Deborah Taylor Tate

Background

Tate, Deborah Taylor was born in 1956 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Louis Carlton Taylor.

Education

Bachelor, University Tennessee, 1977. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1980.

Career

Attorney, senior policy advisor to Governor Lamar Alexander and Governor Don Sundquist, Tennessee. Director Tennessee Regulatory Authority, 2000—2006, chairman, 2003—2004. Commissioner Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 2006—2009.

Former director state and local policy center Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies. Guest lecturer Vanderbilt University. Chair board directors Centerstone.

Board member Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Martha O'Bryan Center Foundation, Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Achievements

• Deborah Taylor Tate has been listed as a noteworthy commissioner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder Westminster Presbyterian Church. Board member League of Women Voters, Tennessee Voices for Children, Tennessee Tomorrow, Inc. Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation.

Member: Lawyer's Association for Women, Nashville Bar Association.

Connections

Married William H. Tate. Children: Will, Taylor, Carlton.

Father:

Louis Carlton Taylor Tate

Spouse:

William H. Tate

child:

Carlton Tate

child:

Taylor Tate

child:

Will Tate