MARTIN, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin’s WestStar Leadership Program will host a gubernatorial forum from 5-7 p.m., May 10, in Watkins Auditorium of the Boling University Center. Attendees must have a ticket to enter the auditorium. Tickets can be downloaded free of charge until May 7 by visiting eventbrite.com and searching for “WestStar.”
A welcome reception for attendees and candidates will begin at 4 p.m. in the Boling University Center Welcome Center. Both events are open to the public, and a link to a live webcast of the forum will be made available closer to the event date.
All attendees must enter through the main doors to the Boling University Center off the Mt. Pelia Road parking lot. Metal detectors will be used at the doors, and all bags are subject to search. No one will be permitted to enter Watkins Auditorium while a candidate is speaking.
Meg Kinnard Hardee, a political and legal affairs reporter for The Associated Press who bylines as Meg Kinnard, will serve as forum moderator. Each candidate will have 15 minutes to discuss questions posed by Kinnard, and speaking order will be randomly determined prior to the event.
Diane Black, a Tennessee congresswoman representing the 6th District; Randy Boyd, former commissioner of Tennessee Economic and Community Development; Karl Dean, former mayor of Nashville; Craig Fitzhugh, minority leader of the Tennessee State House of Representatives; Beth Harwell, speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives; and Bill Lee, president and CEO of Lee Company in Nashville, have confirmed participation in the event.
Candidates will be introduced by Brett Lashlee, chairman of the 2018 WestStar Leadership Development class, following official welcomes from Dr. Keith Carver, UT Martin chancellor, and Dr. Charley Deal, WestStar executive director. The forum is coordinated by the 2018 WestStar class as a group project.
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