NRW October Luncheon

 

Congressman Mark Green first took the oath of office to represent the 7th District of Tennessee in Congress on January 3, 2019.  Mark is a successful business leader, decorated combat veteran, ER physician, and former Tennessee State Senator.  Dr. Green currently serves as the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and also serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Congressman Green grew up on a dirt road in Mississippi. After graduating from West Point, Green came to Tennessee in his last assignment in the Army as the flight surgeon for the premier special operations aviation regiment. As a Night Stalker, Green deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan in the War on Terror.  His most memorable mission was the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Green was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2012, where he distinguished himself as a conservative leader that fought for freedom and smaller government for all Tennesseans.  His many legislative accomplishments include the repeal of the Hall Income Tax and the passage of the Tennessee Teacher Bill of Rights.  He won the National Federation of Independent Businesses’ Guardian of Small Business award and the Latinos for Tennessee’s Legislator of the Year award, among other recognitions.

Dr. Green resides in Clarksville with his wife, Camilla.  They are the proud parents of two grown children.