Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers and Tennessee Adjutant General Major General Jeff Holmes will recognize five veteran state employees and more than 450,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras at the annual Veterans Day event on Friday, November 8th at 11:00am CST on Tennessee Tower Plaza in Nashville.
The event will also feature appearances from Hodgen Mainda, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance; Dr. Morgan McDonald, Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health; Mike Krause, Executive Director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Clay Bright, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation and David Salyers, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
Governor Lee will recognize the achievements of five veteran state employees making a difference within their area of expertise.
This year’s honorees include James Barnes, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance; Gray Bishop, Tennessee Department of Health; Dr. Ken Hanson, Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Cynthia Howard, Tennessee Department of Transportation; and Robin Peeler, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
Who: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers, Tennessee Adjutant General Major General Jeff Holmes, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Hodgen Mainda, Tennessee Department of Health Deputy Commissioner Dr. Morgan McDonald, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Executive Director Mike Krause, Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner David Salyers
When: Friday, November 8th at 11:00am CST
Where: Tennessee Tower Plaza, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37243
Note: Rain Location is the second floor commons area of the State Capitol, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37243