Terry Payne, an ORNL program manager, named Anderson County Chamber chair

Terry Payne, a program manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named board chairman for the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce in 2014.

Payne is a research and development, or R&D, program manager at ORNL, where he has been employed for the past 30 years, a press release said. He has managed R&D Programs in the areas of energy management, isotope separation, and environmental management.

Payne was instrumental in creating numerous partnership between ORNL and small businesses that were funded by Small Business Innovation Research, the press release said.

Payne received his doctorate from the University of Tennessee in 1992 with an emphasis in the strategic management of technology. He has also received his designation as a registered professional engineer in the state of Tennessee and has numerous publications and national presentations, the release said.

Payne is also a Leadership Anderson County and East Tennessee Regional Leadership Association graduate.