MARSHA BLACKBURN U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM TENNESSEE THURSDAY 2003-PRESENT MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TENNESSEE’S 7 T H DISTRICT 1992 DELEGATE TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 1978 FOUNDED MARKETING STRATEGIES 1975-1978 DIRECTOR OF RETAIL FASHION AND SPECIAL EVENTS OF CASTNER KNOTT DIVISION, MERCANTILE STORES, INC. 1973 B.S. FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Rep. Marsha Blackburn was first elected to Congress from the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee in 2002. As a small business woman, author, mother, grandmother and Member of Congress, she has dedicated her service to making America a more prosperous place to live. No stranger to adversity and hard work, Marsha went to college on a 4-H scholarship and worked her way through school selling books for the Southwestern Company. She was one of their first female sales associates and one of their first female sales managers, assisting the company in establishing a division focused on women. Marsha moved to the corporate world as Director of Retail Fashion and Special Events for the Castner Knott Company. She later founded Marketing Strategies, focused on the retail marketplace and expanded her work to electronic and print media with consumer segments and articles. Link to official bio