JOHN FORGETY THE EDUCATOR

• High school teacher and coach
   
• High school principal and assistant principal
   
• Supervisor of Pupil Transportation
   
• Superintendent (Director of Schools) of McMinn County for 16 years
   
• State of Tennessee Superintendent of the Year 2007
   
• Retired July 2008, following 40 years in public education
   
• Presently working as consultant for Edvantia, Nashville, Tennessee

JOHN FORGETY THE SOLDIER

• Platoon Leaders Class USMC
   
  
• Served as Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop 1st Sergeant, Tennessee Army National Guard
   
• Called to active duty with the Tennessee Army National Guard 278th Regimental Combat Team (at age 58) to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Operation Thunder Road
   
• Among other military Honors, awarded the following for service in Iraq:
       The Global War on Terrorism Medal
       The Bronze Star
       The Legion of Merit
       The Tennessee National Guard Distinguished Service Medal
   
• Frontiers of Freedom Award for service on the Iraq/Iran border
  

• Retired following 20 years of service in July 2006

JOHN FORGETY A FARMER AND CITIZEN

• Wife, Faye Collins Forgety
   
• Two children and four grandchildren
   
• Member First Baptist Church, Etowah, Tennessee
   
• In Leadership roles of a number of civic and service clubs in Athens and McMinn County
  • Current Civic Involvement
    • President-elect Athens Kiwanis Club
    • CEO, National MooFest - Held in Athens, Tennessee promoting the Athens-McMinn County area and the dairy industry and agrarian culture in the 23rd District
    • President MADCAT - McMinn County anti-drug coalition aiding teens
    • Member American Legion Post 0068, Athens, Tennessee
    • Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5146, Athens, Tennessee
    • Member Athens Area Chamber of Commerce
    • Member Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks #1927, Athens, Tennessee
    • Member Board of Directors Mid-East Tennessee Regional Fair
    • Member Meridian Sun Lodge #50 of Free and Accepted Masons
    • Member Board of Directors Athens Regional Medical Center
  • Past Civic Involvement
    • President of the Four Lanes for US Highway 411 Coalition
    • Board of Deacons, First Baptist Church, Etowah, Tennessee
    • McMinn County Financial Management Committee
    • Athens-McMinn County Area Man of the Year J. Neal Ensminger Award, sponsored by the Daily Post-Athenian
    • Recipient of the 1999 Mason of the Year Award District 17
    • Etowah Regional Planning Committee
    • McMinn County Economic Development Authority
  
   
• Lives on a small farm, off Highway 39 between Athens and Englewood (Member of National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
   
• Licensed Apprentice Auctioneer with Ronnie Colyer Auction and Realty, Ten Mile, Tennessee
   
• Licensed Affiliate Real Estate Broker with Jerry Armstrong Realty, Athens, Tennessee