NASHVILLE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has appointed 38 people to a panel that will work with the U.S. Census Bureau on the 2020 Census.
Lee's office announced a wide variety of appointees to the Tennessee Complete Count Committee on Wednesday.
Government representation will include the House and Senate speaker, secretary of state, treasurer, comptroller, Department of Correction commissioner, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services commissioner, higher education leaders and other state officials and local leaders.
The panel will feature members of the NAACP, Latinos for Tennessee, Tennessee Farm Bureau, local chambers of commerce, Memphis Christian Pastors Network and more.
Tennessee households will receive a Census Bureau letter inviting them to respond to the census in March 2020. They can respond by phone, mail or online. The deadline is April 1, 2020.
The committee is:
*Jeff Aiken, Tennessee Farm Bureau president
* Joseph Butler, Carrol County mayor
* Karen Camper, Tennessee House minority leader
* Butch Eley, Governor's Office chief operating officer
* Brandon Gibson, Governor's Office senior adviser
* Tre Hargett, Tennessee secretary of state
* Clifton Harris, Urban League of Middle Tennessee president
* Mike Harrison, Tennessee Association of County Mayors executive director
* Jack Johnson, Tennessee Senate majority leader
* Mary Kiger, Tennessee Charitable Care Network executive director
* Mike Krause, Tennessee Higher Education Commission executive director
* Tim Kuhn, Tennessee State Data Center director
* William Lamberth, Tennessee House majority leader
* David Lillard, Tennessee state treasurer
* Raul Lopez, Latinos for Tennessee executive director
* Sen. Becky Massey
* Anna McDonald, First Lady's Office chief of staff
* Randy McNally, lieutenant governor
* Stuart McWhorter, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration commissioner
* Margaret Mehary, Tennessee Municipal League executive director
* Tony Parker, Tennessee Department of Correction commissioner
* Ryan Porter, Jackson Chamber COO and general counsel
* Claude Pressnell, Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association director
* Emily Reynolds, Tennessee Board of Regents vice chairwoman
* Beverly Robertson, Greater Memphis Chamber CEO
* Cameron Sexton, speaker of the House
* Jim Shulman, Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability executive director
* Rep. Robin Smith
* Rufus Smith, Memphis Christian Pastors Network executive chairman
* Gloria Sweet-Love, Tennessee NAACP president
* David Tomita, former mayor of Johnson City
* Flora Tydings, Tennessee Board of Regents chancellor
* Carol Westlake, Tennessee Disability Coalition executive director
* Joseph Williams, Governor's Office director of external affairs,
* Marie Williams, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services commissioner
* Justin Wilson, Tennessee state comptroller
* Dave Worland, Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives executive director
* Jeff Yarbro, Tennessee Senate minority leader