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Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 29, 2022

The 2022 class of the TBA Public Service Academy met for its final session of the program on Nov. 18-19 at the Nashville office of Adams and Reese. The academy is a nonpartisan training program that provides attorneys with the tools to run for local public offices, such as school board, city council and county commission. The session’s theme was “Your Campaign,” featuring presentations on building a campaign team, media training, finding your message, campaign do’s and don’ts and direct mail. This year’s program was chaired by Jamie Ballinger, Steve Elkins and Circuit Judge Joel Wallace. Class members are Raven Austin, Amanda Bradley, Duncan Bryant, Brian Bush, Jing Geng, Timothy Martin, David O’Neil, Jessica Schultz, Ryan Strain and Angela Washington. Read more on class members and speakers.

Speakers for both sessions of the program included former Mayor Bill Purcell of Frost Brown Todd, Former Cheatham County Register of Deeds Patrick Smith, Campaign Strategist Brian Cordova, Nashville Metro City Council Member Bob Mendes, Nashville Metro Council Member Kyonzte Hughes-Toombs, Political Consultant Katharine Rumble, Lauren Topping of the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, Nadira Freeman of Axis Strategies, Amy Mohan of Sherrard Roe Voigt Harbison, John Rowley of Counterpoint Messaging, Ward Baker of Baker Group Strategies and Matt Anderson of Greenlight Media Strategies.

2022 TBA Public Service Academy class with Co-Chairs Steve Elkins and Joel Wallace