Governor names CEO of Megasite Authority
Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright (left, in May) will lead the Megasite Authority overseeing operation and development of the Haywood County site. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Tennessee Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright will lead the Megasite Authority overseeing operation and development of the Haywood County site that will make batteries for Ford Motor Co. electric vehicles.
Gov. Bill Lee announced Bright’s appointment Wednesday, Oct. 27, as CEO of the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee.
Bright, a Nashville area construction contractor who founded the Nashville office of Brasfield & Gorrie, became transportation commissioner when Lee took office in 2019.
With Bright’s exit from the cabinet, Joe Galbato, chief of the transportation department’s bureau of administration, will serve as interim transportation commissioner.
Ford is investing $5.6 billion, the largest capital investment in the company’s history, in the West Tennessee Megasite to create a campus that will include making batteries for its top selling vehicle, the F-150 pickup.
The state is providing more than $800 million in incentives for the Ford campus, including public infrastructure.
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