{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Herman Wright Cox III ","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":"","party":"","person":{"biography":"A life-long resident of Collierville, Wright Cox held his first job at Coop\u2019s Market on the Town Square. Mr. Cox earned a BBA from Texas Christian University in 1980 and graduated from the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking in 1991.  He is also a graduate of the Rhodes College Executive Leadership Program.  He has served for more than 35 years in the banking industry and has been with BankTennessee since 1992, where he is currently serving as the community president for the Collierville branch.\n\nMr. Cox is active in the community and serves on numerous organizations and boards. He has served on the Board of Directors of Crichton College and the Mid South Fair. Mr. Cox has served as president of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce and was past president and founding board member of the Collierville Education Foundation.  He is the Founding Chairman of the Collierville Three Star foundation, a past board member of Leadership Collierville, and has had some involvement in Crosswind Elementary PTA. His other community activities included working as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society\u2019s Relay for Life, the Collierville Soccer Association and he has served as the honorary chairman of the March of Dimes Walk America.  Mr. Cox has also been the recipient of the C. H. Harrell Education Award.\n\nWright and his wife Cindy, have three children and attend Hope Presbyterian Church where he has served as an Elder. ","firstname":"Herman","lastname":"Cox","middlename":"Wright","suffix":"III","token":"13D4DRAKnC"},"token":"herman_wright_cox_iii"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"collierville","districtgroup":"municipality","districtgroupname":"Municipality","districtname":"Collierville","job_type":"school_board","o.office":"collierville_school_board_position_5","office":"collierville_school_board_position_5","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on a small suburban district within Shelby County \u2014 Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland, or Millington \u2014 typically several thousand students across a single elementary/middle/high feeder pattern.\n- Budget literacy for both operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the suburban municipality (which provides matching local funds in some configurations).\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, and community members across an actively engaged small district.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association School Board Academy.","officeterm":3,"officetitle":"Collierville School Board Position 5","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Collierville School Board Position 5"}