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TVA names ED Business Resources general manager

June 4, 2008 — Melissa Morgan has been named general manager for TVA Economic Development Business Resources, based in Nashville.

Morgan will oversee TVA’s economic growth efforts to support partners in job creation and capital investment in the TVA service territory. She will focus on the support of existing businesses and industries, retail recruitment, minority- and woman-owned businesses, business incubation, Appalachian Regional Commission partnership activities, and administration of the economic development loan portfolio.

Morgan joined TVA in 2003 and most recently served as an economic development senior project manager, coordinating TVA’s community development activities in Kentucky. Prior to joining TVA, Morgan served four years on the staff of the Greater Paducah Economic Development Council and eight years with Jackson Purchase Energy, also in Paducah.

“TVA is fortunate to have someone with Melissa’s economic and community development background and leadership ability in this position,” said TVA Senior Vice President of Economic Development John Bradley.

A Chattanooga native, Morgan graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is currently participating in TVA’s Leadership and Management for Accelerated Performance program, a partnership initiative with the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.