Jermaine Freeman has been appointed University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s first Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development. A longtime Chattanooga city official with nearly a decade of senior-level experience, Freeman will now lead UTC’s efforts to sync academic programs with the region’s job needs. He’ll coordinate with employers, workforce agencies, and development partners, and…
Jermaine Freeman, former city official, named to new role at UTC
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) announced that Jermaine Freeman — a Chattanooga native who previously served nine years in senior city-government roles including chief of staff and economic-development director — has been named UTC’s first Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development. In this new role, Freeman will lead UTC’s efforts to align academic…