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SUMMARY:March Chamber Luncheon 2017
DESCRIPTION:Join us at a new location this month for our quarterly Chamber Luncheon\, featuring Tennessee Economic & Community Development COO Ted Townsend.\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJ. Edward (Ted) Townsend III currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development where he oversees the department's day-to-day affairs.\n\n \n\nPrior to becoming Chief Operating Officer\, Mr. Townsend was assistant commissioner of strategy where he oversaw all rural programs including Select Tennessee\, ThreeStar\, Tennessee Main Street\, Tennessee Downtowns and Retire Tennessee along with federal grant programs that include Community Development Block Grants\, the Delta Regional Authority and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Mr. Townsend has also served the department as TNECD regional director over the greater Memphis region comprised of Fayette\, Lauderdale\, Shelby and Tipton counties.\n\n \n\nAdditionally\, Governor Haslam has appointed Mr. Townsend his official designee to the federal programs affiliation with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority.\n\n \n\nBefore joining TNECD\, Mr. Townsend was the cofounder and COO of arGentis Pharmaceuticals LLC of Memphis\, a privately held biopharmaceutical company involved in the licensing\, development and commercialization of therapies for auto-immune and ophthalmic diseases. During his tenure\, the company successfully raised $2 million in capital from angel and institutional investors.\n\n \n\nA graduate of the University of Memphis\, Mr. Townsend also served as executive vice president and managing partner of Agile Minds LLC\, a consulting firm in health care and life sciences. He currently serves on the board of directors of arGentis\, LifeScience Tennessee and the Memphis Research Consortium.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:arial\;"><img alt="" height="250" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/2107/Image/ted_townsend_500x500.jpg" style="width: 250px\; height: 250px\;" width="250" /><br />\n<br />\nJoin us at a new location this month for our quarterly Chamber Luncheon\, featuring Tennesse</span>e Economic &amp\; Community Development COO Ted Townsend.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p class="p1" font-size:="" frutiger="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: "><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span class="s1" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\;">J. Edward (Ted) Townsend III currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development where he oversees the department&rsquo\;s day-to-day affairs.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="p2" font-size:="" frutiger="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: "><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span class="s1" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\;">Prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer\, Mr. Townsend was assistant commissioner of strategy where he oversaw all rural programs&mdash\;including Select Tennessee\, ThreeStar\, Tennessee Main Street\, Tennessee Downtowns and Retire Tennessee&mdash\;along with federal grant programs that include Community Development Block Grants\, the Delta Regional Authority and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Mr. Townsend has also served the department as TNECD regional director over the greater Memphis region comprised of Fayette\, Lauderdale\, Shelby and Tipton counties.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="p2" font-size:="" frutiger="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: "><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span class="s1" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\;">Additionally\, Governor Haslam has appointed Mr. Townsend his official designee to the federal programs affiliation with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="p2" font-size:="" frutiger="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: "><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span class="s1" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\;">Before joining TNECD\, Mr. Townsend was the cofounder and COO of arGentis Pharmaceuticals LLC of Memphis\, a privately held biopharmaceutical company involved in the licensing\, development and commercialization of therapies for auto-immune and ophthalmic diseases. During his tenure\, the company successfully raised $2 million in capital from angel and institutional investors.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="p2" font-size:="" frutiger="" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: "><span style="font-size:12px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span class="s1" style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: inherit\;">A graduate of the University of Memphis\, Mr. Townsend also served as executive vice president and managing partner of Agile Minds LLC\, a consulting firm in health care and life sciences. He currently serves on the board of directors of arGentis\, LifeScience Tennessee and the Memphis Research Consortium.</span></span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Temple Hills Country Club 6376 Temple Rd. Franklin\, TN 37069
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URL:https://business.bellevueharpethchamber.com/events/details/march-chamber-luncheon-2017-2338
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