{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Maureen J. Fraser","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"","person":{"biography":"Currently in her sixth term, Alderman Fraser has served as Vice Mayor since 2006. Mrs. Fraser and her family became residents of Collierville in 1995 and, as most parents do, she immediately became an active member of the community through the PTA at her children's schools.\n\nShe is now serving as Alderman Liaison to the Parks Advisory Board, Tourism Advisory Board, and Main Street Collierville. A member of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce, she has been a board member of Main Street Collierville, Leadership Collierville, Friends of the Morton Museum of Collierville History, Collierville Schools Facility Planning Committee, Collierville Schools \u201cPortrait of a Graduate\u201d Initiative, and previously served on the Design Review Commission and Planning Commission.\n\nMrs. Fraser is a charter member of the Collierville Library Board, and has worked with the Comprehensive Plan Committee, Collierville Education Foundation, Collierville Elementary PTA and Collierville High School PTSA Board of Managers, Girl Scout Leader, and as a Recreational Basketball and Volleyball Coach. A recipient of many community and professional recognition awards, she was most recently recognized as the Collierville Chamber of Commerce\u2019s \u201c2019 Collierville Person of the Year.\u201d\n\nMrs. Fraser received the H. R. Houston Leadership Award in 2013, \u201cSpirit of Giving\u201d from Main Street Collierville in 2012, the 2002 recipient of the C.H. Harrell Education Foundation Award, and 2002 Collierville Volunteer of the Year. Mrs. Fraser is an Affiliate Broker and Marketing & Promotions Manager with John Green and Company REALTORS. She is a lifetime member of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors' Multi-Million Dollar Club, and in 2020, received the MAAR \u201cOutstanding Leadership Award.\u201d\n\nShe and her husband David live, and are very active, in Collierville's Rosewood Plantation and parents of three Collierville Schools graduates: Brittany earned Neuroscience bachelors and masters degrees from Tulane University, M.D. from UTHSC College of Medicine, and is currently completing her General Surgery Residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science in Little Rock; Andrew, a 2017 Agribusiness: Food Marketing graduate of Purdue University, his parents alma mater, resides in Collierville Farms, working as a Foodservice National Accounts Representative for Stratas Foods in Memphis; and Abby, who graduated in Elementary Education from the University of South Carolina in 2018, now in her third year, teaching second grade at Chapin Elementary School, Chapin, SC. The Frasers are active members of the Catholic Church of the Incarnation. ","firstname":"Maureen","lastname":"Fraser","middlename":"J.","suffix":null,"token":"qQyoMlr4mm"},"token":"maureen_j_fraser"},{"candidatename":"Billy Patton","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"","person":{"biography":"Billy Patton and his wife Dr. Amy Patton (Pharm D), moved to Collierville over 20 years ago, shortly after he was hired by FedEx to work in their new World Tech Center located in Collierville. He has been actively involved in the community and became a graduate of Leadership Collierville in 2008. Currently, in his fourth term as Alderman, Mr. Patton has served on the Collierville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Bancorp South Community Bank Board, and several Town boards including the Collierville Beer Board, Design Review Commission (DRC), Heritage Commission, and the Town Library Board.\n\nHe completed an apprenticeship under the U.S. Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding, afterward obtaining both a Bachelor and Master\u2019s Degree in Computer Science Engineering from The University of Mississippi. In 1998 he was the recipient of the Richard E. Grove Award for Computer Science Excellency.\n\nHired by FedEx out of Ole Miss, he was assigned to the World Tech Center in Collierville in 1999. He was named as an employee of the Month for Y2K upgrades in 2000. He founded Patton Computers in 2002 and left FedEx in 2007 to dedicate more time to his business. He also serves as Post Master of a contract postal unit (CPU) established in 2008.\n\nThe Patton family actively supports Collierville High School Athletics and many other Collierville organizations. Billy and Amy have been married for 30 years and are parents to Emily and William. ","firstname":"Billy","lastname":"Patton","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"6XomJ8JPkP"},"token":"billy_patton"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Collierville","job_type":"city_mayor","o.office":"collierville_mayor","office":"collierville_mayor","officedescription":"A city or town mayor is the municipality's chief executive, responsible for administering city departments, proposing the city budget, and representing the city. In some Tennessee cities the mayor is a strong executive; in others the role is more ceremonial alongside a city manager.","officequalities":"- Executive leadership of a suburban Shelby County municipality with several thousand to several tens of thousands of residents and a small to mid-sized municipal budget.\n- Ability to prepare and defend an annual budget before a small board of aldermen or commissioners.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: coordination with Shelby County, neighboring municipalities, the State of Tennessee, and (for cities with their own school district) the suburban district's school board.\n- Working familiarity with Tennessee municipal law, the city/town charter, open-meetings, and procurement rules.\n- Public-facing communication for an engaged suburban constituency that often follows local government closely.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Collierville Mayor","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Collierville Mayor"}