthcare
West Tennessee Healthcare
708 West Forest Ave.
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 660-8786
kevin.barron@wth.org
Basic Healthcare Economics

 

Hughes Clardy
Senior Vice-President & Senior Trust Officer
First Citizen's National Bank
P.O. Box 370
Dyersburg, TN 38024
(731) 287-4245
hclardy@firstcitizens-bank.com
Higher Education; The WestStar Experience; Estate & Tax Planning; Economy & Investments

 

Tracey Exum
Business Development Consultant
State Dept. of ECO
225 Martin Luther King Dr., Suite 401
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 423-5765
tracy.exum@state.tn.us
Economic Development in Rural West Tennessee

 

 

 

Tom Payne
Professor of Finance
Chair of Excellence in Banking
UT Martin
109 Business Admin. Building
Martin, TN  38238
(731) 881-7324
tpayne@utm.edu
Economic Outlook; The Future is Not What it Used to Be: Globalization, Outsourcing, and the Service Economy; Higher Education; Did They Say?  Federal Reserve Policies for Dummies and Normal People; The Future of Community Banking; What Every Student Should Know about Personal Finance

 

Larry  Ray
Economic Development; Industrial Recruitment

 

William Taylor
General Manager, Customer Service
TVA
50 N. Front Street, Suite 700
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 577-2600
wltaylor@tva.org
Business; Leadership; Energy; Community/Economics

 

Brad Thompson
Director of Special Projects
c/o U.S. Representative John Tanner
203 West Church Street
Union City, TN 38261
(731) 885-7070

brad.thompson@mail.house.gov
Government; Politics; Leadership; Fundraising; Grants; Economic Development Partnerships; Regionalism; Motivation