CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Karen Meisch, dean of the Austin Peay State University College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), has been elected to the Clarksville Montgomery County Industrial Development Board (IDB) Board of Directors for a six-year term, which began in June 2025.
The Clarksville-Montgomery County IDB was established in 1964 to maintain and increase employment opportunities by recruiting companies to locate in the area. Over the last 50-plus years, the agency has been responsible for the recruitment and expansion of billions of dollars’ worth of industry and securing thousands of jobs for the community.
Meisch brings a wealth of academic and leadership experience to the IDB, having served as dean of Austin Peay’s College of STEM since April 2020. Under her leadership, the college has achieved record enrollment growth, developed numerous new undergraduate and graduate programs, and secured record levels of grant funding. She earned her Ph.D. in biological sciences from Vanderbilt University and began a distinguished teaching career at APSU in 2007…