Tracey Thurman

Tracey Thurman has been selected as the first director of the waste services department for the city of Nashville. The new department will oversee the city’s trash and recycling operations. Thurman comes to Nashville from more than a decade as the director of solid waste for Lexington, Ky.  Thurman has also served in other government roles including as deputy commissioner for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; deputy commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Labor; mayor pro tem of Frankfort, Ky.; and as a communications assistant in the Kentucky governor’s office. Thurman has also served four terms on the US Conference of Mayor’s Municipal Waste Management Association.  She holds a bachelor’s degree from Belmont University.