Zach Wamp

Zach Wamp represented Tennessee’s Third District in the United States Congress from

1995-2011. He is presently engaged as a consultant in the energy, defense, and

transportation sectors for some of the most prominent companies in the world. 

In Congress, he served as the ranking member of the Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Subcommittee and prior to that as the ranking member of the Legislative Branch

Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on which he served for fourteen years. Among his notable achievements in Congress, Wamp helped establish the

Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, The Tennessee Valley Technology

Corridor and the United States Department of Homeland Security. He wrote and enacted

into law legislation to expand the Trail of Tears, establish The Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, to replace the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River, to name Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol and landmark energy efficiency

legislation in The Energy Policy Act. 

Wamp also serves on the board of directors of Oak Ridge Associated Universities,

the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, THANKS-USA (a 501(c)(3) organization providing scholarships to children of our nations soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines), and

the InternationalConversation Caucus Foundation (ICCF).

He graduated from The McCallie School, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

and The University ofTennessee. He later received honorary doctorates from Lincoln Memorial

University and Carson Newman College.