Join the Mackinac Center for a virtual town hall with two leading lawmakers representing two states making very different policy decisions in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
We will open with remarks from Mackinac Center President Joseph Lehman, followed by Tennessee State Senator Jon Lundberg, a Michigan native, and Michigan State Representative Aaron Miller. They will discuss the very different approaches taken in Tennessee and Michigan to reopening society and the impact those decisions are having on people and society.
We'll address some critical lessons learned from the experience of one small town that straddles the state line between Virginia and Tennessee, where businesses on one side of the downtown street began to safely thrive again while the other side’s doors remain shuttered.
Join us to hear the stories about what life’s like on both sides from Sen. Lundberg, and how Rep. Miller believes Michigan can pave a safe way forward for restoring a vibrant society and allowing Michiganders to reclaim their livelihoods.
This event will take place on Wednesday May 20 at 11 a.m. EDT. To RSVP and receive access to the forum, please register below.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
11:00 a.m. to Noon EDT
Online virtual program
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Jon Lundberg is president and chief executive officer of The Corporate Image, Inc., a media and public relations firm headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee. Lundberg is also CEO of Corporate Marketing, an award-winning digital marketing and advertising firm. Lundberg is also a Tennessee state Senator. He was elected to the senate in 2016 after serving five terms in the state House.
An engineer by training, Joseph G. Lehman joined the Mackinac Center in 1995 and was named president in 2008. During his tenure Michigan has seen numerous free-market policy advances in education, labor and state fiscal affairs. Frequently published in national and state media, Lehman also has trained more than 600 public policy executives internationally on strategic leadership and communications. He and his wife are founders of Midland County Habitat for Humanity.
Rep. Aaron Miller was first elected to serve the 59th District in the Michigan House of Representatives in 2014 and is currently serving his third and final term. Rep. Miller serves as the majority vice chair on the House Appropriations committee and chairs the School Aid subcommittee, the Michigan State Police subcommittee, the Department of Education subcommittee, and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs subcommittee. Additionally, he is a member of the Transportation subcommittee.
