Tessa Cortes

Tessa Cortes has been hired as the new finance director for the town of Farragut. Cortes joins the city from Maryville College where she has spent nine years in various financial roles, including as assistant controller, accounting controller, and director of financial reporting. Prior to that, she spent nearly 10 years as a staff accountant at Knoxville-based Brown, Jake, and McDaniel. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Carson-Newman University and is a certified public accountant.