Tennessee Coalition for Open Government honored four individuals at its Salute to Open Government Champions on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at Riverside Revival in Nashville. More than 130 people attended the gathering to celebrate the honorees and support TCOG in its mission to preserve, protect and improve citizen access to public information and open government in Tennessee. Honored were Ken Paulson, Dr. Dorothy Bowles, Marc Perrusquia and Phil Williams.
Memphis attorney Lucian Pera has been named as the new President of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to improve citizen access to public information and open government in the state. Lucian Pera Pera, a partner with the Memphis office of Adams and Reese LLP, has served as a member of TCOG’s Board of Directors since 2007 and as its vice president since 2010. Adam Yeomans, the Associated Press Regional Director for the South, was elected as vice president. The board also re-elected to new terms on the executive committee Marian Ott as treasurer and Dorothy Bowles as secretary. Pera succeeds Doug [...]
