NASHVILLE (AP) — Veteran political adviser Tom Ingram has been appointed leader-in-residence at the Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb University.

A Lipscomb graduate, Ingram is the founder of the FIRST Group in Washington, D.C., and the Ingram Group in Nashville. He is general consultant to former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a GOP presidential hopeful, and has worked with U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, as well as Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.

His role will be to contribute to Lipscomb's new master's in civic leadership program, and he will work with students on leadership case studies and publications on leadership and Tennessee political history.

Ingram said in a news release he is honored to help the Andrews Institute break new ground in leadership education.