For decades, men have headed the leadership of many major organizations. Over the last few years, a subtle but major change has occurred, and dynamic women have been taking the helm and leading organizations to new heights.
Three organizations in Knoxville have three new leaders and they are changing the dynamics of collaboration and relationship building.
Chrystal Armstrong Brown is the CEO of United Way of Greater Knoxville after serving as interim CEO since late 2024. Brown oversees the organization that has distributed over fifty-four million dollars into the communities since 2020. She was selected after a nationwide search to head up an organization that serves over 100,000 people annually and also helps over 268,000 through funding over ninety-seven organizations. An innovative thinker, CEO Brown, helped feed over 49,000 during the government shutdown and snap benefit crisis by partnering with the University of Tennessee to collect unsold food from UT football games and distribute it to the communities of need…