Megan Barry

Megan Barry
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Council Member At Large, Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County
Incumbent
Assumed office
Sept. 2007
Personal details
Born September 1963 (age 51)
California
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Bruce Barry
Children Max
Residence Nashville, Tenn.
Alma mater BA Baker University
MBA Vanderbilt University
Profession Ethics-compliance officer
Website MeganBarry.com

Megan Barry is an Council Member At Large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.[1] She was first elected to one of the five at-large seats on the 40-member Metro Council in September 2007,[2] and won re-election to a second four-year term in August 2011. In winning re-election she was the top vote getter among the five incumbents who successfully sought a second term.[3] During her first term Barry chaired the council's Budget and Finance Committee and the Education Committee. In 2009 she led an effort in the council to pass a bill banning discrimination against city employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity.[4] During the 2013-14 council year she chairs the Rules Committee and serves as a member of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Personnel Committee.

Barry is a candidate for the office of mayor of Nashville-Davidson County in the election to be held in August 2015.[5] In April 2013 she filed paperwork with the Davidson County Election Commission naming Nashville attorney Leigh Walton as her campaign's treasurer.[6]

Barry is married to Bruce Barry, a professor at Vanderbilt University who she began dating while in school. The couple has one son.

Education and career

Barry was born in California and grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Baker University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. After her MBA she spent several years as a specialist in business ethics and corporate responsibility for the multinational telecommunications firm Nortel Networks. From 2003 to 2012 Barry was vice president of ethics and compliance at Premier, Inc., a health-care group purchasing organization. She has also worked as Principal of Barry & Associates, an independent consulting organization to multinational corporations on issues dealing with business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Barry is an Emeritus Board Member of the Ethics & Compliance Officer Association and served as the first chairperson of The Conference Board's Global Council on Ethics and Business Practices. She also served as the Associate Director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership at Vanderbilt University

Community roles

Barry serves on the board of directors of Nashville's Center for Non-profit Management, the Nashville Repertory Theater, the Belcourt Theater, and the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. She is a member of the Ethics Advisory Board for the Belmont University College of Business Administration. She served as co-chair for the Conexión Americas annual "El Cafecito" event in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "Metropolitan Council Members 2011-2015", Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Barry, Steine, Tygard and Maynard Win At-Large Races", NewsChannel5.com, retrieved March 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Joey Garrison, "With a Blend of Progressivism and Business Acumen, Barry Sets Up Her Future", Nashville City Paper, August 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ Julie Bolcer, "Nashville Nondiscrimination", The Advocate, September 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ Steven Hale, "The Crowded Field Circling the Mayor's Race", Nashville Scene, January 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Joey Garrison, "Council's Megan Barry lays groundwork for potential mayoral run", The Tennessean, April 23, 2013.

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