Howard Gentry has served as Nashville’s vice mayor since 2002. He was elected as councilman at-large in 1999. Gentry is currently the president of the Metro Council. Gentry earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee State University in 1974 and his Master of Art in 1999. Gentry also hosts his own sports talk show on WNSR Radio 560.
Family
Gentry is married to Sharon Denise, who recently earned her doctorate in education degree from TSU. They have a 7-year-old daughter, Taylor Denise. Gentry also has two adult daughters: Cristiana Monique, who is an instructor with Nashville Public Schools, and Courtnei Michelle, who is a senior at TSU.
Agenda
In Gentry’s “Believe” statement, he said that “a higher quality education experience for all will lift our city to greater heights.” He said that everyone promises to improve education, but that sometimes the efforts don’t reflect the promise. Gentry said he will “mobilize and unite all of Nashville so that we can finally have a world-class school system in a world-class city.”Gentry says the arts have influenced him since he was a little boy. He said that plays and other arts mediums have inspired him “to dream about a better world and then do my best to make that dream a reality.” Gentry said he wants to attract more films to Nashville and to get more people involved with the arts.“A mayor should promote Nashville as a first-class city for the arts to attract more events like the recent Shakespeare Theatre Association of America annual conference hosted by the incredible Nashville Shakespeare Festival. We have the world-class Nashville Symphony in the beautiful new Schermerhorn Symphony Center, a dynamic Nashville Opera, a Nashville Children’s Theatre that Time Magazine called one of the top five children’s theaters in the country, and so much more to be proud about and build on,” Gentry said on his Web site.Gentry also said he would establish an Office of Music and Entertainment if he is elected mayor.* Information courtesy Howard Gentry's Web site.
