Office of Marketing and Public Affairs

Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 9591
3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 963-5331

Cheryl Bates-Lee, Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Public Affairs
cbateslee@tnstate.edu

Matthew Diggs, Multimedia Coordinator
diggs.deep@gmail.com

Sarita Criswell, Administrative Assistant III
scriswell@tnstate.edu

Department of Media Relations

Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 9591
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 963-5331
Fax: (615) 963-5315

Cheryl Bates-Lee, Director
cbateslee@tnstate.edu

John Cross, Assistant Director
jcross@tnstate.edu

Aerial Ellis, Public Information Officer
aellis01@tnstate.edu

Department of Events Management

Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 9581
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 963-5721
Fax: (615) 963-5067

Maresa Whaley, Assistant Director
mgraves@tnstate.edu

Sonja West, Administrative Assistant III
swest5@tnstate.edu

Goria Cunningham, Events Manager
gcunning@tnstate.edu

Student Interns

Mario Jackson

Marshall Latimore

Jessica Griffin

Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 9591
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 963-4984