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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

 

Government/Politics

 

Mark Chandler
Director of Field Operations
Tenn. Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development
500 James Robertson Parkway, 12th floor
Nashville, TN 37245
(615) 741-7973
mark.chandler@state.tn.us
Unemployment Insurance Benefits; Tennessee Career Center Sytem; Veterans Employment & Training services; Workforce Investment Act; Disaster Relief Assistance

 

Dolores  Gresham
Tennessee State Representative District 94
Somerville Livestock Sales, INC.
P.O. Box 382
Somerville, TN 38068
(901) 465-4257
drgresham@att.net
Leadership - WestStar; State Government; Agriculture; Social Security

 

Senator Mark Norris
Tennessee State Senator, Lawyer District 32
Armstrong Allen Prewitt Gentry Johnson & Holmes
80 Monoroe Avenue, Suite 700
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 524-4990
mnorris@armstrongallen.com
State Transportation; Safety; Disaster Preparedness; Tax Relief for Senior Citizens; Private Property Rights and Government Takings; Tort Reform; Immigration Enforcement; Natural Resources; Agriculture

Franklin Smith
Haywood County Mayor
Haywood County
1 N. Washington Avenue
Brownsville , TN 38012
(731) 772-1432
countymayor@bellsouth.net
County Government; Building Consensus in your Community

 

David Gordon
Mayor, City of Convington
200 Washington Avenue/ P.O. Box 768
Convington, TN 38019
(901) 476-9613
dgordon@covingtontn.com

The WestStar Experience; Total Community Involvement; Education's Role in Economic Development; and The Role of Faith and Politics

 

Jai Templeton
McNairy County Mayor   
Courthouse
Selmer, TN  38375
(731) 646-1083
coloneltwo@yahoo.com
Importance of Community Involvement; Importance of Local Government Service; Production Agriculture as it Relates to West Tennessee; Leadership Equates Service

 

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