Today, we welcome Tennessee’s Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Greg Gonzalles. Greg was sworn in as the 18th commissioner of this institution on January 20, 2007 by Governor Phil Bredeson and has served in the department since 1986.
In this position, Gonzales serves as Tennessee’s chief regulatory officer of all state-chartered depository and licensed nondepository financial institutions. The department supervises approximately 12,000 financial institutions and companies doing business in Tennessee. Prior to being named commissioner, Gonzales served as acting commissioner beginning in December 2005.
Gonzales served on the CSBS board as an at-large member and is a member of the Board of Directors on the Money Transmitter Regulators Association, (MTRA), an organization of a majority of the states that regulate funds transfer companies. He also serves on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group.
CSBS is the nationwide organization for state bank regulation, representing the bank regulators of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. State authorities supervise approximately 6,000 state-charterd financial institutions.
Greg was born in Cookeville, Tennessee. He received a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1980, and earned a law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1984.
Next week,
Our own State Senator and Fellow Rotarian Roy Herron will return in the speaker’s spot for an up-date on happenings on Capitol Hill in Nashville.
Besides being our State Senator for the past 22 years, Roy has an active law practice in Dresden, still helps manage the family’s farm, he is a former minister, and has taught for years at Vanderbilt University’s Law and Divinity Schools.
In the Senate he has chaired the Senate Democratic Caucus and committees dealing with health issues as well as children and youth. He has authored literally dozens of laws ranging from the Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights to the Student Religious Liberty Act, while only missing one legislative session in those 22 years, the day his youngest son was born.
Senator Herron has authored three books, including, Things Held Dear: Soul Stories for My Sons, Political Humor; Some of These Jokes You Voted For (with L.H. "Cotton" Ivy, and God and Politics: How Can a Christian Be in Politics?
After graduating from the University of Tennessee as Martin, Roy studied New Testament and ethics in Scotland at St. Andrews as a Rotary Scholar, then became one of Vanderbilt University’s first two joint divinity and law graduates.
Last week,
was yet another spectacular meeting of Union City Rotary, as President-Elect Al Creswell issued the Rotary Membership Packet, and Rotary Challenges to two more new members. Dr. Pete Blanton and Steve Corley were officially brought into the club, bringing the total to 14 new members in the last 10 months. Along with these new members being sworn in, President Houston announced the board’s approval of Bob Carpenter as being put before the club as new member number 15.
After the ceremony, Randy Barnes took the floor, reminding members to be thinking about The Annual Rotary Relays. He said he would be contacting members and asked them to check the U.C. Rotary website (www.unioncityrotary.org) for updated assignments.
Roger Williams brought members up-to-date on the Rotary Scholarship Process, announcing the committee would be doing interviews April 19th & 20th at the Commercial Bank Board Room.
The Featured Speaker of the day was Thomas Hyde of Management Recruiters, an international executive recruiting firm.
Tom was very sympathetic with the situation our community and surrounding area is facing right now with the Goodyear announcement.
He brought along a PowerPoint Presentation demonstrating his suggested ways of attacking the situation, saying "Identify Your Assets", pointing out the many strong points the area has as far as attracting new industry. He mentioned the excellent timing of the I-69 project, Airport Expansion, Cates Landing project, along with several other strong points the area possesses, such as the strong Agriculture Industry the area enjoys, and the many by-products which come from the large acreage of soybeans, corn, and cotton grown in the area. He also mentioned the fact that the area possesses a very strong knowledge of the rubber industry and various facilities which we could recruit who need that knowledge.
Amy (Davis) McAdoo accompanied Tom last week. Tom was very complimentary of Amy, saying she probably had as much knowledge about recruiting new industry as anyone in the nation, also saying, she has put together several options toward these recruiting situations on their linkedin website.
MEMORIAM
Union City, Obion County, State of Tennessee, and much of the Nation, while Flags are at Half Mast across the entire State, mourning the passing of..
Former Governor,
Ned Ray McWherter
1930 - 2011
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