{"county":"shelby","description":"","district":"Millington","districtgroup":"municipality","id":191,"key":"millington_alderman_position_1","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Bethany Huffman","next_election":"2020-11-03","notes":"201","officegroup":"millington_aldermen","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Policy judgment on town-scale matters \u2014 budget, ordinances, zoning, parks, and code enforcement \u2014 within the city/town charter and Tennessee municipal law.\n- Budget literacy: the board approves the annual municipal budget and sets the property-tax rate.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on ordinances and resolutions in a small body that meets often.\n- Constituent relations in a small town \u2014 retail, relationship-based politics with high accessibility expectations.\n- Coordination with the town mayor, who runs day-to-day operations, while keeping legislative independence.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08","term_years":4,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-11-08","name":"Bethany Huffman","person":{"biography":"She is active in several community and civic organizations having served as the President of the Memphis chapter of Financial Executives International, President of the Millington Area Jaycees, and the President of the Millington Area Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves as Chairman of the Mid-South Chapter of the American Red Cross. She also serves on the Alumni Board for the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis and on the Executive Committee of the National Foundation for Transplants.\n\nA life-long resident of Millington, Bethany has chosen to locate her firm in the area due to family ties as well as the significant growth opportunities in the North Shelby / South Tipton area in the coming years.\n\n[http://www.huffmancpa.com/aboutus.html](http://www.huffmancpa.com/aboutus.html)\n\n[https://www.millingtontn.gov/directory.aspx?EID=86](https://www.millingtontn.gov/directory.aspx?EID=86) ","firstname":"Bethany","lastname":"Huffman","token":"2aWfpQnhaR"},"term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2022-11-08"}],"title":"Millington Alderman Position 1","type":"legislative","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}