Hats off to our client, the Blount Education Initiative, on its Oct. 26 Gubernatorial Forum on Education, featuring Nashville businessman Ward Cammack (Democrat); Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (Republican); former Tennessee House of Representatives Majority Leader Kim McMillan (Democrat); and U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp (Republican).

The event — which our team orchestrated in collaboration with BEI Executive Director Bonny Millard — proved to be insightful on many aspects of educational improvement in the state of Tennessee and what the near-term priorities would be based on each candidate’s platform. Our media relations team thanks all of the media that covered the event and brought these important issues to the forefront for our regional East Tennessee community.

BEI’s mission is to make education the Blount County community’s top priority in order to accomplish a host of quality-of-life and economic development outcomes for the local area. We’re also proud to work in partnership with Sen. Bill Frist’s Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) to facilitate BEI’s mission and to carry it forth on a statewide level.