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Owen Driskill

Owen Driskill has been named Roane State Community Collegeâ€™s executive director for the Oak Ridge Campus and Community Relations.

Driskill joined Roane Stateâ€™s staff in 2007 after a 10-year career in journalism as a reporter and editor. He served as Roane State’s news coordinator until 2011, when he became the college’s director of marketing and public relations.

Driskill serves on the boards of Explore Oak Ridge, First Steps Child Development Center in Oak Ridge, and the Oak Ridge Center for Leadership and Community Development. In addition, he is a member of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Advocacy Committee. He has been a volunteer mentor for tnAchieves, the nonprofit that coordinates mentors for Tennessee Promise students, since 2008. [Read more…]

Rebekah Nwangwa

Rebekah Nwangwa has been named public affairs specialist for the National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office, or NPO.

In her new position, Nwangwa is responsible for supporting NNSA communications programs through news media relations, employee communications, emergency public information, and community and intergovernmental relations, a press release said. Nwangwa will also oversee real property activities and other activities in the NPO Business and Contract Management organization.

Nwangwa joined the former Y-12 Site Office in 2011 as an intern under the NNSA Student Career Experience Program. She received a dual degree in law and master’s of public administration from the University of Tennessee College Of Law in 2013 and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Vanderbilt University in 2009. She is a native of Farragut. [Read more…]

Driskill named Roane State executive director for Oak Ridge campus, community relations

NNSA Production Office names public affairs specialist