02/01/2010

MTAS Staff,

I am pleased to announce that MTAS Executive Director Mike Tallent will take over the role of IPS assistant vice president effective March 1.

After serving as MTAS interim executive director since December 2007, Mike was named executive director in September 2008. He joined MTAS in 1979 as a municipal management consultant and has covered West Tennessee and Southeast Tennessee over the years, advising cities that range in size from Englewood to Chattanooga.

Mike is a valuable member of the IPS leadership team, and it is a natural move for him to step into the role of assistant vice president. Having been on board here since 1979, he has a solid grasp of our public service mission and is dedicated to seeing IPS and its agencies fulfill that mission.

We will begin an internal search to fill the executive director’s position at MTAS. In the interim, Mike will serve dual roles.

Please join me congratulating Mike on his promotion.

Mary



Mary H. Jinks, Ed.D.
Vice President of Public Service
Suite 105 Student Services Bldg
Knoxville, TN 37996-0213
865-974-8278

mary.jinks@tennessee.edu

www.ips.tennessee.edu