Sharon Rollins

Sharon Rollins has retired after 37 years of service to the University of Tennessee and the UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS). The supervisor for the technical and legal consultants at MTAS, Rollins also served as a public works consultant for cities in East Tennessee. She is the longest serving member on the MTAS leadership team having served in a leadership and managerial role for more than 20 years. Rollins joined MTAS in November 1984. She has authored numerous publications for MTAS and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with various technical journals and has had publications distributed nationally by the EPA five times. She also has been instrumental in developing and teaching courses on public works issues to municipal elected officials and staff. Rollins earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.