TENNESSEE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE - Key Persons
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- Assistant City Manager for Morristown
Andrew Ellard, assistant city manager for Morristown, has become an ICMA credentialed manager, joining 16 other Tennessee managers and 1,500 local government management professionals who participate in the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program. To receive ICMA credentials, a member must have...
Andrew Ellard has been selected as the new city manager for Morristown following the retirement of longtime City Manager Tony Cox. Ellard has been with the city since 2021 as its assistant manager. Prior to joining the staff in Morristown, he served as a city manager in Eagleville and held several...
Anthony Byrd will be resigning his seat as a member of the Chattanooga City Council after being appointed to serve as Chattanooga city court clerk. Byrd was re-elected to a second four-year term last year, but left his seat after being appointed to the court clerk position by Mayor Tim Kelly. An...
April Curlin has been selected as the new human resources director for the city of Brentwood. Curlin spent more than a decade as a human resources director in government and non-profit industries including most recently at FiftyForward of Nashville. She also served as the director of human...
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- Chief for the City of Clinton
Archie Brummit, fire chief for the city of Clinton, has retired after 44 years as a firefighter. Brummit joined the Clinton Fire Department in 1978 as a firefighter, rising to the rank of captain in 1986 and chief in 1996. Under his leadership, the department's staff has increased, more than 8 new...
Asailio "Ace" Timmermeier has been hired as first tourism coordinator for the city of Springfield. A native of the city, Timmermeier has more than a decade of experience working in the city and most recently served as senior manager of community impact for the United Way of Greater Nashville, where...
Avery Johnson, longtime vice mayor of Cleveland, has announced he will retire in May. Johnson has spent 22 years as Cleveland's vice mayor and has served on the Cleveland City Council since 1993. Johnson also retired after 44 years of service to Maytag Cooking Products in Cleveland. He is a past...
Baron Swafford has retired as the public utility director of Maryville will retire on March 1. Swafford has been at the head of the city's electric department since 1994 and became head of the city's water and sewer departments when they and the electric department were combined into the Public...
Barry Turner has been selected as the new director of the city of Cookeville's Water Quality and Control Department and will serve as the department's designee until the retirement of current director Ronnie Kelly. Turner holds a civil engineering degree from Tennessee Tech University. He has been...
Baylee Rhea has been selected as the new city clerk for the city of Crossville. Rhea was appointed to the position after previous clerk Valerie Hale was selected as Crossville's city manager. Rhea previously served as assistant city clerk, a position she has held since 2022. She holds a degree from...
Benton Young has been selected as the new chief of the Cookeville Fire Department. Young has been serving as the department's interim chief since the retirement of previous Chief Daryl Blair in July. Young is a Cookeville native with 32 years of experience in the fire serving, showing the...
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- Chief for the Bristol Fire Department
Bob Barnes, former fire chief for the Bristol Fire Department, died April 7, 2024, at the age of 71. Barnes began his career with the Bristol Fire Department in 1974. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1981, captain in 1995, and battalion chief in 2001. He was named chief of the department in 2007 and...
Bob Mullin, former mayor of Lakesite, died on April 1, 2024, at the age of 86. Mullin served on the Lakesite City Commission on and off from 1973 until accepting the position of mayor in 2004. He served as the town's mayor from 2004 through 2010. He was instrumental in securing a land-lease for a 45...
Bob Sanders has been appointed vice mayor of Pegram following the death of late Vice Mayor and Alderman Rankine Roth in January. Sanders presently serves as on the town's planning commission and will serve the remainder of Roth's term set to end in August. Randy Howington, Jr. has also been...
Brent Schultz has been selected as the new planning director for the town of Nolensville. Shultz has more than 30 years of experience in municipal government, starting his career at the public counter issuing building permits and working his way up to management and executive level positions in the...
Brian Rose has been selected as the new city planner for Gallatin. Rose holds a bachelor's degree in urban planning and master's degree in urban planning and environmental engineering both from Arizona State University in Tempe. He also spent several years studying architecture. He was employed in...
Bruce Cureton, who served for 15 years as fire chief of the Knoxville Fire Department, died March 14, 2024 at the age of 81. Cureton served as chief from 1982 to 1997, retiring after 30 years in the fire service. Cureton was a lifetime member of the International Fire Chiefs Association. During his...
Buddy Billings is retiring as chief of the Collierville Fire Department after more than four decades of service. Billings' last day with the department is June 30. He began his career as a police dispatcher with the city in 1978 and then transferred to the fire department in 1979. He had earned the...
Job Titles:
- Senior Director for Communications and Educational Programming
Celeste Murphy has been selected as the first black woman to head the Chattanooga Police Department. Murphy will take over from former Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy, who is retiring after 26 years with the department and four as chief. Murphy comes to Chattanooga from the Atlanta Police...
Job Titles:
- Deputy Executive Director and Senior Director of Government Relations
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- Assistant Director of Leisure Services for Cookeville
Chad McDonald has been appointed the first ever assistant director of Leisure Services for Cookeville. McDonald has been with Cookeville's Leisure Services for 28 years, first starting as a part-time employee and then quickly becoming the cultural arts coordinator. Since 2000, he has served as the...
Chase Sons has been selected as the new police chief for Tullahoma after having served as the city's interim chief since November. Sons was serving as acting lieutenant before his appointment to interim chief. Sons has spent 16 years in law enforcement with 13 of those spent with the Tullahoma...
Chris Bates has been named the new chief of the Cleveland Fire Department. Bates has been in emergency services since 1995 when he was hired by the city of Cleveland Police Department and has most recently served as fire marshal for the city. He has worked with the Cleveland Fire Department since...
Chris Cummins has been selected as the interim chief of Columbia Fire and Rescue. Cummins has more than 30 years of experience with Columbia Fire and Rescue, joining as a firefighter in 1990. He has since served as a fire engineer, driver, captain, assistant chief of suppression and retired as...
Christopher Tincher, a captain with the Kingsport Police Department, recently graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., as part of the 289th Session. Tincher joined 200 men and women from 47 states, 23 countries, four military organizations, and five federal civilian organizations...
Chuck Downham has been selected as the new assistant town manager and project manager for the town of Nolensville. Downham has more than 37 years of municipal management, planning, and project management experience, and joins the town of Nolensville from serving as a municipal management consultant...
Curtis Hayes has announced his decision to retire as mayor of Livingston after 18 years in the role. Hayes was first elected as mayor in 2006, becoming both the first African-American mayor of Livingston and the first African-American mayor in all of Overton County. A lifelong resident of Livingston...
Job Titles:
- Public Information Officer for the Knoxville Fire Department
D.J. Corcoran, public information officer for the Knoxville Fire Department, retired in December after 28 years of service. Corcoran comes from a family of firefighters with his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and several uncles all serving with the Knoxville Fire Department. In addition to...
Job Titles:
- Collierville Police Chief
Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane accepts the "Bridging the Gap" Award from U.S. Rep. David Kustoff at the Collierville Chamber of Commerce's Annual Excellence in Business Awards on behalf of the Collierville Police Department. The award is an exclusive achievement designed to honor an admirable...
David Wilson, who served Goodlettsville as a former city manager, mayor, and vice mayor, died at the age of 83 after decades of service to his community. A Goodlettsville native, Wilson graduated from Middle Tennessee State University before beginning 40 years in service to his community. He served...
Job Titles:
- Director of Corporate Sponsorship and Conference Expo
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- Executive Director of the Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council
Don Ridgeway, a former state lawmaker and executive director of the Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council, died March 2, 2024, at his home in Paris. After graduating the University Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor's degree in education, Ridgeway became a teacher at Groe Junior High...
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- Commissioner for Gatlinburg
Don Smith, longtime city commissioner for Gatlinburg, announced his resignation on Feb. 28. Smith has served the city commission for more than two decades, first being elected to his Seat E position in May 2021. The city commission will appoint a replacement to fill the remainder of Smith's term at...
Donna Turner has been hired as the new police chief for the city of Covington, the first woman to hold the office. Turner earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1997 and a master's in criminal justice with a focus in law enforcement...
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- Director of Administration, Human Resources, and Benefits for the City of Lawrenceburg
Doug Edwards, the director of administration, Human Resources, and benefits for the city of Lawrenceburg, will be leaving to assume a human resources director position with a construction company in Fayetteville. Edwards, a retired U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate, has served the city of...
Doug Tarwater has been promoted to director of Sevierville Public Works. Tarwater joined the city of Sevierville as its deputy public works director in 2022. Prior to that, he worked for more than eight years with the Tennessee Department of transportation, including as director of maintenance...
Dr. Christa Martin, vice mayor of Columbia, has been selected as the one of the 2022 Women of Influence honorees by the Nashville Business Journal. The award is given out to women leading top companies and nonprofits, supporting their communities, and inspiring those coming behind them. Martin is...
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- City Manager for Lakesite
Dr. David Edwards, longtime city manager for Lakesite, will retire in June after 30 years of service to the community. Edwards has served as the city's city manager since 1992 and also became the city's first certified municipal finance officer (CMFO). Before coming to Lakesite, Edwards was a...
Dr. Lisa Piercey will leave her role as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health to enter the private sector on May 31. Piercey started her role as commissioner in January 2019 and provided public health leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to her role in the department, Piercey...
Eric Ault has been selected as the new personnel director for the city of Oak Ridge. Ault has been with the city since February 2020 when he was hired as a process improvement specialist in the city's electric department. He was then promoted to assistant to the city manager, a role he has served in...
Eric Bittner has been confirmed by the Clarksville City Council to become the next city attorney and will assume the role on May 1 following the retirement of longtime City Attorney Lance Baker. Bittner has practiced law in Clarksville since 1995 and has served as the city's deputy city attorney...
Frank Buck, longtime former Tennessee House Judiciary Committee chair, died at the age of 80 on Jan. 24, 2024 in Smithville. A native of Dowelltown, Buck served for 36 years in the Legislature representing District 40, which was composed of DeKalb, Smith, and Macon counties. He retired in 2008...
Fred Burton, Lebanon city councilmember, has been honored with a Legends of Lebanon Award for his contributions to the city at the government and civic level. Burton has served five terms on the council and was recognized by Mayor Rick Bell for his years of service. Burton served in the military...
Fred Schultz has been named chief of police for the Athens Police Department. Schultz has served as the department's interim chief in the past six months and before that served as lieutenant over the department's Special Services Division. A native of Athens, he has been with the Athens Police...
Freeman Cooper, former Chattanooga Police Chief, died Thursday, March 24, 2022 after a battle with Stage IV lung cancer. Cooper retired as the CPD chief in 2010. He had served with CPD since 1982, working in patrol, internal affairs, training, and serving as executive chief in 2004 before being...
Gerald C. Smith Sr. has been selected as the new director of general services for the city of Nashville. Smith has more than 30 years' experience in public administration. serving as city manager, department director, assistant city manager, and municipal management consultant for communities...
Valerie Hale has been selected as the new city manager for Crossville once current city manager Greg Wood retires on March 31. Hale presently serves as Crossville's city clerk, a position she has held since 2017. Hale began her career with the city of Crossville as an assistant city clerk in 2010...
Haley Elliot has been selected as the new tourism program coordinator for Visit Farragut. In the role, she will focus on social media management, event coordination, and community outreach via the Mobile Visitor Center (MVC). Elliot is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University.
Haley Smith has been named as the first communications and marketing manager for the city of Cookeville. She will report directly to City Manager James Mills and will enhance connectivity and engagement between the city and residents. Smith has five years of professional experience, most recently...
Harvey Buchanan, longtime councilman for the city of Jackson, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at the age of 64. Buchanan represented Jackson's District 4 for 26 years, serving as vice mayor twice from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2010 to 2011. In addition to his public service with the city of Jackson...
Herbert Slatery, attorney general for the state of Tennessee, has announced he will not seek a second eight-year term this fall. Slatery has served as the attorney general since his appointment to the role in 2014. Tennessee is the only state where the attorney general is appointed by the state...
Herman Davis, the first African-American mayor of Coopertown, died at the age of 88. Davis served as alderman for District 1 and vice mayor of Coopertown from 1998 to 2000 and then as mayor from 2000 to 2004, only the second mayor in the town's history. A native of Alabama, Davis joined the U.S...
Irene Wells, mayor of Bluff City, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, from complications with pneumonia at the age of 77. Wells was both the first black alderwoman and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of Bluff City. Wells' husband Billy Wells also served as mayor of Bluff City in the...
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Manager of Information Services
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- Retiring Collierville Town Administrator
Retiring Collierville Town Administrator James Lewellen was honored at the Collierville Chamber of Commerce's 2021 Excellence in Business Awards as the chamber's "Person of the Year" for his service to the community. Lewellen has been with the town of Collierville since 1995, and he will retire in...
Job Titles:
- Chief for the City of Loudon
James Webb, police chief for the city of Loudon, has announced his retirement after 18 years as chief and a 40-year career in law enforcement. A native of Loudon, Webb began his career with the Oliver Springs Police Department in 1982, working as a dispatcher, records clerk, jailer, and patrol...
Jason Huisman has been appointed as the new city administrator for Germantown following the retirement of City Administrator Patrick Lawson on Dec. 17. Huisman has served as the city's assistant administrator since 2017. Before coming to Germantown, Huisman was the village administrator of South...
Javaid Majid has been selected as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of the city of Chattanooga. Majid comes to Chattanooga from Salt Lake County, Utah, where he spent more than 35 years in the finance profession. He most recently served as the county's senior debt administrator. Majid will...
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- Chief of the Dickson Police Department
Jeff Lewis, chief of the Dickson Police Department, has retired after more than 35 years of service to the city. During his tenure with the city, Lewis served not only in the police department but also as interim director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department and interim director of the city...
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- Engineer With the Johnson City Fire Department
Jeff Story, a driver/engineer with the Johnson City Fire Department, recently achieved managing officer (MO) status through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Academy. Story completed the two-year program and a capstone project focusing on...
Jessica Cooper has been named the new director of public utilities for the city of Maryville following the retirement of Baron Swafford. Cooper began her career with Maryville as a co-op student and then started full-time as an assistant environmental engineer in 2006. She was promoted to water and...
Jessica Harmon has been promoted to assistant city manager of Kingsport and will oversee the city's building, code enforcement, planning, community development, and public information and communications departments. Harmon has served as the assistant to the city manager for Kingsport since November...
Jim Jones has been named the sixth police chief for the city of Hendersonville. Jones has been serving as the city's assistant police chief and will take over the department following the retirement of Chief Mickey Miller at the end of March. Jones is a 38-year veteran of the Hendersonville Police...
Jimmy Massengill, former mayor of Graysville, died March 20, 2024 at the age of 53. Massengill spent more than 20 years on the Graysville City Council, serving both as mayor and vice mayor. He also spent 33 years as a firefighter with the Dayton Fire Department.
Job Titles:
- New Chief of Staff for Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly
Joda Thongnopnua has been named as the new chief of staff for Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, Thongnopnua has served as the city's chief policy officer since April and prior to that served as the director of strategic initiatives and communications for the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga...
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- Southwest Tennessee Development District Executive Director
Southwest Tennessee Development District Executive Director Joe Barker planned the fly-in as an opportunity to thank Ford Motor Company's leadership for the...
Joe Reagan, former Brentwood mayor and commissioner whose community service earned him the nickname "Mr. Brentwood," died Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the age of 94. Reagan began his service to the city of Brentwood in 1993 after running for an at-large commission seat after his wife Betty left her...
Joe Shakeenab has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the Clarksville City Council. Shakeenab will represent the city's Ward 11 after Councilwoman Ashlee Evans resigned the seat in February when her husband was relocated to Fort Bragg. A Mississippi native, Shakeenab served more than 28 years in...
Job Titles:
- Technology Director for the City of Brentwood
John Allman, technology director for the city of Brentwood, has retired after a 35 year career with the city. Allman began working for the city of Brentwood as a firefighter in 1986, earning two promotions and eventually serving as a captain with Brentwood Fire and Rescue. In 1996, he began...
Job Titles:
- Director of Government Relations
John Selberg, who presently serves as fire chief for Germantown, has been selected as the new fire chief for Collierville. Selberg will take over July 1 from Collierville Chief Buddy Billings, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Selberg has been the fire chief for Germantown since...
Jonathan Stotler has been selected as the management information systems director for the city of Columbia. Stotler has been with the city for 11 years, starting with the Columbia Police Department before joining the city's MIS Department. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a...
Josh Ray has been selected as the new town manager for Signal Mountain following a national search over several months. Ray has about 20 years of city manager experience and most recently served as the city manager of Shelbyville from January 2021 until March 2022. Signal Mountain's last town...
Justin Crosby has been selected as the director of Clarksville's Building and Codes Department. Crosby has been serving as the interim director of the department and prior to that was deputy director of the department. Crosby has more than 20 years of service to the Clarksville community in a...
K. Gardner Hammond, former mayor of Kingsport, died on Feb. 16, 2022 at the age of 87. Hammond was first elected as an alderman for Kingsport in 1973. He eventually became vice mayor and was then elected mayor by his peers. In 1979, he became the first popularly-elected mayor in city history. A...
Job Titles:
- Assistant Director of Communications and Assistant Editor
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- TMBF Chair / Morristown Council
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- New Public Affairs Director for the Chattanooga Police Department
Keaira Turner has been selected as the new public affairs director for the Chattanooga Police Department. Turner comes to Chattanooga from Birmingham, Ala,, where she has spent nearly 10 years in strategic communications and government affairs, including as public relations manager for the...
Kelli Johnson has been selected as the main street manager for the city of Columbia, a newly-created, full-time position with the city. A Columbia native, Johnson's background is in marketing and events, having worked with nonprofit and for-profit organizations including the Spring Hill Chamber of...
Kelly Wolfe, former mayor of Jonesborough, has been appointed to fill a vacancy left on the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Alderman left by the resignation of Alderman Stephen Callahan to focus on his business. Wolfe will serve in the alderman position until November when the city holds its next...
Job Titles:
- Officer With the Johnson City Fire Department
Kevin Haynes, fire prevention officer with the Johnson City Fire Department, has received a designation of fire investigation technician from the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI). Haynes' designation was the result of passing an exam following 44 hours of training as well as...
Kevin L. Helms was recently recognized by the International City/County Management Association (ICCMA) for 25 years of service to local government. A native of Alabama, Helms has spent his entire career serving Tennessee cities. He has served as city manager/administrator of Clifton, Fayetteville...
Kevin Owens has been hired as the new city administrator for the city of Fayetteville. Before coming to work for Fayetteville, Owens was a longtime employee of the city of Birmingham where he served as chief administrative officer, administrative analyst, and administrative assistant among other...
Kirsten Ert has been selected by the Lakesite Board of Commissioners as the new city manager. Ert comes to Lakesite from Collegedale where she served as senior community planner and social media coordinator. She also served as a city planner and government management graduate intern with...
Matt Cousins has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant with the Bristol Police Department. Cousins is a veteran of the Maryland Army National Guard, the Tennessee Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army. During his military service, he earned a long list of prestigious commendations, including...
Maria Bush has been selected as the new open records counsel in the Tennessee Comptroller's Office of Open Records Counsel (OORC). Prior to joining the OORC, Bush was an associate general counsel for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI). She has also worked as a law clerk with...
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Corporate Support and Member Services
Mark Hutton has been appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Bristol City Council. A local minister, Hutton has resigned his seat on the Sullivan County Commission to take the city council seat. Hutton is a Bristol native and will be taking the seat vacated by Councilman Chad Keen, who resigned the...
Mary Beth Elrod has been selected as the new public works director for the city of Cookeville following the retirement of Blake Mayo. Elrod has been with Cookeville Public Works since May 2022 and has more than 13 years of professional experience as an engineer and project manager. Elrod holds a...
Mary L. Wagner has been appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court by Gov. Bill Lee. Wagner presently serves as a circuit court judge for the 30th Judicial District in Shelby County. Before that, she was an associate at Rice, Amundsen & Caperton, PLLC and taught as an adjunct professor at The...
Matthew Bushell has been hired as the new GIS technician for the city of Elizabethton's GIS and Engineering Department. Bushell has more than eight years' experience working in the collection and curation of spatial data at the Gray Fossil Site and continues to write scientific papers on the project...
Matthew Trollinger has been selected as the new town manager for Signal Mountain. Trollinger comes from Somerset, Md., where he has served as town manager since 2019. Prior to that, Trollinger served as village manager of the village of Martin's Additions, Md., for three years and as a paralegal...
Max Winitz has been selected as the new public information officer for the Franklin Police Department, becoming the first PIO for the department who isn't a sworn officer in the department. Winitz spent more than two years as the media relations coordinator for Blood Assurance before coming to...
Merritt Piper has been selected as the new special event and program coordinator for the Farragut Parks and Recreation Department. Piper comes to the town after serving as an extension assistant with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She previously served for nine months as a park assistant...
Michelle Austin, has been selected as the director of Clarksville's Neighborhood and Community Services. A lifelong Clarksville resident, Austin has 25 years of experience in public service, including 13 years at Clarksville Parks and Recreation. During her time there, she worked with the department...
Mike Harrison, former state representative and mayor of Hancock County, has been tapped to serve as executive director of the First Tennessee Development District (FTDD). Harrison will take over from interim director Sue Reid, who has been serving in the role since the departure of previous...
Molly Glass, director of parks and recreation for the city of Covington, recently competed the ICMA - International City/County Management Association High Performance Leadership Academy. The three-month program equips local government professionals with leadership skills in organizational...
Patricia Oldham has been named executive director of the Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) Board of Directors. A certified planner, Oldham has a long history of civic and volunteer service in the community and is a native of Johnson City. She spent six years as director of community...
Job Titles:
- Chief of the New Orleans Police Department
Paul Noel, current deputy chief of the New Orleans Police Department, has been named the new police chief for the city of Knoxville. Noel is the deputy superintendent in charge of the New Orleans PD's criminal investigations division and was a finalist for the title of Chattanooga police chief...
Randy Trivette has been named the new assistant city manager for Johnson City. Trivette has served as Johnson City's first facilitiates management director since 2018 and before that spent nine years as the town recorder for the town of Erwin. Trivette spent nearly five years as director of...
Richard Hickey has been selected as the new chief of the Brentwood Police Department, following the retirement of Chief Jeff Hughes after 36 years with the city. Hickey is the fourth chief of police since the department as founded in 1971. He has been with the city of Brentwood since 1991 and...
Richard Howell has retired as police chief of Fayetteville after a more than three-decade career in law enforcement. Howell has been with the Fayetteville Police Department for 32 years and not only served as the city's police chief but also spent seven months as the interim city administrator for...
Robin Chance has been hired as they new recycling coordinator for the city of Jackson. Before coming to the city, Chance served as the chair of Keep Jackson Beautiful. She also has experience in sales, marketing, and logistics from previous positions in the private sector. Chance holds a bachelor's...
Newport Mayor Roland Dykes III received the Cocke County Citizenship Award from the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service (SCHAS) to honor his service work in the community. In addition to his role as the mayor of Newport, Dykes was noted for his leadership roles as president of the Tanner...
Sarah VanWormer has been hired as the new information technology director for the city of Brentwood. She comes to Brentwood from Battle Creek, Mich., where she spent more than 20 years in the city's information technology department and supported 34 city departments. VanWormer holds a bachelor's...
Jackson Mayor Scott Conger, has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 Small Cities Council.
Mayor Conger was elected to a one-year term to develop and guide programs among local elected officials from similar communities. The appointment was announced by NLC President Mayor...
Seth Lyles has been selected as the new police chief of Dickson following the retirement of longtime Chief Jeff Lewis last month. Lyles most recently served as assistant police chief for Dickson since 2017 and is a 27-year veteran of law enforcement. Lyles has been with the Dickson Police Department...
Job Titles:
- Vice Mayor
- District 3 Director
Stephanie Graham has been hired as the new public information officer and community outreach coordinator for the Jackson Police Department. A Jackson native, Graham is presently pursuing her bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Lane College. Graham is also the wife of Jackson Battalion Chief...
Steve Glover, at-large Metro Nashville councilmember, has resigned from his position due to ongoing health issues. Glover represented Nashville's District 12 from 2011 until 2019 and then was elected as an at-large councilman in 2019. Before serving on the Metro Nashville City Council, Glover also...
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Conference and Meeting Planning
Tamara Steward has been appointed the first chief equity officer for the city of Chattanooga by Mayor Tim Kelly. Steward will oversee the city's new Department of Equity and Community Engagement as well as the Office of New Americans. A Chattanooga Native, Steward holds a bachelor's degree in...
Terry Sweat is retiring as finance director for the city of La Follette after 31 years with the city. Sweat will cease his full-time duties with the city but said he will continue to work on a part-time basis. In addition to serving as La Follette's finance director, Sweat has served as the interim...
Job Titles:
- Johnson City Mayor
- Mayor of Johnson City
Todd Fowler, mayor of Johnson City, has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 Human Development Federal Advocacy Committee.
Mayor Fowler was elected to a one-year term and will provide strategic direction and guidance for NLC's federal advocacy agenda and policy priorities on...
Todd Wilcox has been named the new city recorder for the town of Erwin. Wilcox also serves as a sergeant with the Erwin Police Department and previously served as a Unicoi County commissioner. Wilcox is both a veteran of the U.S. Airforce and the U.S. Army National Guard. Wilcox also holds a master...
Tommie Johnson, building official for the city of Piperton, has retired from his position after 10 years of service. During his time at the helm of the building department, Johnson grew the staff to four individuals and oversaw a surge in residential, commercial and industrial building activities...
Job Titles:
- Assistant City Administrator for Sevierville
Tracy Baker, assistant city administrator for Sevierville, has been named an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Woman to Know for 2022. Baker has served as Sevierville's assistant city administrator since 2010 and before that was an MTAS Postgraduate Fellow in the Southeast...
Travis Bishop has been selected as the new finance and accounting consultant for the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service. Bishop will be serving out of MTAS' office in Johnson City. He most recently served as the city recorder for the town of Erwin. Prior to that, he was...