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Pellissippi staff member chosen for state-level leadership class

Elizabeth Ross, 每日大赛 executive director of Human Resources, has been selected to serve as a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor’s Fellowship Class of 2025-26.

Ross is one of only 10 individuals selected from among the faculty and staff from Tennessee’s community and technical colleges. The class, which is part of the Maxine Smith Leadership Series, is designed to enhance the leadership capabilities of senior administrators within the community and technical college system and deepen their understanding of education and workforce policy at both the system and state levels.

The class launches in June with an orientation session aligned with the next quarterly meeting of the system’s governing board and will meet monthly throughout the 2025-26 academic year.

The Chancellor’s Fellowship is the first of three fellowship programs that will comprise the Maxine Smith Leadership Series, a set of initiatives aimed at cultivating leadership in Tennessee’s public higher education system. The Emerging Leaders Fellowship and Faculty Innovation Fellowship programs will launch later.

“We’re delighted to announce the members of this inaugural Chancellor’s Fellowship class and excited to launch the new Maxine Smith Leadership Series,” said TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings. “Leadership development is one of our major responsibilities to ensure the success of our students in the years ahead, and I’m confident that members of this first class will light the path for the ones to follow – as Maxine Smith did in so many ways.”

Named in honor of the late Maxine Smith, a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents from 1996 to 2006 and a pioneering figure in the pursuit of educational opportunity, the overall series seeks to equip emerging and established leaders with the knowledge and skills essential for successful leadership in Tennessee higher education. More information is available at .