Two new staff members have been added to Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp’s team.
Alyse Zwick is filling a vacancy as deputy director of communications and Kelly Simmons has been named the emergency management liaison officer for the Office of Emergency Management, according to a news release.
Zwick, a two-time Emmy-nominated news anchor and journalist, has spent 15 years on television, most recently with Local 3 News. Before moving to Chattanooga, she worked for Fox, Spectrum News and the National Hockey League. She will focus on digital media in her new role, the release states.
Kelly Simmons, a Hixson High School graduate, started his career as a firefighter with the Chattanooga Fire Department in 1993 and retired as a captain in 2021.
He then served as the president of the Fire and Police Pension Board for three years, managing pension funds for more than 800 retired first responders. In his new role, he will serve as a liaison and coordinator between the county and local emergency response agencies. He will remain president of the Forgotten Child Fund, a nonprofit group run by first responders who collect and deliver Christmas gifts to children in need across the Tennessee Valley, according to the release.
“Alyse and Kelly are going to be major assets to county government as we continue efforts to increase accountability and transparency,” Wamp said in the release.
— Compiled by Kim Sebring