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Bobbie Patray
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| Bobbie Patray | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | •Tennessee Eagle Forum |
| Role: | State President |
| Location: | Nashville, Tenn. |
| Expertise: | Conservatism, Education Policy |
| Education: | Florida State University (one semester) |
Bobbie Patray is state president of the 501(c)(4) organization Tennessee Eagle Forum and has advocated for what she considers pro-family and conservative values in American politics for 40 years.[1]
Career
Bobbie Patray was born in Goodlettsville, Tenn., in August 1940. Patray moved around a lot during her childhood and lived in six different states before she started the first grade. She attended Bradford High School in Starke, Fla., and went to Florida State University for one semester before marrying Ron Patray and moving to Huntsville, Ala.[1]
Patray was introduced to politics in the mid-1970s, when the wife of the principal at her daughter’s school shared materials that discussed the Equal Rights Amendment, which Patray opposed. Patray became active in the Alabama Eagle Forum and later helped found an Eagle Forum chapter in Lexington, Ky.; she also worked for three years as a legislative aide in the Kentucky General Assembly.[2][3] According to a profile on the organization's site, Patray and her family moved to Nashville, Tenn., in August 1986, where she became a full-time lobbyist and president of the Tennessee Eagle Forum, in 1987.[3]
Patray was featured as part of Nashville Post’s “In Charge” list in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.[4][5][6][7] According to Nashville Post, the list is “the definitive who's who of Middle Tennessee’s business, political and civic leaders.”[7] In 2011, ACT for America—a conservative nonprofit organization—named Patray “Citizen Legislator of the Year,” and in 2012, the Tennessee General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution 823, which, according to its text, was “a resolution to commend Bobbie Patray for her twenty-five years of honorable and astute service to the people of Tennessee.”[8][9]
Tennessee Eagle Forum
Patray is the president of the Tennessee Eagle Forum, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tenn.[10] The group aims to support what it considers pro-family and conservative values.[11] It is a state affiliate of the national Eagle Forum, a conservative family policy organization founded by activist Phyllis Schlafly in 1972.[12]
Media
Top influencers by state
Influencers in American politics are power players who help get candidates elected, put through policy proposals, cause ideological changes, and affect popular perceptions. They can take on many forms: politicians, lobbyists, advisors, donors, corporations, industry groups, labor unions, single-issue organizations, nonprofits, to name a few.
In 2015, Ballotpedia identified Bobbie Patray as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
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Recent news
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See also
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Eagle Forum
- Tennessee Eagle Forum
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessee Eagle Forum, "Bobbie's Background," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Charitable Statistics, "Tennessee Eagle Forum," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbackground - ↑ Nashville Post, "In Charge 2012-Government & Politics," March 8, 2012
- ↑ Nashville Post, "Nashville Post's 2013 In Charge," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Nashville Post, "In Charge '14: Government & Politics," March 2, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nashville Post, "In Charge 2015: Government & Politics," March 8, 2015
- ↑ LegiScan, "Legislative Research: TN HJR0823 | 2011-2012 | 107th General Assembly," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Tennessee General Assembly, "House Joint Resolution 823," accessed October 16, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedtaxes2010 - ↑ Tennessee Eagle Forum, "Home," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Eagle Forum, "Eagle Forum State Affiliates," accessed October 29, 2015
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