Dwight Van de Vate is the County’s Chief Administrative Officer. Van de Vate joined the Mayor’s Office in 2004 as Senior Director of Communications and Government Relations, and was promoted to his current position following a 2007 reorganization of the Mayor’s executive staff. Van de Vate previously served as Chief Deputy for the Sheriff’s Office. During his tenure at the Sheriff’s Office, he also served as Director of Planning and Development in 1995 and as the Public Information Officer in 1991.
Van de Vate serves on the board of the Knox County Housing Authority and the Knox County Employees Credit Union. He is a graduate of the 2007 class of Leadership Knoxville, the 2004 Community Leadership class of CAC and the Rural Metro Citizen’s Academy.
Van de Vate earned a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1984.
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