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Melissa Woody

Vice President, Convention & Visitors Bureau

Primary Responsibilities at the Chamber:
Creates and implements marketing strategies to promote the region to tourists, works with community organizations to develop tourism products/attractions, works with media to feature local tourism industry to attract visitors and to create positive publicity for the Chamber and community, advocates for tourism issues to state legislators and maintains relationships with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

Other Professional/Community Affiliations:
Former adjunct faculty (14 years), Communication and the Arts at Lee University; Tennessee Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (past chair); Southeast Tennessee Tourism Association (board member); Hospitality TN (board member); Cleveland Media Association; Charleston-Calhoun-Hiwassee Historical Society; Bradley County Historical Society; Southeast Tourism Society; and Travel Industry of America; International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off (committee co-chair); Allied Arts Council; MainStreet Cleveland (past president, board member)
First Baptist Cleveland (sanctuary choir)

Professional Recognitions:
Tourism Marketing Professional (TMP), Southeast Tourism Society; Certified Tennessee Tourism Professional (CTTP), Tennessee Tourism Roundtable; Spotlight Award for Leadership & Management, Tennessee Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus; graduate of Leadership Cleveland

Education:
MS degree in communications, public relations emphasis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
BS degree in communications, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

Mary Tom Jenkins-Cocks

Digital & Social Media Specialist, Convention & Visitors Bureau

Mary Tom Jenkins-Cocks has been the Digital and Social Media Communications Manager for the Tourism Development division at the Chamber for the past seven years. Mary Tom has also been hired to assist Melissa Woody managing several projects and events for the Tourism division. She has lived in Cleveland for the past 20 years but grew up in neighboring McMinn County in Englewood, TN, and graduated from McMinn Central High School. She holds a degree in elementary education from Tennessee Wesleyan University. In addition to teaching school, she as also worked as an affiliate broker at Coldwell Banker Hamilton & Associates. She is married to Jeff Cocks, and together they own two local businesses, Corporate Network Solutions and MacPC Market. Both of their businesses are Chamber members. Mary Tom and Jeff have been married 29 years and have two sons, Thomas and James. They are members at North Cleveland Church of God. She enjoys spending time with her family at Lake Ocoee, Watts Bar Lake, Santa Rosa Beach and St. Pete Beach. Her interests include traveling, hiking, photography, water sports, cooking and gardening.

Education:
Broadcast Journalism
Cleveland State Community College

Broadcast Journalism
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Elementary Education
Bachelor of Science Degree
Tennessee Wesleyan University