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Linda Peek Schacht
Executive Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership

Education
B.S. - Lipscomb University
M.A. - Ohio State University

Professional Experience
Spokesperson for the Senate Majority Leader in the White House Press Office
Liaison in the Carter White House Office of Media Relations
Campaign press secretary for the 1980 Carter-Mondale campaign
Director of communications for the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Served on bipartisan international Senate delegations
Held key communication positions for four Democratic conventions
Served as chairman, vice president, and global communication and public affairs strategist for Coca-Cola
Public affairs director for USA Today
Senior fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Held positions in the Centre for Public Leadership and the Centre for Business and Government at Harvard University
Chair for Emerson College's Organizational and Political Communication Department

Professional Information
She is a long-time board member of the International Women's Media Foundation
She represented Coca-Cola at the World Economic Forum

Deborah Taylor Tate

Executive-In-Residence

Deborah.Tate@lipscomb.edu

Education

B.A. - University of Tennessee

J.D. - University of Tennessee

Vanderbilt Law School

Professional Experience

-- Former Federal Communication Commissioner: 2006 - 2009

-- Former chairman and director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority

-- Former director at Vanderbilt's Institute on Public Policy

-- Distinguished Adjunct Senior Fellow at Free State Foundation

-- Board of Directors of Healthstream Inc.

Leading provider of online learning and research solutions for healthcare industry.

-- Minority and Media Telecommunications Council

A national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting civil rights in the mass media and telecommunications industries.

-- Board of Directors at Common Sense Media

A nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by serving as a national advocacy leader in a new digtal age.

-- The Community Foundation Board of Middle Tennessee

-- Nashville Bar Foundation

-- Licensed attorney

-- Rule 31 mediator

Accomplishments

2009 World Telecommunications and Information Society Day Laureate • Recognized by Common Sense Media as "Children's Commissioner • 2010 Participant in first annual "Education Nation" hosted by NBC News • Honoree at Tennessee State Broadcasters Convention (2009) • Invited VIP at 2009 World Telecom in Geneva, Switzerland • Invited VIP speaker at 2010 Shangai World Expo • Honored by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (2010)