Governor Appoints Marian Ott To Election Finance Registry Committee July 14, 2003 Nashville-Governor Phil Bredesen today named Marian Ott to fill a vacancy on the Tennessee Election Finance Registery. The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance is an independent state government agency that enforces laws regarding campaign finance, lobbyist registration disclosure, and conflict of interests disclosure. Mrs. Ottt from Nashville is 48 and she is the former executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority, a nine county regional agency crested by the State to plan and develop a regional system for Middle Tennessee. She served in that capacity from 1991 to 1998, where she initiated the first regional bus route and promoted the development of the first occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes From 1982 to 1987, Ott was the assistant general manager for the Metro Transit Authority in Nashville. She holds a bachelor’s degree in science and engineering from Princeton University, New Jersey, and a master’s degree in civil engineering and transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts . Ott currently serves as chairman of Nashville’s Metro Transit Authority. She is also vice chairman of Cumberland Region Tomorrow, and is a past president of the League of Women Voters of Nashville. she will serve on the Registery through December 30, 2007.