615-645-0233
511 Union Street, Suite 1100, Nashville, TN, 37219,
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Mark Cate is the Founder and President of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He formerly served as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's chief of staff, where he was his top advisor, strategist and negotiator.
2) ACT, INC.
4) Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.
6) Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation d/b/a findhelp
7) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
10) Campaign for Great Public Schools dba as City Fund Action
14) CHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART
15) Client Network Services, LLC
17) Cognia
18) Communities In Schools of Tennessee
19) Critical Nurse Staffing, LLC
20) Curriculum Associates, LLC
23) Edmentum
24) Empower Schools
31) Greater Nashville Regional Council
35) Junior Achievement of East Tennesse
36) Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
37) Knox County
38) Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc.
39) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
40) Koch Government Affairs, LLC and Affiliates
42) Liminex, Inc dba GoGuardian
43) Livanova
44) Lorraine Civil Rights Foundation dba National Civil Rights Museum
46) MARK43 INC
48) Maximus, Inc.
49) Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc
50) Memphis Shelby Crime Commission
51) Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
53) Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
54) Nashville Soccer Holdings, LLC
55) PathGroup
56) PayIt, LLC
57) Salesforce, Inc.
59) SH Advisors LLC
60) Skinny Labs Inc. (dba Spin)
61) Southern College of Optometry
62) STV Incorporated
63) Tech901
64) Tennessee Charter School Allies
65) Tennessee Charter School Center
67) The Coalition for Better Health
69) TN Development District Assn
70) Uptown Property Holdings LLC
71) WASTE MANAGEMENT
6-10 years
I have been recognized by the Nashville Post list of In-Charge: Government & Politics for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022
Our firm was recognized nationally by the Public Relations Society of America for our comprehensive public affairs campaign to bring Major League Soccer to Nashville
Mark Cate is the Founder and President of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He formerly served as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's chief of staff, where he was his top advisor, strategist and negotiator.
During his tenure with the Haslam Administration, Mark led several legislative policy initiatives, including K-12 education reform, workers' compensation reform, civil service reform, an alternative approach to Medicaid expansion, and postsecondary education reform, including the nationally-acclaimed Tennessee Promise program.
Prior to serving in state government, Mark successfully managed Governor Haslam's first gubernatorial campaign in 2010, which led to a record-setting general election victory. He previously worked as an executive in real estate management and development and served for 16 years as a higher education leader. Over the course of his career, Mark has served as a chief development officer, chief planning officer, chief marketing officer, and as a chief financial officer—working on budgets ranging from $10 million to $30 billion.
Mark grew up in Maryville, TN and currently lives in Brentwood with his wife Cathy who serves as the Executive Director of Leadership Tennessee. He and Cathy have two daughters, Bailey who is a recent graduate at Rhodes College and currently serves as a fellow at the Crop Trust in Bonn, Germany; and Abbie who is rising junior at George Washington University.
Cate received a B.S from Carson-Newman College, an M.S from the University of Tennessee, and Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management certificate program. He's served on a wide variety of non-profit boards and was an elected member of the Maryville Board of Education.
615-645-0233
511 Union St., Suite 1100, Nashville, TN, 37219,
2) ACT, INC.
4) Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.
6) Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation d/b/a findhelp
7) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
9) Campaign for Great Public Schools dba as City Fund Action
10) CHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART
11) Cognia
12) Communities In Schools of Tennessee
18) Greater Nashville Regional Council
20) Junior Achievement of East Tennesse
21) Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
22) Knox County
23) Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc.
27) Liminex, Inc dba GoGuardian
29) MARK43 INC
31) Maximus, Inc.
32) Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc
33) Memphis Shelby Crime Commission
34) Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
35) Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
36) Nashville Soccer Holdings, LLC
37) PayIt, LLC
38) Salesforce, Inc.
40) Tech901
41) Tennessee Charter School Allies
42) Tennessee Charter School Center
45) TN Development District Assn
46) Uptown Property Holdings LLC
47) WASTE MANAGEMENT
