Nashville, Tennessee – The Office of Secretary of State would like to announce new contacts for members of the media.
Adam Ghassemi is now the Director of Communications for the Office of Secretary of State. Adam, a Memphis native, has an eleven-year career reporting for television stations throughout the United States. Most recently he worked with WTVF-TV in Nashville. Adam will now serve as the general media contact for any issues relating to Secretary of State Tre Hargett, and his office divisions, including Administrative Procedures, Business Services, Elections, Charitable Solicitations & Gaming as well as Publications.

Adam Ghassemi
Director of Communications
Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
7th Floor, Snodgrass TN Tower
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Desk: (615) 253-2668
Cell: (615) 945-1523
Email: Adam.Ghassemi@tn.gov

Blake Fontenay, the office's former communications director, will assume a new role as coordinator of the Tri-Star Chronicles project. In that capacity, Blake will continue to handle traditional and social media and work on special projects for the Tennessee State Library and Archives. He will also direct a new enterprise in which the State Library and Archives will record the life stories of Tennesseans who have had significant impacts on the state's history. These histories will be published in text and video formats on the department's website. Please note Blake's email and desk phone number have changed.

Blake Fontenay
Tri-Star Chronicles Project Coordinator
Office of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
403 7th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Desk: (615) 253-8759
Cell: (901) 361-3871
Email: C.Blake.Fontenay@tn.gov

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