Senator Lamar Alexander featured at Business Leadership Speaker Series

 | 05/25/2005

Lipscomb University and The Nashville Business Journal will host its summer Business Leadership Speaker Series and luncheon on Friday, June 17. Senator Lamar Alexander is the featured speaker at the event.

Lamar Alexander is the only Tennessean ever to be popularly elected both governor and United States Senator. He chairs the Senate Education and Early Childhood Development Subcommittee, the Senate Energy Subcommittee as well as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Caucus. He is a member of the Foreign Relations and Budget Committees.

Sen. Alexander has been U.S. Education Secretary, president of the University of Tennessee, and the Goodman professor at Harvard's School of Government. He was chairman of President Reagan's Commission on Americans Outdoors and the National Governor's Association. In private life, he helped found a company that is now the
nation's largest provider of worksite day care.

The series will be presented in Allen Arena starting with registration at 11:00 a.m.  A luncheon will be provided for all in attendance. The luncheon lines will open at 11:15 with the program to follow at 11:30.  

There is no charge for the event, however reservations are required. Reservations must be received by Monday, June 13.

For more information or to make reservations contact Lipscomb's Business Leadership Council at (615) 386-7653 or by e-mail at blc [at] lipscomb.edu.