Sharon Kolb serves as General Counsel to the Department of Economic and Community Development. Ms. Kolb graduated cum laude from the University of Memphis School of Law in 2004 and was as the managing editor of the law review. Upon graduation she served as law clerk to Judge Holly Kirby on the Tennessee Court of Appeals. In 2005, Ms. Kolb began practicing securities law and financial industry regulation at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz in their Memphis and Nashville offices until joining TNECD in 2011