April 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he was making four nominations for the TVA Board.
They include DeKalb County native and former Alexandria resident Beth Prichard Geer. The others are Robert P. “Bobby” Klein, Kimberly Lewis and Michelle Moore.
According to the White House, Beth Prichard Geer is Chief of Staff to former Vice President Al Gore and serves as a member of Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s Sustainability Advisory Committee. Geer has extensive policy and outreach experience on issues including climate change, environmental justice, and regenerative agriculture. She has served in senior roles in the Clinton-Gore White House, Department of Labor, and United States Senate. As a native of rural Tennessee, she graduated with honors from Middle Tennessee State University and earned the Public Leadership Executive Certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Managers in Government program. She resides in Brentwood, Tennessee with her husband, Dr. John Geer.
Geer is the daughter of Marlene Prichard of Alexandria and the late Thomas Earl Prichard.