Mayor Tom Rowland, standing, the longest-serving mayor in Cleveland history, gets the last word at the celebrity roast and toast at Cleveland Country Club.– What: Mayor Tom Rowland of Cleveland, Tenn., was roasted and toasted at the second celebrity roast hosted by Cleveland State Community College at the Cleveland Country Club. About 100 guests came to hear roasters Larry Wallace, Dale Hughes, Kevin Brooks, Janice Casteel, Brian Graves and Tim Poteet. Steve Hartline was the emcee.
Rowland is serving his sixth term as mayor, a position he has held since 1991, the longest of any Cleveland mayor. Rowland also has served as president of the Tennessee Municipal League, past president of the East Tennessee Mayors Association and vice chairman of the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
He is a board member of the Tennessee Risk Management Pool and vice chairman of the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund. He is co-founder of Cleveland 100, an organization that assists surviving family members of officers, firefighters and emergency personnel killed in the line of duty. He and his wife, Sandra, have two children and six grandchildren.
– Benefits: Proceeds were designated for the Cleveland State annual fund.