Claudia Huskey–Voices for Safer TN

Speaker Friday, October 4, 2024

Firearms are the #1 cause of death of children in Tennessee, taking more lives than car accidents.

Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN) is nonprofit (501c4 & 501c3), nonpartisan group of 30,000+ citizens working together to promote policies that support firearm safety and responsible gun ownership. Our coalition includes Republicans, Democrats and Independents from all 95 counties in the state.

Safer TN began forming in the days following The Covenant School shooting in Nashville on March 27, 2023. Since then, our efforts have resulted in a growing awareness of the urgent need for firearm safety laws in Tennessee. We have outlined three firearm safety priorities that we continue to work toward every day: comprehensive background checks, safe storage requirements and temporary transfer laws. In addition, we actively oppose loosening firearm safety laws that could make this public health crisis worse.

Our mission is to build safer, healthier communities by reducing preventable firearm tragedies across Tennessee.

Through building relationships and having open conversations, we are seeing incremental progress. But, we still have a long way to go.

Claudia Huskey, Executive Director of Voices for a Safer Tennessee, is a veteran political strategist with more than two decades of advocacy experience in Tennessee, and is a founding member of Safer TN. In addition to managing political campaigns, Huskey has served in senior leadership roles in state and local government and raised millions of dollars for a broad range of causes and candidates. Prior to her role with Safer TN, Huskey was Annual Fund Director at University School of Nashville. She also served as senior staff for Vice President Al Gore, Tennessee State Senator Lowe Finney and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry. Huskey is on the board of The Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and is an active member of Woodmont Christian Church. She was a member of the Nashville Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 cohort of 2014 as well as the Nashville Emerging Leaders Class of 2008.

Erin Rogus, Policy Director of Voices for a Safer Tennessee, Erin has worked in public policy and political strategy for nearly two decades. Since 2015, she has served as former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s senior policy advisor, speech and op-ed writer, including leading his firearm safety efforts at the state and national levels. Erin previously worked in Washington, DC for several Republican members of Congress, at the Republican National Committee for the 2008 presidential cycle, and on several statewide gubernatorial campaigns. She earned a BA in political science from Duke University and a master’s in public policy from Georgetown University.

Safer TN is in this for the long haul, and we hope you will join us. Your voice can make a difference.

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