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- [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 14 Jan 2012.
Thomas Walker Cate obituary
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 23 Apr 2012.
Three selected to Daily Times Alumni Wall of Fame
Three individuals, graduates of local high schools, will be inducted into The Daily Times Alumni Wall of Fame at The Daily Times’ 27th Annual Academic Letters Awards Banquet Thursday night.
They are:
• Jerry L. Hodge, head of Twin City Dealerships and antique automobile enthusiast.
• Kenneth E. Coulter, owner-operator of Coulter Florists, the oldest retail business in Blount County.
• Mark E. Cate, special assistant and policy advisor to Gov. Bill Haslam.
Times’ Editor Dean Stone explained that The Daily Times Wall of Fame was established to recognize leaders who have graduated from the local high schools and have become leaders in business, education, government and service to others. The purpose is to hold those honored as examples of what can be achieved by those high school students receiving academic letters.
Those inducted receive a plaque and their names are engraved on a permanent plaque on display in the lobby at The Times.
Mark E. Cate
Cate, a 1983 graduate of Maryville High, is in the governor’s cabinet as special assistant and policy advisor to Gov. Bill Haslam where he is responsible for day-to-day operations and oversight of the governor’s agenda and plans. Previously, he served as campaign manager of the Bill Haslam for Governor Campaign, his first paid political position.
Prior to that he was a vice president of Lawler-Wood real estate development firm, responsible for oversight of its facilities/property management division, managing various development projects, and guiding the firm’s marketing and business development efforts.
He served 16 years in executive management in higher education, chief officer for development, marketing, planning and finance while a vice president of Maryville College.
He received his BS from Carson-Newman College, his MS from the University of Tennessee and attended Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management.
Currently, he serves on the boards of the Governors Books from Birth Foundation, Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, Tennessee Housing Development Association, Southern States Energy and Southern Growth Policies.
Previous service in Blount County includes a four-year term on the Maryville Board of Education, chairman of the Maryville Public Building Authority and of the deacons and personnel committee at Monte Vista Baptist Church.
He has served as a director and vice chair of two divisions of the Blount County Chamber of Commerce. Among the organizations which he has served as director are Innovation Valley Inc., East Tennessee Foundation, Leadership Knoxville, Leadership Blount, Maryville Kiwanis, Tech 2020, New Hope - Blount County Children’s Advocacy Center; chair and director of Maryville City Schools Foundation and Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Tennessee Valley.
Cate has been active in the United Way in both Blount and Knox counties, East Tennessee Regional Leadership, advisory board of the Friends of the Clayton Civic Arts Center, served on the founding committee of Blount County Leadership Summit and was co-chair of American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
On the executive board of Boy Scouts of America, he was on the founding committee of Strength in Diversity and chaired the Carson-Newman College reunion and the Blount County Education Initiative.
He was named Administrator of the Year at Maryville College, Board Member of the Year by Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Tennessee Valley, East Tennessee Regional Leadership Program of the Year, American Cancer Society Volunteer of the Year (Mid South Division), and Public Relations Society of America Volunteer of the Year (Mid South Division).
He and his wife Cathy, former director of Leadership Blount, have two daughters, Bailey and Abbie. The family currently resides in Brentwood where Cathy serves as a consultant to the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University.
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, d. 14 Jan 2012 (Age 73 years)