SHARYN MORELANDJob: Director of the Tennessee Small Business Development CenterEmployer: Chattanooga State Community CollegeEducation: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business and vocational education from Youngstown StateCareer: Though her degree is in education, Moreland got her business career start at now-defunct MBI Office Automation, a company specializing in services such as word processing before personal computers hit big. She later became the director of sales development for Memorex Telex. She later ran her own training and consulting business.Personal: Moreland lives with her husband and two cats in Ooltewah. She has two stepchildren and five godchildren.
Sharyn Moreland has helped open businesses for most of her life.
Before starting her own training and consulting company, she spent seven years moving from town to town setting up franchises for a business services operation.
So helping others grow their companies as director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center is an easy fit.
“I’ve been there. I’ve walked in those shoes,” she said. “It’s just working with people.”