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David Townsend has been selected as the assistant chief of police for the Collierville Police Department. Townsend has been with the department for 29 years and has held numerous leadership roles, most recently as inspector over the Community Services Division. He is a graduate of session 249 of the...

Randy Evans, chief of the Cookeville Police Department, will retire on Jan. 31, 2025, after more than 41 years of service to the department. Evans began his career as a patrol officer with CPD in 1983 and was promoted to sergeant in 1990, lieutenant in 1998, captain in 2007, major in 2010, and has...

Will Wiley has been selected as the new public works director for Farragut. Wiley comes to the city from Poway, Calif., where he served as the assistant director of public works maintenance and operations for the San Diego suburb. Wiley will take over following the retirement of longtime Public...

Capt. Nick Surre has been selected as the next assistant police chief for the Brentwood Police Department. Surre has 18 years of experience and will take over from new Chief Jim Colvin in February. He has been with the Brentwood Police Department since April 2007, serving as a crime scene technician...

Jenneen Kaufman Reed has been unanimously confirmed as the finance director for Metro Nashville. Reed takes over the role from interim finance director Kevin Crumbo and comes to the city with 30 years of experience – including serving as deputy finance director and chief accountant for the city...

Alicia Summers has been named the new assistant city manager for the city of Johnson City. In her new role, she will oversee the planning and development services and economic development departments. Summers has served as the city’s economic development director since 2022 and has nearly two...

Ken Webb has been selected as the new vice mayor of Cleveland following the retirement of longtime Vice Mayor Avery Johnson in August. Webb has been an at-large member of the Cleveland City Council since 2018. Webb graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University and worked as a staff accountant for a...

Russell Treadway, longtime city administrator of Sevierville, has announced he will retire on Jan. 3, 2025. Treadway served twice as city administrator for Sevierville, first from 1978 to 1993 and then again since 2012. Between his two terms as Sevierville's top administrative officer, he served as...

James Thomas “Tommy” Head, who served nine terms representing Clarksville in the Tennessee House, passed away on Oct. 19, 2024, at the age of 79. Head was first elected to represent House District 68 in 1986, and he served as chair of the House Finance, Ways and Means committee among many roles in...

Brentwood Assistant City Manager Jay Evans is the new president of the Tennessee City Management Association (TCMA) after an induction at the organizations Fall Conference in Chattanooga.  In this role, he will also serve on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Municipal League. Evans was...

Jeff White has been selected as the new chief of the Jonesborough Fire Department. White brings more than three decades of experience in emergency services to the position, starting as a volunteer firefighter and then as a police officer with the Jonesborough Police Department. White then served...

Martin Granum, the city manager of Red Bank, recently received the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)’s Credentialed Manager Candidate designation. He is one of more than 1,500 local government management professionals to participate in the voluntary program. Granum has served...