Appointment of Keel Hunt as a Member of the Executive Committee of the National Summit Conference on Education

The President today announced his intention to appoint Keel Hunt to be a member of the Executive Committee of the National Summit Conference on Education. This is a new position.

Since January 1987 Mr. Hunt has been executive vice president of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce in Nashville, TN. Prior to this, he was president of McKeel Hunt & Associates, 1986-1987, and served as special assistant to Gov. Lamar Alexander, 1979-1986.

Mr. Hunt graduated from Middle Tennessee State University (B.A., 1971) and Northwestern University (M.S.J., 1975). He served in the National Guard, 1967-1973. Mr. Hunt was born February 27, 1948, in Nashville, TN. He is married, has two children, and resides in Nashville.