Scholarship Gala Keynote Speaker

Bro. Harold Moses Love Jr. 

Rho Psi '92

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Born December 14, 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee to the Late Rep. Harold M. Love, Sr. and Mary Y. Love, Bro. Love was educated in the public schools of Metro Nashville Davidson County and graduated with Honors from Whites Creek High School in 1990. He entered Tennessee State University in 1990 and graduated in 1994 with a Degree in Economics and Finance with a minor in Political Science. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Divinity in 1998 with a Masters Degree in Theological Studies. Graduated from Tennessee State University in 2017 with a PhD in Public Policy and Administration .

While attending Tennessee State University as an undergraduate he marched in the Aristocrat of Bands, and was initiated into the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. “Mighty Rho Psi” Chapter and elected president of the Graduating class. Was ordained an elder by the A.M.E. Church  in 1999 and received his first Pastoral assignment. From October 2002 to November 20, 2016 he was the Pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Nashville, TN.  On November 21, 2016 He was appointed Pastor of Lee Chapel A.M.E. Church.

In 2012 he was elected to the TN House of Representatives for the 58th Legislative District and he serves on the following Committees in the TN House of Representatives: Education Administration, Local Government, Finance Ways and Means. He is a 33° Mason and a Shriner. He currently serves as a Board Member of The 18th Avenue Family Enrichment Center, Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice and Tennessee Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Affairs. He was recently elected as the 16th President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

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