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People

Keith Ridley was named manager of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Valley Business Ventures, a new division created to increase jobs and capital investment in high-growth industries and in companies owned by women and minorities in the TVA region.

People

Dr. Donald Daniel is the new CEO of the University of Tennessee Space Institute.

People

Mike Koop, deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Community & Economic Development, is resigning effective March 1 to return to the private sector.

People

Michael Terry, president and CEO of EmergeMemphis, has announced he will resign at the end of the year.

People

Eric Cromwell has been appointed to serve as Director of Technology for the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development.

People and Organizational News

Jeff Wadsworth has been named the next director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Wadsworth was a former deputy director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

People

Fred Tompkins, professor and interim dean of the University of Tennessee (UT) College of Engineering, has been named interim executive director of the UT Research Foundation.

People

Bill Madia is leaving his position as director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to oversee all Department of Energy business for Battelle Memorial Institute.

People

Chris Matthews is the president of the new Chattanooga Technology Council, which held its official kickoff event earlier this month.

People

Andrew Kim is the new policy director for Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen.

People

The Senate unanimously confirmed Anne B. Pope of Tennessee as Federal Co-Chairwoman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Pope currently serves as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.

People

John Bradley is the Tennessee Valley Authority's as its first chief of economic development. Bradley had been senior vice president of economic development at the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce.