Olivia Hill, Council Member at Large in Nashville fighting for

transgender rights and more!Metro Nashville Councilmember At-Large Olivia Hill was elected to office on September 14, 2023. The first out transgender person to ever run for office in the Volunteer State, she is one of five At-Large members elected countywide. A Nashville native, Olivia is a product of public schools. She is a Navy veteran who served in the engineering division for a decade, seeing combat in Desert Storm. While in service, she gained expertise in electrical engineering, a skill set she used to become the Senior Supervisor of the Vanderbilt University power plant, where she managed a 24/7 operation with a budget of more than $100 million. In recent years, Olivia has emerged as a community leader, educating the public about difficulties faced by women and the LGBTQ+ community. She is frequently invited to speak to many organizations, including the Metro Nashville Police Academy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville School of Law, churches, and Metro Nashville Social Services. A member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Pride Chamber, she was the 2023 Grand Marshall of the city’s Pride celebration. She received Vanderbilt University’s Chancellor’s Heart and Soul Award in 2019 and was chosen as the LGBTQ Advocate of the Year in 2020. In 2021, she sued Vanderbilt University for discrimination she endured after her transition, a suit she settled the following year. Olivia is completing her book chronicling her life with gender dysphoria and her transition beginning in 2018.