Two Chattanooga educators are among 10 university faculty and staff members from across Tennessee beginning a year of leadership study and training as the Tennessee Board of Regents Maxine Smith Fellows Class of 2019.
Anita Polk-Conley, professor of mathematics at Chattanooga State Community College, and Diane Jackson, instructor and business department head at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Chattanooga, are in the program.
The Maxine Smith Fellows Program, a leadership development initiative, provides opportunities for minority faculty and staff to participate in a working and learning environment that will enhance their work experience and career development. The goal is to increase the number of qualified applicants from underrepresented groups for senior level administrative positions at TBR colleges and other institutions.
The program is named for the late Memphis educator and civil rights leader who headed the Memphis Branch of the NAACP for 33 years and later served on the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Maxine Smith Fellows are nominated by the presidents of their institutions.