Corridor Champion Award:
Each year the Tennessee Valley Corridor
Board of Directors awards a deserving individual with the Corridor's top honor:
"The Corridor Champion Award."
“A Corridor Champion shall be an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in helping to advance the objectives of the Tennessee Valley Corridor through: enhanced national visibility of the Corridor, contributions to economic development within the Corridor, leadership in development of advanced technology, and the promotion of collaborative efforts within the Corridor.”
Past Corridor Champions include:
Tennessee Valley Corridor Visionary and Founder Congressman Zach Wamp - 2004
Tom Ballard, former Vice President for Public and Governmental Relations for the University of Tennessee and former Chairman of the TVC - 2005
Bill Baxter, former TVA Chairman - 2006
Anne Pope, former Co-Chair of the Applachian Regional Commission - 2007
Susan Reid, Executive Director of the
First Tennessee Development District
and former Chair of the
Tennessee Valley Corridor - 2007
Former Congressman Bud Cramer - 2008
Tom Rogers, Director of Industrial and
Economic Development Partnerships,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and former
Chairman of the TVC - 2009
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander - 2010
Former Congressman Bart Gordon - 2010
Gerald Boyd, Former manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office, now Vice President of S.M. Stoller - 2011
Tennessee Valley Corridor Visionary and Founder Congressman Zach Wamp - 2004
Tom Ballard, former Vice President for Public and Governmental Relations for the University of Tennessee and former Chairman of the TVC - 2005
First Tennessee Development District
and former Chair of the
Tennessee Valley Corridor - 2007
Economic Development Partnerships,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and former
Chairman of the TVC - 2009