Dorinda Carter: The Tennessee Department of Correction

Speaker Friday, June 16, 2022

Dorinda Carter serves as Communications Director for the Tennessee Department of Correction https://www.tn.gov/correction.html. Dorinda is an Emmy award-winning journalist who previously served as a general assignment reporter for television stations in Nashville, Indiana and Kentucky and as Communications Director and Chief of Staff for the Nashville District Attorney’s Office.

Dorinda is founder of a prison reentry program for women who have survived lives of abuse, addiction, prostitution, and trafficking. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Western Kentucky University. A Master of Arts Degree in Civic Leadership from Lipscomb University and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Development from Carolina University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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