Congressman Cohen Applauds President Biden’s Nomination of Patrice Robinson to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
Says he is “happy to see a Memphian” again on the policy-making panel
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded President Biden’s nomination of Memphis native Patrice Jordan Robinson to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Board of Directors. The nomination requires Senate confirmation.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“Patrice Robinson has a lifetime of experience in utility management and public service and is the ideal candidate for the TVA Board. I am happy to see a Memphian again appointed to the board -- following the service of fellow Memphians Ron Walter, V. Lynn Evans, and Bishop William Graves -- since MLGW is TVA’s largest customer. I look forward to following her stewardship of this important regional public utility.”
A Memphis native and former Supervisor of Assessment and Development at Memphis Light Gas and Water (MLGW) Division, Ms. Patrice Jordan Robinson was elected to the Memphis City Council in November 2015 as the Memphis City Council District 3 representative. Since 2016, Councilwoman Robinson has chaired the Memphis City Council MLGW Committee. She also serves as the council’s liaison for the MLGW Board of Commissioners and the Shelby County Aging Commission of the Mid-South. During her time on the Council, Councilwoman Robinson initiated the MLGW Share the Pennies Initiative and created the Weatherization Task Force.
Councilwoman Robinson earned a Master of Science in Technological and Adult Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Personnel Administration and Industrial Relations from Memphis State University. In May 2006, she graduated from Leadership Memphis, and in 2010, she graduated from the Memphis Leadership Academy. She has served on the Boards of Directors of Jobs for Stars, Memphis in May, Women in Business, and Hands Across Memphis, Inc. She was the Education Chair of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Association of Blacks in Energy and has served as Chair in 2011 for the Tennessee Legislative Network, Tennessee School Board Association.
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