Government Day

Leadership Clarksville Class of 2026 Government Day

7:15 Arrive at Parking Lot, Corner of Union Street & South Second Street (Dog Hill Historical District Sign), Board Bus

7:30 – 7:45 Travel to Clarksville Fire Rescue, 802 Main Street

7:45 – 10:45 Breakfast: Provided by CFR

Overview of Clarksville Fire Rescue & Hands on Demos – Fire Chief, Freddie Montgomery ‘21 and Command Staff,

Overview of Clarksville Government – City of Clarksville Mayor, Joe Pitts ‘99

10:45 Break & Board bus & travel to Clarksville Department of Electricity, 2021 Wilma Rudolph Blvd.

11:00 – 12:30 CDE Tour

Overview of CDE – CDE General Manager, Brian Taylor ‘11

Lunch: Provided by CDE

12:30 Board bus and travel to Montgomery County Animal Care and Control &

Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library – North Branch, 437 Jordan Road

1:00 – 2:00 Overview & Tour of Montgomery County Animal Care and Control & Clarksville-

Montgomery County Public Library – North Branch –

Animal Care and Control, Director, Director Dave Kaske and Clarksville-

Montgomery County Public Library, Director, Christina Riedel ‘24

2:00 Board bus & travel to Historical Courthouse, 1 Millennium Plaza, (Commission Chambers, Third Floor)

2:30 – 4:30 Overview of Montgomery County Government –

Montgomery County Mayor, Wes Golden ‘26

Break

Overview of Montgomery County Departments –

Montgomery County Elected Officials & Department Heads –

Montgomery County Register of Deeds, Register of Deeds, Julie Runyon ‘24,

Montgomery County Trustee, Trustee, Kimberly Wiggins ‘18,

Montgomery County Assessor of Property, Assessor of Property, Erinne Hester’09,

Montgomery County Fire, Fire Chief, Michael Rios ‘20,

Montgomery County Parks and Recreation, Director, Sally Read

4:30 Walk to The Press, 210 S. Third Street Entrance

4:30 – 6:30 Social – The Press, The Jude Room, Hosted by: Millan Enterprises, Sponsored by: Chic-fil-A, 1626 Madison Street, Ajax Distributing Company, LLC, 330 Warfield Blvd., LC Gov Day Committee

Committee Members: Christy Batts ‘92, Keith Cutshall ’24, Jim Eley ’24, Lee Harrell ‘24, Tessa Luntz ‘25, Lisa McClain ’03, Julie Runyon ’24, Kimberly Wiggins ‘18

A big “Thank You” to: All of our guest speakers, CFR for providing breakfast, CDE for providing lunch, Millan Enterprises for hosting social, Chick-fil-A, Ajax Distributing,LC Gov Day Committee for sponsoring social; and Clarksville Montgomery County School

System Transportation for providing transportation for the day!