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emily j. reynolds

emily j. reynolds -lrb- born c. 1956 -rrb- was the secretary of the united states senate from january 7 , 2003 to january 3 , 2007 .
she was appointed secretary of the senate when the united states senate convened on january 7 , 2003 , for the 108th congress .
prior to her appointment as secretary , reynolds was the chief of staff for senator bill frist .
she is the thirty-first person , and the fifth woman , to serve as secretary of the senate .
reynolds began her career in politics in 1980 as a special assistant to senator howard baker .
in 1985 she worked on the successful senate campaign of then-governor kit bond of missouri .
subsequently reynolds worked in seven statewide campaigns in six states , including the senate campaigns of john danforth , john heinz , and kay bailey hutchison .
she joined the bush/quayle presidential campaign in 1992 as deputy director of national coalitions .
a native of nashville , reynolds returned to her home state of tennessee in november 1993 to serve as deputy campaign manager and finance director for frist 's senate campaign .
during senator frist 's first term in the senate , reynolds became his state director .
she then managed his successful reelection campaign in 2000 .
as chief of staff for senator frist from january 2001 , reynolds supervised his washington , d.c. and tennessee offices .
reynolds joined tva in april 2007 as senior vice president of communications , government & valley relations .
her office is located in nashville and she reports directly to tva 's ceo , tom kilgore .
reynolds received a b.a. in political science and television/radio/film from stephens college in columbia , missouri .
immediately following her graduation in 1978 , she was named as the college 's associate director of admissions .
she has remained active with her alma mater and served on the board of curators and as chair of the alumnae development board .
