DIRECTOR KENNETH C. HILL
Dr. Kenneth C. Hill is the newest member of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, having been appointed by Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey in 2009. Dr. Hill is married and lives with his wife, Janet, in Blountville, Tennessee. The couple has three children.
Dr. Hill’s educational achievements include a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech (Broadcasting) and History from East Tennessee State University; a Master of Science Degree in Speech (Broadcasting) from Indiana State University; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Baptist Christian College; a Master of Religious Education from Manahath School of Theology; and a Doctor of Religious Education from Andersonville Baptist Seminary.
Dr. Hill has been active in communications and broadcasting all of his adult life, having been involved for over three decades in virtually every aspect of television and radio. For the past twenty-seven years, Dr. Hill has been affiliated with the Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation (AECC) Bristol, Tennessee and at the time of his appointment to the TRA was Chief Executive Officer of AECC and served as General Manager of five radio stations reaching portions of East Tennessee and four surrounding states.
Dr. Hill has also provided consulting and contract services for over two decades in the areas of technical writing and editing, public relations, proposal writing and editing, independent R&D documentation, corporate and business communication, media acquisition, media appraisal and media utilization.
As an ordained Minister of The Evangelical Methodist Church, Dr. Hill has pastored in various churches in Indiana and Tennessee over the past three decades. In his years of service to the Church, Dr. Hill has traveled as a mission task force member to Russia, Chile, Central Africa, and Honduras.
Dr. Hill is active in the community, serving as Secretary of the General Conference of the Evangelical Methodist Church, Chairman of the Publications Board of the Evangelical Methodist Church, Member of the Board of Directors of the Tri-Cities Mass Choir, Member of the Board of the Sister Community Project (Sullivan County, Tennessee and Siguatepeque, Honduras), and Member of the Bristol Evening Lions Club. Dr. Hill is also a former member of the Sullivan County Board of Zoning Appeals.
Senior Policy Advisor: Tabatha Blackwell
Executive Administrative Assistant: Jimmie D. Hughes
Revised 07/01/2009
