SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 278
By Johnson
A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Alexia Poe to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-9-501, established an advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-9-501, provides that the governor shall appoint five (5) members to each advisory board; and WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee has appointed Alexia Poe to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for a term that shall expire on June 30, 2026; and WHEREAS, Alexia Poe, a 1995 graduate of the College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, currently serves as a strategic consultant and communications expert in her role as senior member of the Ingram Group; and WHEREAS, she previously served as director of communications for Governor Bill Haslam, director of economic and community development for Nashville Mayor Karl Dean,
communications director for Senator Lamar Alexander, and press secretary for Governor Don Sundquist; and WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-9-501, provides that each member appointed by the governor to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shall be confirmed by the General Assembly; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we hereby confirm the appointment of Alexia Poe to
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the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for a term that expires on June 30,
2026.
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