My job rocks
TVA employees are on the job 24/7, keeping the lights on, running the river system and supporting TVA’s operations. In this column, you’ll hear from TVA employees who can say, “My job rocks!”
Jason Woodle
Senior Adviser, Corporate Responsibility & Diversity, Knoxville West Tower
Jason Woodle, 33, has served as senior adviser to Senior Vice President Peyton T. Hairston Jr. since June of this year. A Knoxville native, Woodle played the saxophone in the Bearden High School marching band, majored in Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and earned a master’s degree in International Peace & Conflict Resolution at American University in Washington, D.C.
During his orientation to TVA, Jason Woodle took part in a fish-sampling project with Environmental Stewardship & Policy employees.
“I work in the various areas under Corporate Responsibility & Diversity, which includes Ethics & Compliance, Equal Employment Opportunity and the office of the Ombudsman for external stakeholders.
“For my orientation, I got to visit a number of TVA sites and learned a lot. I saw a fossil plant, a nuclear plant, a hydro plant and the pumped-storage facility. I also snorkeled on the French Broad River with the folks in Aquatic Monitoring & Management in Environmental Stewardship & Policy. I came away very impressed with TVA employees and their enthusiasm for their jobs.
“One thing I really love about my job is that it gets me in contact with so many different folks in so many different aspects of TVA operations. I work with people from inside and outside TVA on a number of issues – the rate increase, the fuel cost adjustment and other things – on their minds. A lot of times, people have part of the information, and they have formed an opinion based on what they know. My job is to listen, and from there my role is clarifying what’s going on.
“I love to travel, and I’m an outdoor enthusiast: fly-fishing, bass fishing, hiking, biking, backcountry camping, practicing woodland skills. My wife, Emily, also grew up in Knoxville, and we love spending time with family and friends.
New Employees
Michael D. Anderson, Fossil Power Group, New Johnsonville
Maurice Artis, River Operations, Chattanooga
Matthew Rex Barnes, Power System Operations, Chattanooga
Brian C. Bates, Nuclear Power Group, Soddy-Daisy
Kelly W. Becht, NPG, Decatur
John Mark Beeler, Financial Services, Knoxville
Neva M. Berger, FS, Knoxville
Kimberly Michelle Berney, FS, Knoxville
John Q. Berzett, FS, Decatur
Amanda J. Blakely, FPG, New Johnsonville
Jeffrey C. Bratcher, PSO, Chattanooga
Margaret Joie Brown, Human Resources, Nashville
Tray Dewayne Brown, FPG, Gallatin
Michael W. Burden, FPG, Drakesboro
Greg M. Buttree, FPG, New Johnsonville
Eric N. Byrnes, NPG, Spring City
James K. Castleberry, FPG, New Johnsonville
Bryan Dewayne Clark, PSO, Chattanooga
John A. Cole, FPG, Gallatin
Keith Alexander Connatser, Information Services, Knoxville
John E. Connor, FPG, Drakesboro
Richard Edward Conyer, FS, Chattanooga
Jay D. Crane, FS, Soddy-Daisy
Emily B. Crawford, FPG, Rogersville
John William Crawford, NPG, Soddy-Daisy
Dustin Aaron Cross, FPG, Gallatin
Kirk K. Crowell, FM, Cumberland City
Shannon C. Dent, NPG, Chattanooga
Kimberly Dixon, NPG, Spring City
Austin A. Dobbs, FS, Nashville
Alan Craig Glover, FS, Tuscumbia
Ryan P. Grimme, NPG, Decatur
Darrell Ray Hillard, FPG, Drakesboro
Kent W. Hogan, IS, Knoxville
Laura Elizabeth Huffine, Inspector General, Knoxville
Donald Eugene Jernigan, NPG, Chattanooga
David L. Johnson, NPG, Decatur
Troy Ray Johnson, FPG, Drakesboro
Jennifer S. Kane, PSO, Chattanooga
Bryan T. Lacy, IG, Chattanooga
Eric Damon Lafond, FPG, Gallatin
Matthew Robert Lovitt, NPG, Soddy-Daisy
Bobby Jaye Mahaffey, FPG, Gallatin
Robin Edwin Manning, PSO, Chattanooga
Matthew C. McMullin, NPG, Soddy-Daisy
Henry Mitchell Mobley, FPG, Gallatin
David W. Moore, FPG, Drakesboro
Michael A. Murphy, PSO, Chattanooga
Razi Thomas Overby, PSO, Chattanooga
Kirkland T. Pace, FPG, Gallatin
Stephen P. Poyner, HR, Stevenson
Richard Joe Reed, FPG, Gallatin
Chad P. Robison, FPG, Gallatin
Steven Lynn Sanders, PSO, Chattanooga
Danny V. Stewart, PSO, Chattanooga
Lonnie L. Watkins, NPG, Spring City
Gary E. Williams, NPG, Decatur
Travis L. Williams, FPG, Drakesboro
Brian J. Zeik, NPG, Soddy-Daisy
