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SUMMARY:The Frontlines of Trade: Why Global Supply Chains Are America’s National Interest
DESCRIPTION:Presents \n \nThe Frontlines of Trade: Why Global Supply Chains Are America’s National Interest\nJoin GEODIS CEO Mike Honious as he explores why supply chains are no longer just a business function—they’re a national priority. From pharmaceuticals to electronics equipment\, discover how resilient logistics systems fuel America’s economy\, security\, and independence. Learn what every leader must understand about the new global battleground: trade. \nThursday\, October 2nd I 11:15 am – 1:00 pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue: \n \n501 Commerce St\, Nashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n\nSpeaker: Mike Honious (President and CEO of GEODIS’ Americas)\nAs President and CEO of GEODIS’ Americas region\, Mike Honious oversees the Americas\, including contract logistics\, transportation management\, freight forwarding\, engineering and technology\, IT\, and ProVenture (a U.S.-based subsidiary of GEODIS focusing on industrial real estate) and Material Handling Resources (one of the country’s leading material handling distributors owned by GEODIS). Mike has served several roles over his nearly 20-year tenure at GEODIS and was most recently named President and CEO of the Americas in 2020. Today\, Mike leads the region’s more than 17\,000 teammates across eight countries\, continuing to offer a better way to deliver for its customers. \n  \nEducation: – University of Dayton\, BS Industrial Engineering Technology – Harvard Executive Strategy – Vanderbilt Executive Leadership – University of Tennessee Supply Chain Forum – Penn State Supply Chain Executive Leadership \nOrganizations: – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (January 2024 – December 2025) Nashville Branch Board of Directors – LEAD Public Schools Metro Nashville (February 2019 – Present) Board Chair – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville (January 2023 – Present) Board Member – GEODIS Foundation and GEODIS Compassion Fund (2010 to Present) Director & Co-founder  \nHonors & Awards: – DC Velocity Rainmakers Award (2022) – Nashville Business Journal Power 100 (2022-2023) – Nashville Post In Charge List (2021-2023)
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-frontlines-of-trade/
LOCATION:AllianceBernstein\, 501 Commerce St\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Emerging Foreign Policy Doctrine in a Brutally Challenging World (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nEmerging Foreign Policy Doctrine in a Brutally Challenging World\nThe global landscape facing the still-new hands of the Trump Administration includes a dizzying assortment of economic\, political\, and military challenges. The policy rhetoric often believes the actual courses being steered. That makes it difficult to sketch out the foreign policy doctrine that will mark President Trump’s second term. However\, there are some characteristics emerging that allow early assumptions on how America will navigate a world order that has profoundly changed from what came before. We’ll explore the trends with a distinguished panel of foreign policy historians \nWednesday\, October 8th I 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\n* Webinar Event *\n    \n    \n    \n        Register Now    \n    \n  \nWatch now\n\n \nIntroduction: LCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret) (President Emeritus\, Tennessee World Affairs Council)\n \nPatrick Ryan is the founding president and President Emeritus of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. He served 26 years in the U.S. Navy as a Submariner\, Surface Warfare Officer\, and Intelligence Officer. He ran a newsletter publishing business focused on Middle East affairs for 17 years. Ryan serves as President of the Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association. He writes a Substack.com column titled “There and Here\,” looking at current events. \n \n \n \n \n \nPanelist: Dr. Amy Sayward (Professor of History\, Middle Tennessee State University)\n \nDr. Amy Sayward is a professor of History at Middle Tennessee State University and is the new director of its campus American Democracy Project. She recently completed a decade as the executive director of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). She is the author of several books on the United Nations and Tennessee history. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPanelist: Dr. Thomas Alan Schwartz (Professor of History and Political Science\, Vanderbilt University)\n \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a Professor of History and Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Educated at Columbia\, Oxford\, and Harvard Universities\, he is the author of the books America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (1991) and Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (2003)\, and the forthcoming\, Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). Along with Matthias Schulz\, he produced the edited volume\, The Strained Alliance: US-European Relations in the 1970s\, (2009). He has received fellowships fromthe German Historical Institute\, the Norwegian Nobel Institute\, the Woodrow Wilson Center\, and the Social Science Research Center. He served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the Department of State\, and was the President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He has taught the History of the Vietnam War class at Vanderbilt for the last thirty years. While teaching at Vanderbilt\, he has received the Madison Sarratt Teaching prize (2013) and the Alumni Education Award (2008). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPanelist: Dr. Breck Walker (Board Member\, Tennessee World Affairs Council)\n \nBreck Walker pursued a twenty-year career in international business\, law\, and finance\, before turning to academia. For several years\, he taught foreign policy courses at Sewanee\, The University of the South\, and worked as a contract historian for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office\, researching and writing on early Pentagon policies in the computer security and cyber areas. Dr. Walker is currently retired. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/emerging-foreign-policy-doctrine/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:The Global Country Music Scene in 2025
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n \n\nThe Global Country Music Scene in 2025\n\nThe global influence of Country Music is expanding at an extraordinary pace\, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for artists around the world. This presentation will explore how the Country Music Association (CMA) is leading the way in building international connections\, opening new markets\, and driving growth across borders. With international consumption of Country Music reaching an all-time high in key territories\, Trahern will share the data and insights fueling this global momentum\, while emphasizing the industry’s role in empowering today’s artists to prioritize international development for sustained success.\n\n\n \nWednesday\, October 15 I 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue: \nBass Berry & Sims \n21 Platform Way S Suite 3500 Nashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n  \n\nSpeaker: Sarah Trahern \n \nSarah Trahern was named CEO of the Country Music Association on January 1\, 2014. She helms the organization’s three acclaimed network television properties (“CMA Fest\,” “CMA Country Christmas\,” and the CMA Awards)\, one of the biggest music festivals in the world\, and serves as President of the CMA Foundation\, which funds meaningful music education initiatives across the country. Throughout her career\, Sarah has been an advocate for Country Music\, the artists\, songwriters\, and the extensive creative and business communities that fuel the format. With foresight and determination\, she has crafted a brand identity for country music at the highest level and has been at the forefront of some of the industry’s most ambitious initiatives\, fostering gender equality\, inclusion\, and preserving the legacy. \nPrior to CMA\, Sarah was General Manager of cable network Great American Country (GAC)\, where she had executive oversight of the network’s creative and digital initiatives. Sarah joined Scripps-owned GAC in 2005 and was quickly promoted to SVP of Programming before being named GM in 2010. Sarah began her career at C-SPAN in Washington\, D.C.\, covering politics and public affairs before moving to Nashville in 1995 to oversee specials and entertainment series for The Nashville Network (TNN). After her time at TNN\, she launched her own successful company\, Sterling Television\, working with several networks including DIY\, HGTV\, and CMT\, where she produced Johnny Cash’s memorial service. \nA leader with vision who values relationships\, Sarah has been recognized as one of the Nashville Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs. She is consistently included on Billboard’s Country Power Players list and was named “Executive of the Year” in 2017. In 2011\, she was the subject and honoree of the prestigious Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum\, presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame\, and has also been honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In July 2024\, she was also honored with the Bob Kingsley Living Legend Award by the Grand Ole Opry. Lauded for her business contributions\, Sarah demonstrates an equally strong commitment to the community. She serves on boards for the Monroe Carroll Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt\, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum\, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation (NCVC)\, Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management\, Leadership Nashville\, and the Music City Bowl. She also chaired the Entertainment Committee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game in Nashville and served on the 2018 NFL Draft Committee. She is an alumna of both Leadership Music and Leadership Nashville. \nA graduate of Georgetown University with an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University\, Sarah grew up in Champaign-Urbana\, Illinois. \nModerator: Karl Dean\n \nKarl Dean served as the sixth Mayor of Nashville and Davidson County.  He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990.  He was re-elected in 1994 and 1998.  He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. Karl Dean has taught at Vanderbilt Law School\, Belmont University\, and Boston University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/luncheon-with-sarah-trahern/
LOCATION:Bass\, Berry & Sims – New Location\, 21 Platform Way South\, Suite 3500\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Fall Happy Hour & Networking Event (Cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \n \nDear TNWAC Community\,\nWe regret to inform you that our upcoming Fall 2025 Happy Hour\, originally scheduled for October 23\, has been canceled due to an unexpected change by our venue host. We know many of you were looking forward to reconnecting in person\, and we share your disappointment. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned for updates on future events and gatherings.\n– The TNWAC Team\n  \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/fall-2025-happy-hour/
LOCATION:Trinetix\, 750 Health Park Drive\, Building Two\, Suite 290\, Brentwood\, TN\, 37027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:An "Americas First" Foreign Policy: Opportunities and Risks in U.S.-Latin American Relations (webinar)
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nAn “Americas First” Foreign Policy: Opportunities and Risks in U.S.-Latin American Relations\nThe United States is often accused of ignoring its relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean. However\, in the lead-up to his first international trip\, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that the administration would have an “Americas First” foreign policy—and thus far\, much of the administration’s foreign policy has focused on the Hemisphere. While there has been an emergent bipartisan consensus on identifying some of the key issues related to U.S. hemispheric relations\, there has been a profound shift in how the Trump administration has approached regional relations and issues. \nThis shift comes at a time when the United States is increasingly concerned about growing Chinese influence in the region\, has taken a harsher line on immigration\, labeled regional criminal organizations as foreign terrorists\, and is rewriting trade relations. At the same time\, the region continues to face development and security challenges while simultaneously dealing with democratic backsliding. Adam Ratzlaff (CEO and Founder of Pan-American Strategic Advisors) will discuss continuity and change in U.S. regional relations and what the opportunities and challenges are moving forward. \nWednesday\, October 27 I 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\n* Webinar Event *\nView Recording \n– \n\n–\nModerator: Dr. Liane Hentschke (Executive Director\, TNWAC)\n \nFormer professor and researcher in Music Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS – Porto Alegre\, Brazil. During her career\, she served on several organizations related to international cooperation: Director of Institutional and International Cooperation of CNP (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development); Director of International Affairs of UFRGS; President-Elect\, President\, and Past-President of the International Society for Music Education – ISME; Vice-President of the International Music Council – IMC\, advisory body for music to UNESCO. Her publications include books\, book chapters\, prefaces\, and refereed journal articles published in Brazil\, England\, Australia\, Argentina\, Hong Kong\, Germany\, and Spain. She was an invited lecturer at the University of Nebraska and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, and acted as a grant development consultant for the Illinois Community College. For A3ES – Portugal\, she worked on the Accreditation of Higher Education degrees. Dr. Hentschke is currently Executive Director of the Tennessee World Affairs Council in Nashville\, TN. \n \n \n \nSpeaker: Adam Ratzlaff is the founder and CEO of Pan-American Strategic Advisors\n \nAdam Ratzlaff is the founder and CEO of Pan-American Strategic Advisors–a boutique consulting firm and think tank focused on the Western Hemisphere–and a member of Diplomatic Courier’s World in 2050 Brain Trust. With over a decade of experience researching regional affairs\, Ratzlaff has consulted for the World Bank\, the Inter-American Development Bank\, the U.S. Department of Defense\, and the U.S. Department of State. Ratzlaff is the author or co-author of over 130 public-facing analyses\, reports\, and academic works on topics related to Inter-American affairs. His work has been featured in The New Orleans Times-Picayune\, Global Americans\, The National Interest\, Responsible Statecraft\, and the Modern War Institute at West Point\, among other publications. Ratzlaff is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in International Relations at Florida International University and holds an MA from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies (University of Denver) and a BA from Tulane University\, where he triple-majored in international relations\, economics\, and Latin American studies. \n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/an-americas-first-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Global Eats: The Russia-Ukraine War – Ripples Across Central Asia
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nGlobal Eats: The Russia-Ukraine War – Ripples Across Central Asia\, Influences from the Past\, Implications for the Present and Future\nTuesday\, October 28 I 5:30pm – 7:30pm \nOur “Global Eats” events offer a unique cultural and culinary experience that brings the world to your plate. Join us as we explore authentic cuisines from around the globe at local restaurants featuring rich and exotic flavors. These events go beyond dining\, offering rich conversations about the featured country’s history\, culture\, and traditions\, often with guest speakers or cultural demonstrations. Led by a host country representative\, “Global Eats” is the perfect blend of food\, culture\, and learning\, providing a delightful way to connect with diverse perspectives while enjoying a shared meal with fellow globally-minded individuals. \n  \n**Your $45 ticket includes non-alcoholic drinks\, your entrée\, and gratuity. ** \n  \n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Mark Reese (President & CEO\, Suhbat LLC)\n \nMark Reese is a Central Asia specialist with 30 years of experience\, having spent a significant amount of time in the region. As a Peace Corps volunteer in 1994\, he witnessed the immediate turmoil of the post-Soviet era and the emergence of new states where leaders tried to chart new paths. He’s currently focused on teaching and education development in Central Asia and the United States. \nHis passions also extend to sharing Uzbeki literature with the world\, presenting several works to Nashville during the Southern Festival of Books in early October. His effort to promote the Uzbek language and culture\, including his English translation of Oʻtkan Kunlar\, earned him Uzbekistan’s Presidential Order of Doʻstlik. \nPreviously\, Mark led translation and cultural advisement activities for government and private industry clients in Afghanistan and the United States. As Founding Director for the Center for Regional Studies at the United States Naval Academy\, he developed a comprehensive midshipman education program. \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/global-eats-the-russia-ukraine-war/
LOCATION:OSH Restaurant & Grill\, 216 Thompson Lane\, Nashville\, 37211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Global Eats
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