TVA Board Names New Economic Development Senior Vice President
July 19, 2002
The TVA Board has named John Bradley, head of economic development for the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce, as TVA’s Senior Vice President of Economic Development.
He will join TVA August 12 and will be based in Nashville. During his tenure at the Memphis Chamber, Bradley helped attract nearly $8 billion in capital investments for the Memphis area, serving as vice president and later senior vice president of Economic Development.
At TVA, Bradley will manage TVA’s Economic Development organization, focusing on sustainable-development initiatives, including the generation of new capital investment from the retention and expansion of existing industry and the attraction of new industry.
Bradley and his staff will also promote TVA’s loan funds, business-incubation program, and other services to small and minority businesses and will help foster community planning across the Valley to enhance economic competitiveness. In addition to the office in Nashville, TVA has Economic Development field offices throughout the Tennessee Valley.
Bradley will report directly to the TVA Board and serve on TVA’s Management Committee.
“We’re excited about having someone with John’s impressive accomplishments in the economic-development field join our management team,” said TVA Chairman Glenn McCullough Jr. “His talents will serve TVA and the region well as we continue to develop new businesses and expand existing ones in the Tennessee Valley.”
At the Memphis Regional Chamber, Bradley worked closely with the State of Tennessee, TVA, and Memphis Light, Gas and Water. He worked for MLGW from 1980 to 96, serving in many roles, including Economic Development representative and market researcher.
“Bringing someone of John’s caliber on board demonstrates our level of commitment to economic development,” said TVA Director Bill Baxter. ”We are very fortunate to have him lead these efforts at TVA, and I’m thrilled he has agreed to join our team.”
Bradley has served as chairman of the Tennessee Economic Partnership and is currently the group’s secretary. He also has been president of the Tennessee Industrial Development Council. He has a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee.
“We look forward to having John help TVA and its partners develop competitive strategies necessary to achieve sustainable-development goals we have for the Valley,” said TVA Director Skila Harris.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power producer, and its power system is self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
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John Moulton, Knoxville (865-632-8048) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
