[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 127 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING SUMNER COUNTY MAYOR ANTHONY HOLT ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                           HON. JOHN W. ROSE

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 29, 2022

  Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor a great Tennessean and 
public servant, Sumner County Mayor Anthony Holt.
  Mayor Holt was born in 1956 and spent his childhood in the Neely's 
Bend area of Madison, TN, in Davidson County. In 1974, he graduated 
from Madison High School in Madison, Tennessee. From there he went on 
to attend college and graduate with cum laude distinction from the 
University of Memphis in 1980, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 
Business Administration.
  Thirty years later he decided to continue his formal education by 
earning his Certified Public Administrator certificate from the 
University of Tennessee, even though I'm sure he could have written the 
textbook by then. Mayor Holt retired from American Airlines in 2008 
after holding various financial and accounting roles during his tenure 
there. Additionally, he has owned and operated a number of small 
businesses throughout his time living in Sumner County.
  For eighteen years, from 1990 to 2008, he served as a Sumner County 
Commissioner and was on the Planning Commission for the county during 
much of that time. In 2008, Anthony Holt was elected to be the Sumner 
County Mayor during a special election. He was the perfect man for the 
job. Now, with his retirement on the horizon at the end of August of 
this year, he will be ending his fourth term in office as county mayor, 
serving a total of fourteen years in that position.
  During his time as county mayor he has represented Sumner County well 
and in many different capacities, including membership on the 
following: the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC), serving as 
president from 2019 to 2021; the Regional Transportation Authority and 
Audit Committee; the Transportation Policy Board (TPB)/Metropolitan 
Planning Organization (MPO); the Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency; 
the Tennessee Central Economic Authority; the Middle Tennessee 
Workforce Board; the Sumner Regional Medical Center Board; the Middle 
Tennessee Mayors' Caucus; the Forward Sumner Economic Partnership 
Board; and the Emergency Communications Center Board.
  Mayor Holt has received numerous distinctions and awards for his 
service, including most recently the title of Mayor of the Year for 
2021 from the Council of Governments. Receiving this award for his 
laudable crises management of the Covid-19 pandemic and tireless 
leadership as Sumner County Mayor in 2021, during what was arguably one 
of the most difficult years in which to govern in modern history, 
speaks volumes about Mayor Holt.
  On his retirement from Sumner County government, he will be starting 
a new career as the Executive Director of the Association of County 
Mayors for the State of Tennessee. In this new capacity, he hopes to 
visit all 95 counties in Tennessee to better understand the needs of 
county mayors throughout the Volunteer State.
  He has faithfully served the good people of Sumner County, and now he 
will have an opportunity to serve the whole state. I am sure that he 
will do a tremendous job--as always--and his experience and passion for 
public service will be a shining example for all those lucky enough to 
cross his path.
  Mayor Anthony Holt deserves our undying gratitude for the highly 
effectual and ethical service he has delivered for Sumner County, 
Tennessee, and he certainly has my personal thanks and warm well wishes 
for a job extremely well done. I congratulate him on reaching this 
milestone in his career and life and on the beginning of his next 
professional chapter of service. I wish him and his wife Carla well in 
their future, and hope they enjoy spending more time traveling and 
working on their farm in Sumner County.

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