Name: Andrew Oppmann
Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Business Position: Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Middle Tennessee State University
Civilian Education: Master of Professional Studies, MTSU, 2017; B.A., University of Kentucky, 1985; doctoral candidate in higher education administration, MTSU (anticipated 2025)
Community Service: Lieutenant colonel and member-at-large of Board of Governors, Civil Air Patrol (volunteer civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force); Publisher’s Advisory Board, Stars and Stripes newspaper and media group; Former regional council vice president and adult troop leader, Scouting America; Past Board Chairman, United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties (Tennessee); led community fundraising efforts to restore World War I Doughboy statues in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Appleton, Wisconsin
Organizations/Clubs/Philanthropies: Wisconsin and Kentucky committees of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR); Rotary International
Civilian Honors: Civil Air Patrol Distinguished Service Medal; Eagle Scout; 100th Division (Training) honorary member; Regional Emmy; numerous Telly Awards for television production; numerous journalism and marketing industry honors.
Spouse and Children: Ambassador Oppmann and his wife have four children.
Ambassador Andrew Oppmann worked as a reporter, editor or executive for media groups in seven states before joining MTSU in 2010. He helped create and now promotes the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center at MTSU. Oppmann’s service as civilian advocate of the Army Reserve honors his uncles: the late MG Lindsay Freeman, Army Reserve retired, former Commanding General of the 100th Training Division; and COL Bobby Freeman, Army retired, decorated aviator and former Fort Campbell Garrison Commander. Fort Campbell’s main gate, Gate 4, is named in honor of Oppmann’s aunt and COL Freeman’s late wife, CASA T.C. Freeman, for her years of advocacy on behalf of the families of soldiers. Ambassador Oppmann was first appointed in 2019 by LTG Charles D. Luckey, Chief of Army Reserve.