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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 106
By Johnson
SJR0106
001563
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Trevia Chatman to
the state university board of Tennessee State
University.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-101, provides for the governance
of Tennessee State University by a state university board; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, provides that the governor
shall appoint eight members to the state university board of Tennessee State University; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, further provides that at least
three of the gubernatorial appointees shall be alumni of the institution for which they are serving
and that at least six of the nine voting members of the state university board shall be residents
of the State of Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee has appointed Trevia Chatman to the state university
board of Tennessee State University for a term that will expire on March 31, 2027; and
WHEREAS, a proud graduate of Tennessee State University, Trevia Chatman earned a
Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Memphis; and
WHEREAS, she has served as president of the Bank of America, Memphis, for the past
six years; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Chatman is a member of the steering committee for the Memphis
Brooks Museum of Art, the board for Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, and the executive board
of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis; and
WHEREAS, she has been named to the Memphis Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40"
and honored with the Memphis Grizzlies' HBCU Empowerment Award; and
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WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-8-201, provides that each member
appointed by the governor to the state university board of Tennessee State University shall be
subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of representatives; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we confirm the appointment of Trevia Chatman to
the state university board of Tennessee State University for a term that will expire on March 31,
2027.