Milepost is your guide for engagement that builds a better tomorrow.

We’re a strategy consultancy, a creative agency, and a company that specializes in energy and sustainability all in one. Our diverse team designs, supports, and promotes purpose-driven initiatives that boost profitability while improving lives, supporting communities, and protecting the planet.

Whether you are trying to secure grant funding for a new initiative, design an innovative strategy to engage your target audience, or increase the impact of your existing initiatives, we’ve got you covered.

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in tires and rubber, building on its expertise to provide solutions for safe and sustainable mobility. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Americas employs more than 45,000 people across its worldwide operations. Bridgestone offers a diverse product portfolio of premium tires and advanced solutions backed by innovative technologies, improving the way people around the world move, live, work and play.

Centrus Energy Corp. is a trusted supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants in the United States and around the world. Its mission is to provide reliable and competitive fuel goods and services to meet the needs of its customers, consistent with the highest levels of integrity, safety, and security.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is organized and administered to effectively protect human health and the environment, conserve natural resources, manage state parks and promote overall quality of life in Tennessee.

TDEC exists to enhance the quality of life for citizens of Tennessee and to be stewards of our natural environment by:

  • Protecting and improving the quality of Tennessee’s air, land, and water through a responsible regulatory system;
  • Protecting and promoting human health and safety;
  • Conserving and promoting natural, cultural and historic resources; and
  • Providing a variety of quality outdoor recreational experiences.

The TDEC department is committed to providing a cleaner, safer environment that goes hand-in-hand with economic prosperity and increased quality of life in Tennessee.  The department delivers on its mission through managing regulatory programs that maintain standards for air, water and soil quality while providing assistance to businesses and communities in areas ranging from recreation to waste management.  Its staff also manages the state park system and programs to inventory, interpret and protect Tennessee’s rich natural, historical and archaeological heritage.

As a global specialist in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Non-residential & Residential Buildings, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Utilities & Infrastructure and Data Centers & Networks. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 170,000 employees achieved revenues of 30 billion dollars in 2014, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

In Tennessee, Schneider Electric employs more than 1,500 workers in energy management including software development, manufacturing, sales, back office, and more. To help offset a portion of the Group’s energy use, Schneider Electric has a 1 Megawatt solar farm located at their manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee.

From project finance through project development and construction, Bradley’s Energy Team offers expertise in all areas of the global energy industry. Its attorneys have significant experience representing clients in both traditional and renewable energy sectors, including solar, wind, landfill gas, nuclear, natural gas and coal energy projects.

Signal Energy is a full service design/build contractor providing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for renewable energy projects across North America. As a subsidiary of EMJ Construction, Signal Energy is the renewable energy arm of one of the nation’s largest general contractors.

Signal Energy offers full self-performance capabilities for the civil components of wind and solar projects, as well as wind turbine erection, wind turbine component transportation, and solar project mechanical system installation.

The company’s capabilities span the spectrum from pre-construction to complete design procurement and construction, allowing Signal Energy to provide all the resources for wind, solar and biomass projects – from start to finish.

Strata-G, LLC is a team of approximately 200 engineers, scientists, safety professionals, and project managers dedicated to the responsible care of client entrusted resources in the environmental, energy, defense, utilities, and infrastructure sectors.

TREEDC is a statewide network of 92 city and county mayors and businesses working together to create a path to fast-track renewables in Tennessee.

Its mission is to promote and connect renewable energy with economic development and energy efficiency for all Tennessee communities.

At the Baker School, our mission is to educate skilled problem solvers and prepare them to take public leadership roles and help our country solve the biggest challenges of our time. We are the first and only institution of our kind in the State of Tennessee. Our faculty conducts research and works with policymakers to resolve major public policy challenges, and our students have opportunities inside and outside the classroom to build their problem-solving skills so they are ready to build meaningful careers in public service.