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: Demonstrators sitting at the McLellan’s lunch counter, 1960. Photograph courtesy of the Nashville Public Library.

Freddie O'Connell

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Freddie O'Connell

Freddie O'Connell

Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County

Freddie O'Connell is the tenth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Mayor O'Connell's administration is focused on two priorities: making the city more affordable and improving quality of life for everyone who lives in Nashville.

In his first year, the O'Connell Administration secured overwhelming voter approval of dedicated funding for transportation for the first time in the history of Nashville and the State of Tennessee, delivered an East Bank developer agreement that achieved historic commitments to affordable housing, and worked with the Metro Council to pass a Capital Spending Plan and Operating Budget that prioritized investments in Nashville's best asset: it's people.

O'Connell served on the Metro Council from 2015 to 2023 where he worked to limit the impact of poverty, strengthen neighborhoods, and ensuring everyone participates as Nashville's economy grows.

Mayor O'Connell has experience in Nashville's software and start-up industry. He holds degrees in Music and Computer Science from Brown University. He and Dr. Whitney Boon, an attending child neurologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, have two young daughters, Halley and Violet, who attend Metro Nashville Public Schools. The family shares their home with their adopted chorkie Cocoa Bean.