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TCAPWA Executive By Ryan McReynolds
Committee
Caring for our Community
tennessee.apwa.net
My Public Works career started as a
PRESIDENT: Ryan McReynolds young child in the backyard sandbox.
Assistant City Manager, Kingsport While my friends were busy racing and
mcreynolds@kingsporttn.gov crashing Matchbox cars around their
(423) 229-9470 imaginary race track, I was building cities
complete with hospitals, gas stations
PRESIDENT ELECT: Phillip Jones and pizza parlors. Apparently this is a
Operations Manager, Metro Nashville hereditary trait as my 12-year-old son
phillip.jones@nashville.gov spends hours building much larger and
(615) 533-2377 more complex cities on his iPad. Building
cities, shaping communities and serving
VICE-PRESIDENT: Justin Holland neighbors are the fundamental building
Administrator of Public Works, Chattanooga blocks of our Public Works careers. I once
holland_j@chattanooga.gov heard a foreman tell his garbage crew
(423) 643-6000 to hold their heads high, not everyone
has the privilege to clean a city every
SECRETARY: Sharon Rollins week. How true those words are…many
Consulting Program Manager, MTAS will go through life shuffling papers and
sharon.rollins@tennessee.edu ensuring that the business they work for Ryan McReynolds, City of Kingsport
(865) 974-0411 runs smoothly; but we, as Public Works 2018 TCAPWA President
TREASURER: Kenny Wiggins professionals, have the distinct pleasure of caring for our community.
Director, Public Works & Engineering, Alcoa Very early in my career with the City of Kingsport I received a phone call
kwiggins@cityofalcoa-tn.gov from a maintenance worker, Eddie, at our demolition landfill. Eddie wanted
(865) 380-4800 to schedule a time for me to visit the landfill so he could show me a piece of
machinery that I had complained to his supervisor was not being handled
WEST DIR: John Fox properly. While Eddie had never been in a motorcycle gang, I am quite
Operations Assistant, Collierville certain that no gang member would have had the courage to ask him to leave
jfox@ci.collierville.tn.us if he wanted to attend a meeting. Once Eddie had taken me to the tire splitter
(901) 457-2800 on the far side of the landfill (away from any witnesses), I got a little nervous
and asked, “Eddie, did you take me back here to kill me?”
MIDDLE DIR: Cody Osborne He looked at me with a huge grin hidden by his beard and said, “Naw, I
Waste Superintendent, Metro Public Works wouldn’t do that to you.” Eddie did show me how difficult the task was that we
cody.osborne@nashville.gov were asking of the crew and how we could accomplish the same result much
615-862-4070 easier a different way. Through that exchange, an employee reaching out to
his boss’s boss’s boss, I learned a valuable lesson. Public Works hit a common
UPPER EAST DIR: Nicholas Bradshaw chord. We all want to make a difference. Those drawn into this profession,
Planning & Safety Coordinator, Knoxville whether they collect garbage, repair waterlines, clean sewer lines, pave
nbradshaw@knoxvilletn.gov roadways, maintain traffic signs, or manage the whole department all want to
(865) 215-6022 build cities, shape communities, and serve their neighbors.
My path from childhood to Public Works Director took me through
LOWER EAST DIR: Eric Sines Tennessee Tech for a BS in Civil Engineering, East Tennessee State University
Director of Public Works, Collegedale for a Master’s in Business Administration, the City of Johnson City’s Water
esines@collegedaletn.gov and Sewer Department, a few years in private consulting, and finally to the
(423) 468-1983 City of Kingsport. APWA has been an integral component to allow me to
serve Kingsport to my fullest.
COUNCIL OF CHAPTERS DELEGATE: One of the areas of interest I see for TCAPWA during my tenure as
Ronnie Hammonds President will be to understand the value of, and begin to build the
Streets & Sanitation Manager, Kingsport foundation for, mutual aid amongst Public Works departments for disaster
ronniehammonds@kingsporttn.gov response and recovery. The need for this effort was brought to the forefront
(423) 229-9397 during last year’s fires and the subsequent recovery efforts in Sevier County.
PAST PRESIDENT: Manny Belen
City Engineer, Memphis
manny.belen@memphistn.gov
(901) 576-6700
CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR: Mark Miller
Public Works Director, Pigeon Forge
mmiller@cityofpigeonforge.com
(865) 429-7312
WEBSITE COMM. CHAIR: Rocky Robinson
Technical Specialist, Metro Public Works
william.robinson@nashville.gov
(615) 880-1680; (615) 416-5014 cell
TPW PUBLISHER: Klair Kimmey
P.O. Box 52503, Knoxville, TN 37950
klair@tnpublicworks.com
(865) 288-0815
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