Red Bank Vice-Mayor Stefanie Dalton
Stefanie Dalton, Red Bank vice mayor, was elected to the 2023-24 board of directors of the Tennessee Municipal League during the League’s annual business meeting recently held in Nashville. Farragut Mayor Ron Williams was elected president.
Vice Mayor Dalton was elected as one of eight district directors to represent her section of the state. She was nominated and elected during a district caucus of TML members from the Southeast Tennessee region.
“I am honored by the trust my district has placed in me, and I am excited to serve and advocate for the nearly 50 cities in our region over my two-year term,” said Vice Mayor Dalton.
Founded in 1940 and based in Nashville, the Tennessee Municipal League advocates for the interests of 345 cities and towns across the state of Tennessee and the citizens they serve.
As a member of the TML board of directors, Vice Mayor Dalton will propose and help determine legislative and policy priorities for the League.
Other board elections include two vice presidents: Paige Brown, TML first vice president and Gallatin mayor; and Julian McTizic, TML second vice president and Bolivar mayor. TML vice presidents are traditionally in line to serve as president.
The TML board also includes mayors of Tennessee's largest cities, four at-large directors, and eight district directors.
The four urban mayors are: Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Metro Nashville Mayor John Cooper.
The four at-large directors were nominated by a six-member nominating committee composed of municipal officials statewide. They were then elected for a one-year term by a majority vote from member municipalities in attendance at the annual business meeting. Those directors are: Kevin Brooks, Cleveland mayor; Roland “Trey” Dykes, Newport mayor; Johnny Dodd, Jackson City Council; and Kirk Bednar, Brentwood city manager.
The eight district directors, representing their region of the state, were nominated and elected during district caucuses. They are: District 1: Darrell Duncan, Kingsport alderman; District 2: Gary Chesney, Morristown mayor; District 3: Stefanie Dalton, Red Bank vice mayor; District 4: Keith Morrison, Algood city administrator; District 5: Ann Schneider Williams, Springfield mayor; District 6: Blake Lay, Lawrenceburg mayor; District 7: Blake Walley, Savannah assistant city manager; and District 8: Bethany Huffman, Millington alderwoman.
Kay Senter, Morristown councilmember and chairman of the Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund also sits on the board, as well as Kim Foster, Paris city manager and president of the Tennessee City Management Association.