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Michael Aikens
Founding Director, Center for Rural Innovation; Chair, Rural Reimagined Grand Challenge, Office of Research and Economic Development at Tennessee Technological University
Brent Baker
Vice President – Chief Customer and Innovation Officer, Nashville Electric Service 
Joe Bales
Vice President for University Advancement
Middle Tennessee State University
Marsha Blackburn
United States Senator
Randy Boyd
President, University of Tennessee System
Jamari Brown
Director of Economic and Community Development,
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County



 Robert B. Carter
 Executive Vice President 
Information Services & Chief Information Officer, FedEx Corporation 
Lindsey Cox
Chief Executive Officer at Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN)
Deb Crawford
Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, & Economic Development, University of Tennessee
Daniel Diermeier
Chancellor, Vanderbilt University





 Pablo Di Si
President & CEO, Volkswagen Group of America; CEO of Volkswagen Brand North American Region
Chad Evans
Executive Vice President, Council on Competitiveness 
Katherine (Kate) Evans
Director, Computational Sciences and Engineering, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Paolo Ferrari
BSAM Executive Chairman, Bridgestone West CEO, Bridgestone Corporation J GCOO 

Bill Hagerty
United States Senator
Bill Hardgrave
President, University of Memphis
Dan Helfrich
Chair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Joe Hoagland
Vice President of Enterprise Relations and Innovation, TVA
Chad Holliday
Chair Emeritus Royal Dutch Shell, Chair Emeritus, Council on Competitiveness, Co-Chair Mission Possible Partnership
Susan Hubbard
Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tim Kelly
Mayor, Chattanooga
Indya Kincannon
Mayor, City of Knoxville
Bill Lee
Tennessee Governor
Jeff Lyash
President & CEO, Tennessee Valley Authority
Jason Maynard
Executive Vice President, Oracle
Stuart McWhorter
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development  
Katie Ottenweller
Southeast Lead for Energy Policy & Markets, Google
Jérémie Papin
Chairperson, Nissan Americas, Member of the Global Executive Committee & Sr. Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Donde Plowman
 Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Padma Raghavan
Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Vanderbilt University
Liliana Ramirez
Director, Workforce Development, Ford Motor Company
Jothany Reed
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Tennessee Board of Regents 
Jonathan Sprinkle
Professor of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University
Stephen Streiffer
Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
Deniece Thomas
Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development
Ted Townsend
President & CEO, Greater Memphis Chamber
Josh Westerhold
Senior Manager, Mobility, Nissan Americas
Deborah Wince-Smith
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness 
Brian Wirth
Governor’s Chair Professor for Computational Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee — Knoxville
Dan Work
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University
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