ISSE Staff
Eric Ogle
Program Coordinator, Community Partnership Center
Office Phone: (865) 974-4562
Email: eogle@utk.edu
M.S., Environmental Planning, The University of Tennessee
B.S., Business Administration, The University of Tennessee
Mr. Ogle has worked in the Marketing Communications department of the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville and formerly served as Director of Tourism for Cocke County, Tennessee. He has also worked on a comprehensive plan for the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee and a sector plan for North Knoxville. He has performed cluster analyses and associated research for Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments (CARCOG) that helped determine future strategic direction of a 14-county region. Recently, he also developed programs and agendas, hosted visitors, and taught international participants for two of the University of Tennessee’s International Sustainable Development Training programs.
His research interests include the development of sustainable eco-tourism, economic development, and the diffusion of mobile information technology into rural and distressed communities.