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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 550 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Darby |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0550 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 006942 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to recognize Melinda Poteet Goode on the |
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| 13 | 13 | | occasion of her retirement. |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, it is appropriate that the members of this General Assembly should honor |
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| 16 | 16 | | those citizens who have performed with uncommon devotion and enthusiasm throughout their |
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| 17 | 17 | | careers in public service; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Melinda Poteet Goode is one such estimable person, who has distinguished |
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| 19 | 19 | | herself as a professional of the greatest dedication, ability, and integrity; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, after nearly forty-one years of exemplary service with the Northwest |
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| 21 | 21 | | Tennessee Development District and Human Resource Agency, Mrs. Goode will be taking a |
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| 22 | 22 | | well-deserved retirement on June 30, 2025; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Melinda Goode has served in numerous capacities during her distinguished |
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| 24 | 24 | | tenure, most recently as the executive director of both agencies, a role to which she was |
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| 25 | 25 | | unanimously appointed by the board of directors in November 2020; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, throughout her career, Mrs. Goode has dedicated herself to enhancing the |
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| 27 | 27 | | quality of life for the more than 250,000 citizens of Northwest Tennessee, working tirelessly to |
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| 28 | 28 | | provide resources, coordinate programs, and advocate for the needs of rural communities; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, a native of Trenton, Melinda Goode is a proud graduate of Peabody High |
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| 30 | 30 | | School, and she furthered her education at the University of Tennessee at Martin and Bethel |
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| 31 | 31 | | University, where she earned a degree in organizational management in 2008; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, she is a respected alumna of several esteemed leadership programs, |
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| 33 | 33 | | including Weakley County Leadership, WestStar Leadership, and the Delta Regional Authority |
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| 34 | 34 | | Leadership Program, and she also attended the Harvard Kennedy School of Government for |
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| 35 | 35 | | Leadership and Leadership Tennessee; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, an esteemed member of her profession, Mrs. Goode has served as a |
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| 37 | 37 | | member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Development District Association and the |
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| 42 | 42 | | Tennessee Association of Human Resource Agencies, and she received a congressional |
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| 43 | 43 | | appointment to serve as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging in both 1995 and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2005; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, she currently serves on the Workforce Investment Board for eleven counties |
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| 46 | 46 | | in West Tennessee and contributes her insight and experience as a member of the Council of |
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| 47 | 47 | | Peers for the Southeast Regional Directors Institute; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, Melinda Goode has also demonstrated her commitment to public service by |
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| 49 | 49 | | serving several years on the Weakley County Board of Education and participating in mission |
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| 50 | 50 | | trips to Honduras; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | WHEREAS, her many professional accomplishments aside, Mrs. Goode is grateful for |
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| 52 | 52 | | the love and companionship of her family—her husband, Bobby; two sons, Garner (Rachel) and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Crockett (Amy); and her beloved grandchildren, Harper, Mack, and Cohen; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | WHEREAS, throughout her estimable career, Mrs. Goode has demonstrated the utmost |
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| 55 | 55 | | professionalism, ability, and integrity, winning the unbridled respect and admiration of her |
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| 56 | 56 | | colleagues and the citizens she so ably served; now, therefore, |
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| 57 | 57 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 58 | 58 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 59 | 59 | | CONCURRING, that we extend to Melinda Poteet Goode our heartfelt wishes for a happy and |
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| 60 | 60 | | fulfilling retirement, offering our deepest gratitude for her many years of distinguished service |
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| 61 | 61 | | with the Northwest Tennessee Development District and Human Resource Agency and wishing |
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| 62 | 62 | | her every continued success in her future endeavors. |
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| 63 | 63 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 64 | 64 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 65 | 65 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 66 | 66 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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