Tennessee State Library and Archives GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN
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State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives GOVERNOR PHIL BREDESEN PAPERS, 2003-2011 COLLECTION SUMMARY Creator: Bredesen, Phil, 1943- Inclusive Dates: 2003-2011 Scope & Content: Governor Phil Bredesen Papers (2003-2011) represent an official record of the time Bredesen spent in office. Totaling approximately 517 linear feet or 955 boxes, the Bredesen Papers consist of office files, correspondence, photographs, and a large amount of audio/visual materials. Materials in the collection span the years 1975-2012 as a large number of these documents crossed over chronologically from one gubernatorial administration to another. If items or files pertaining to a certain issue carried over from one administration to another, the documents for that topic were filed with the latest administration. This explains why some of the items predate the Bredesen administration. While some themes are contained within a single series, materials relating to several topics of interest run throughout the collection, including but not limited to Title VI (Boxes 41, 479, 484, 592, 769, 821, and 935), Hurricane Katrina (Boxes 478, 545, 760, 935, and 938), and Workers’ Compensation (Boxes 45, 480, 573, 592-594, 772, 940). (Please see “Scope & Content” for individual series to view a more detailed description of subjects.) Physical Description/Extent: 517 linear feet Accession/Record Group Number: GP56 Language: English Permanent Location: LXV-LXVII, IX-D-3-5v, I-C-5v (Phonograph Album Box 1) Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37243-0312 Administrative/Biographical History Phillip Norman Bredesen, Jr. served as the 48th Governor of Tennessee. A Democrat, he served as Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. Prior to that, he served as Mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen worked in the health care industry before entering civil service. In 1980, he created HealthAmerica Corp. HealthAmerica Corp. employed over 6,000 individuals and was based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1986, the company was sold. Bredesen was born on November 21, 1943, in Oceanport, New Jersey. He is the son of Philip Norman Bredesen, Sr. and Norma Lucille (Walborn). Bredesen grew up in Shortsville, New York. He received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard University in 1967. Bredesen married Susan Cleaves in 1968. They divorced in 1974. Bredesen married Andrea Conte in 1974, and they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1975. He and Conte have one son, Benjamin (b. 1980). Bredesen is an avid hunter, painter, and a licensed pilot. He is a founding member of Nashville's Table, a nonprofit organization that is devoted to diminishing hunger in the community; it collects surplus cooked and perishable food from local restaurants and distributes it to the city's homeless. Bredesen also founded the Land Trust for Tennessee, a nonprofit group that works to preserve traditional family farms in the state. Governor Bredesen’s Staff Deputy to the Governor: Dave Cooley Stuart Brunson John Morgan Senior Advisor for Legislation and Policy: Anna Durham Windrow Robert Gowan Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of Legislative Affairs: Pat Miller Special Assistant to the Governor and Communications Director: Robert Corney Senior Advisor to the Governor and Communications Director: Michael Drescher General Counsel: Bob Cooper Steve Elkins Special Assistant to the Governor for Projects: Tam Gordon Chief Administrative Officer: Janie Conyers Director of Legislation: Mack Cooper Mary Freeman Policy Chief: Drew Kim Senior Advisor to the Governor: Kim McMillan Will Pinkston Deputy Legal Counsel: Steve Elkins Junaid Odubeko Press Secretary: Lydia Lenker Special Projects Director: Will Pinkston Legislative Liaisons: Mary Freeman Patrick Smith Jason Spain Emily Ogden David Braam Ashley Ball Director of Communications Management: Dana Coleman Director of Constituent Services: Margaret Horn Director of Community Affairs: Margaret Horn Bo Mitchell Bill Mason Assistant to the Governor/Boards and Commissions: Jody Stone Ashley Duncan Candace Cunningham Heather King Assistant to the Governor/Travel and Advance: Jeff Conyers Rick Casebeer Scheduler: Emily Rosencranz Patrick Hamilton Tara Tenorio Deputy Scheduler: Whitney LaPointe Julie Bandy Tara Tenorio Deputy Press Secretary: Rachel Lassiter Policy Analysts: Marie Stringer Rachel Woods Field Advance: Matthew Brotherton Caleb Hemmer Matt Ragan Speechwriter: Amber McDowell Lydia Peelle Assistant to the Governor/Personnel: Sandy Fletcher Assistant to the Governor/Administration: Daphne Cooper Assistant to the Deputy Governor: Jeannie Vogel Jona Coppola Assistant to the Governor: Bradley Jackson Vanessa Hatcher Andrew Jackson Alix Laurain Vanessa Croft Assistant to the Senior Advisor: Debbie Denning Becky Gregory Dora McCary Administrative Assistant/Legislation: Ann Radford Shiri Anderson Administrative Assistant/Legal Counsel: Christine Stoll Administrative Assistant/Communications and Special Projects: Andrea Fanta Assistant to the Director of Community Affairs: Melissa Proctor Assistant to the Governor/Technology and Community Affairs: John Evans Assistant to the Governor/Technology and Constituent Services: Jared Brewer Assistant to the Governor/Constituent Services: Bill Huskey Jared Plunk Legal Assistant: Jennifer Houston Assistant to the Governor/Projects: Seth Stanger Communications Staff Assistant: Carol Fite Leigh Anne Castleman Assistant to the Senior Advisor for Legislative Affairs: Becky Gregory Governor Bredesen’s Cabinet Members Department of Agriculture: Ken Givens, Commissioner Terry J. Oliver, Deputy Commissioner Department of Children’s Services: Dr. Viola Miller, Commissioner Department of Commerce and Insurance: Paula A. Flowers, Commissioner Leslie A. Newman, Commissioner D. Scott White, Deputy Commissioner Mary G. Moody, Deputy Commissioner John F. Morris, Deputy Commissioner Department of Correction: Quenton I. White, Commissioner George Little, Commissioner Department of Economic and Community Development: Matthew Kisber, Commissioner Paula Davis, Deputy Commissioner Department of Education: Lana C. Seivers, Commissioner Tim K. Webb, Deputy Commissioner and later Commissioner Keith Brewer, Deputy Commissioner Robert Greene, Deputy Commissioner Department of Environment and Conservation: Betsy L. Child, Commissioner Jim Fyke, Commissioner Department of Finance and Administration: M. D. Goetz, Jr., Commissioner Gerald Adams, Deputy Commissioner Michael Morrow, Deputy Commissioner Department of Financial Institutions: Kevin P. Lavender, Commissioner Greg Gonzales, Commissioner Department of General Services: Gwendolyn Sims Davis, Commissioner Edward B. Jones, Deputy Commissioner Thomas W. Chester, Deputy Commissioner Department of Health: Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson, Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, Commissioner Department of Human Resources: Deborah E. Story, Commissioner Department of Human Services: Virginia T. Lodge, Commissioner Tracy Clabough, Deputy Commissioner Ed Lake, Deputy Commissioner Department of Labor and Workforce Development: James G. Neeley, Commissioner Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities: Virginia Trotter Betts, Commissioner Department of the Military: Major General Gus L. Hargett, Jr., Adjutant General Brigadier General Jimmy G. Welch, Assistant Adjutant General, Army Brigadier General David E. Greer, Assistant Adjutant General, Army Brigadier General Terry Max Haston, Assistant Adjutant General, Army Major General William R. Cotney, Assistant Adjutant General, Air John D. White, Jr., Director, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency James H. Bassham, Director, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Department of Personnel: Randy C. Camp, Commissioner Department of Revenue: Loren L. Chumley, Commissioner Reagan Farr, Commissioner Department of Safety: Fred Phillips, Commissioner David Mitchell, Commissioner Department of Tourist Development: Susan Hinchcliff Whitaker, Commissioner Department of Transportation: Gerald F. Nicely, Commissioner Department of Veterans Affairs: John A. Keys, Commissioner Organization/Arrangement of Materials Original arrangement of the collection has been retained as much as possible. Duplicate photocopies of items were removed from the collection during processing. Published works, including state publications, were removed from the collection and are catalogued with the library holdings. Series I. Boards and Commissions Boxes 1-45 Series II. Communications Office Boxes 46-93 Series III. Correspondence Boxes 94-466 Series IV. Department Files Boxes 467-484 Series V. Electronic Records Network location Series VI. Legal Office Boxes 485-594, 953-956 Series VII. Legislative Files Box 595-776 Series VIII. Main Office Files Boxes 777-822, 952 Series IX. Scheduling Office Boxes 823-934 Series X. Audio/Visual Materials Boxes 935-951 Conditions of Access and Use Restrictions on Access: One box of Legal Office materials (Box 953) is restricted due to the confidential nature of the materials. Some items of correspondence contain sensitive information such as social security numbers. For these items, redacted originals must be used. Files in the Electronic Records series contain unredacted scans of original correspondence. For this reason, there will be no direct public access to the Electronic Records databases. A reference archivist will serve as intermediary. Known items have been moved to a restricted folder. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction: While the Tennessee State Library