Maness selected for UT leadership program
Wendy Maness
PULSE TN: Strengths-Based Leadership Intensive is designed to bring together municipal leaders, elected officials and community partners from across Tennessee to address issues such as strengthening rural communities, improving K-12 education and overcoming addiction.
According to UT officials, participants were chosen through a competitive nomination and application process.
The program is rooted in the University of Tennessee’s Grand Challenges initiative and will include leadership training, expert panel discussions, service-learning projects and community engagement experiences across the state’s three grand divisions.
“The vision for PULSE TN is to help local leaders connect their individual strengths to something bigger than themselves,” said Dr. Matt Hensley, MTAS training and development consultant and program lead.
Participants also will develop “Strengths in Action” projects aimed at creating measurable impacts in their communities after the program concludes.
Maness is one of 16 leaders selected from communities and organizations across Tennessee for the inaugural class.
