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ECD Commissioner Bill Hagerty

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William F. Hagerty, IV was sworn in as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development by Governor Bill Haslam on January 15, 2011. As head of the state agency primarily responsible for job creation in Tennessee, Commissioner Hagerty is on leave from Hagerty Peterson, LLC, a merchant bank and private equity firm he founded.

Commissioner Hagerty has founded, funded and grown a number of successful business enterprises. As an executive, he has served as CFO, COO, CEO and Chairman of a variety of domestic and international firms. He serves on the board of directors of global publishing company Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt and R.J. O'Brien, the largest independent futures brokerage in the United States.

Commissioner Hagerty has served in a number of senior executive positions with companies such as CyMed, the nation's third largest medical records company, NEW Customer Services Company, the nation's largest electronics warranty company, Sound Advice, a home entertainment retailer and Powerway, Inc, an automotive supply chain management software company. Commissioner Hagerty also has extensive experience in international business, having served as CEO of ALAM, Ltd, a joint venture private equity investment platform majority owned by Lehman Brothers, which he helped establish with offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, China.

He also worked for the Boston Consulting Group for seven years and spent three years based in Tokyo, Japan where he served as senior expatriate with responsibilities throughout Asia.

In 2007 and 2008, Commissioner Hagerty served on a voluntary basis as a National Finance Chairman for the Romney for President campaign and later served on the transition planning team in the 2008 general election for John McCain's presidential campaign. Commissioner Hagerty has also served on the White House Domestic Policy team as a member of the President's Council on Competitiveness where his portfolio included international trade, financial markets, telecommunications and defense. Commissioner Hagerty was also a White House Fellow, where he served on the staffs of the NASA Administrator and the Vice President.

Commissioner Hagerty attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in economics. He also attended Vanderbilt University Law School where he was a Wilson Scholar and associate editor of the Law Review. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.