Economic & Community Development

Economic & Community Development

Friday, February 25
7:30 am - 9 am

Nissan Headquarters
One Nissan Way, Franklin

With Middle Tennessee projected to grow by 1 million people over the next two decades, transportation is a huge issue. The region has to plan well if we want to be able to get there from here without a massive amount of congestion and delays.

Join us for an all-star panel discussion of "Transportation Into the Future," which takes place 7:30 - 9 am, Friday, February 25, at the headquarters of a company that has a big stake in the solutions - Nissan.

Panelists are Charles Bone, partner with Bone McAllester Norton, Ed Cole, Executive Director of the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee and Brian Maragno, Program Manager for EV Sales and Operations and Network Strategy at Nissan.

Note: Due to limited capacity and large demand, this event is open to members only until Friday, February 18.

Speakers:



Charles Bone, Partner, Bone McAllester Norton

Charles W. Bone is the Chair of the Transit Alliance for Middle Tennessee, having assumed that role at the request of the Mayors Caucus for Middle Tennessee in 2009 when the mayors of the ten county Middle Tennessee area acknowledged transit as their top regional priority.

Bone is the Chairman of the law firm Bone McAllester Norton and has been active in many civic, community and political organizations throughout the Middle Tennessee area, including his participation as a member of Nashville's Agenda and service on the Board of Directors of Cumberland Region Tomorrow. He is a native of Gallatin and has lived in Sumner County for many years. He served as county attorney for Sumner County for over 20 years.

Ed Cole, Executive Director, Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee

Ed was appointed as the first Executive Director of the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee in April of 2010.

Most recently, Ed was the first Chief of Environment and Planning, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) from 2003 - 2010. Prior to his TDOT role, Ed was the first Executive Director of Cumberland Region Tomorrow, a 10-county regional visioning organization across Middle Tennessee.

Ed is a graduate of both Leadership Middle Tennessee and Leadership Nashville.

Brian Maragno, Program Manager for EV Sales Operations and Network Strategy, Nissan

 Brian has worked with Nissan for 10 years in a wide range of field and dealer support activities such as sales operations, dealership network strategy, parts and service, training, and financial services. In the spring of 2009, Brian was recruited as part of a select team to develop and execute Nissan's mass-market launch of the Nissan LEAF in the United States.

Currently Brian is responsible for the project management of all dealer readiness activities for the Nissan LEAF as well as overseeing the success of customer deliveries taking place in the current launch states.