November 23, 2021

Chamber Board Member Jordan Mollenhour Appointed to State Board of Education

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Amanda O'dell

Governor Bill Lee today announced the appointment of Jordan Mollenhour of Knoxville, Tennessee, to the State Board of Education. Mollenhour is Co-CEO of Mollenhour Gross LLC, an investment company based in Knoxville. He will represent the Second Congressional District on the Board and is replacing Mike Edwards who has served two terms from 2011 until now. Mollenhour’s term of service on the State Board is for five years, beginning on November 12, 2021 through November 11, 2026.

In accepting the appointment, Mollenhour said, “I am honored that Governor Lee has chosen me to serve on the State Board.  I am very interested in and concerned about the future of public education in Tennessee and hope that I can live up to the confidence the Governor has placed in me.”

Mollenhour earned his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee as well as an MBA and law degree from UT Knoxville. He most recently graduated from the Wharton School in Philadelphia earning an Executive MBA with academic honors and receiving the Benjamin Franklin Award, an elected distinction given to one member of each graduating class.

Locally Mollenhour serves on the Board of the Trinity Health Foundation. Additionally he serves on the East Tennessee Historical Society Board, the Knoxville Chamber Board, the Knoxville Science Museum and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.

The Tennessee State Board of Education is the governing and policy-making body for Tennessee’s pre K-12 public education system, and through a close partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education, maintains oversight in K-12 implementation and academic standards. Its eleven-member board, composed of representatives from each congressional district and a student member are unpaid governor’s appointees and confirmed by the legislature to serve five-year terms.

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