Summer Greetings!
I am honored to be serving as the TMAA President for 2024-2025. The theme for my presidency is “Building a Healthy Future,” which I view as not only a mission for our communities in Tennessee, but also for our organization. I appreciate your support as we work to strengthen our state and local Alliances and the health of Tennessee.
I have recently returned from attending the AMAA Convention in Nashville. Michelle Hsu (AIM) served as Co-Chair and Jo Terry (Knoxville) served as the Host State Chair. Their planning and attention to detail made for a very successful annual meeting. Many thanks also go out to the TMAA members that served on committees and helped with the event. Congratulations to WUJ who received the Health Awareness Promotion (HAP) award for Community Service for their “Ponchos for People” project. I have come back from the convention inspired by the people I have met, the talks I have heard, and the health projects that I have learned about from around the country.
We will be working this summer to put together a program for Update 2024 meeting that hopefully will spark inspiration in our alliance members. We will continue the work started last year by Cynthia Gash using the strategic plan developed in 2012 as a guide. While we still need to work on our internal processes, we will begin to consider methods for improving our external messages and image. We are working on scheduling Update for the last half of August. Please stayed tuned for more information on date and location!
I look forward to working with all of you this year as we strive to build a healthy future for TMAA and our communities in Tennessee!
Kelly Maxwell | TMAA President 2024-2025
