Karen Pershing

karen pershing

Executive Director, Metropolitan Drug Commission

Bio: Ms. Pershing graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Child and Family Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Public Health. After spending over fifteen years in the public health field, Ms. Pershing was the Director of Community Assessment and Planning with United Way of Greater Knoxville before joining the Metropolitan Drug Commission in May of 2010. Ms. Pershing currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Knox County Chapter of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association and has served as Vice-President on the Board of the Tennessee Public Health Association.  

Why are you involved in Together! Healthy Knox? “The only way we are going to be able to improve the health of our community is to bring together diverse stakeholders and engage the entire Knox County area in a process to identify issues/barriers, bring together resources and develop evidence-based strategies for addressing those concerns.Together! Healthy Knox is a tool creating that opportunity.”




*Together! Healthy Knox uses Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), a model developed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), for a planned approach to improve health and quality of life.

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last updated on November 3, 2010