Dorn't forget -- Wednesday, April 17, Baker Scholars, Eric Dixon and Caleb 
Williford, will moderate a panel discussion on "Taxes, Green Vehicles and the 
Death of Tennessee Transportation" in the Toyota Auditorium on April 17, 6 – 
7:30 pm.  Guest Panelists include:  

Kevin Bakewell – AAA, senior vice president, The Auto Club Group
Mark Burton – UT Transportation Research Center, professor
Mike Edwards – Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, president
Dave Huneryager— Tennessee Trucking Association, president and CEO
John Schroer – TDOT Commissioner
Kent Starwalt – TN Road Builders Association, executive vice president
Matt Murray – UT Howard Baker Center Director, economist, Center for 
Business & Economic Research

Free & Open to the Public!
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The Baker Center welcomes former US Secretary of Energy and New Mexico 
Governor, Bill Richardson, to the Baker Center.  Gov. Richardson, a long-time 
environmental advocate, will give the Baker Distinguished Lecture on Energy 
and the Environment on April 24 @ 6 pm in the Toyota Auditorium. His topic is 
Policies America Should Follow to Protect the Environment!  and it is free and 
open to the public.

On April 25, Gov. Richardson will speak on North Korea & Global Security for a 
Baker Center Luncheon to be held at the Southern Depot from Noon - 1:30 pm. 
The cost is $20 and you must register in advance and pay at the door with 
cash or check.  The deadline to register is April 22 at 974-0931.

Gov. Bill Richardson has had a distinguished government career for more than 
28 years. Today, as a private citizen, he continues to work on issues related to 
public policy, energy and the environment, and international relations, most 
recently visiting North Korea with Google chief, Eric Schmidt.

Richardson served two terms as Governor of New Mexico, 2003-2011.  He made 
New Mexico the Clean Energy State, by requiring utilities to meet 20% of New 
Mexico's electrical demand from renewable sources and he established a 
Renewable Energy Transmission Authority. Richardson also served as US 
Secretary of Energy from 1998-2001 under President Bill Clinton and as 
Ambassador to the United Nations from 1997-1998.  Prior to that, he was a US 
Congressman from New Mexico from 1983-1997. While a congressman, he 
successfully won the release of hostages, American servicemen and prisoners in 
North Korea, Iraq, Cuba and Sudan.

Since 2011, Richardson has been named to various boards, including:

¨ AMP Electric Vehicles

¨ Global Political Strategies

¨ Organization of American States

¨ World Resources Institute

¨ Refugees International

¨ National Council for Science & the Environment

¨ Senior Fellow for Latin America at Rice University's James A. Baker III 
Institute for Public Policy

Richardson received a BA from Tufts University and a MA from Tuft’s Fletcher 
School of Law and Diplomacy in 1971.  www.billrichardson.com