Jenny L. Howard serves as General Counsel for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). As General Counsel, Howard has recruited talented staff and developed a culture of excellent customer service among the 19 attorneys and 14 other professionals in her office who serve as trusted advisors to TDEC’s environmental and conservation programs.
Before being named General Counsel, Howard served as Deputy General Counsel and Senior Counsel for Legislative Affairs for TDEC. Jenny was selected by TDEC to attend the 2014 Tennessee Government Executive Institute and has remained involved in that organization by serving as the Newsletter Chair, 2014 Class Representative, and a Steering Committee Member-at-Large. Jenny was a founding member of TDEC’s Talent Management Advisory Committee in 2013 and completed TDEC’s Green Leadership series. Howard has received recognition, such as being nominated and voted as a 2018 Nashville Business Journal Best of the Bar in Environmental Law and being nominated and named a Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Emerging Leader finalist in the environmental category.
Jenny will be speaking at the
Administrative Law Forum, November 16 at the Tennessee Bar Center.