GNABSE President, Robert Blair, has been named the 2017 “Ed Moody Award of Excellence” recipient by the Middle Tennessee Boys and Girls Club. He is heavily involved in the school community and non-profit work. In 2016, Blair was named to the Tennessee School Board’s Association, All-Tennessee School Board, an honor granted to only five school board members across the state. In 2011, Blair achieved the highest designation a school board member can earn: Level V board status, a Master School Board Member. He has been involved with the Franklin Boys & Girls Club for 28 years. in addition, he works with Leadership Franklin, Youth Leadership Franklin, My Friend’s House, WAVES, and Franklin Tomorrow. In 2015, he was elected president of the Greater Nashville Alliance of Black School Educators.