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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 185
By Lamberth
HJR0185
003244
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Thomas D.
Lehrman to the Public Charter School
Commission.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-13-105, provides for the creation of
the Public Charter School Commission; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-13-105(b)(1)(A), provides that the
commission be composed of nine members appointed by the governor; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-13-105(c)(3), provides that at least
three members from each grand division of the State shall serve on the commission; and
WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee, acting pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section
49-13-105, has appointed Thomas D. Lehrman as a member of the Public Charter School
Commission representing Middle Tennessee for a term that will expire on June 30, 2029; and
WHEREAS, Thomas Lehrman is the managing partner of Teamworthy Ventures and the
former co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Gerson Lehrman Group; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lehrman is a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School and
served as a director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and as a
member of the professional staff on the President's WMD Commission; and
WHEREAS, he has a long history of board service at private and charter schools in New
York, having served on the boards of KIPP NYC Public Charter Schools, Brooklyn Excelsior
Charter School, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and his alma mater, The Buckley School; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-13-105(b)(1)(A), provides that
each appointed member shall be confirmed by joint resolution of the general assembly; now,
therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we confirm the appointment of Thomas D. Lehrman to the Public Charter
School Commission for a term that will expire on June 30, 2029.