Commissioner Meredith presently serves on:

• Legislative Committee
• Operations Committee
• Redistricting Committee

Prior service on the following committees:

• Anderson County Records Committee
• Anderson County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
• County Officials Association of Tennessee, President
• Melton Hill Regional Industrial Development Association
• Tennessee Registers Association, President
• United Way of Anderson County

Other Community Boards, Commissions and Committees Commissioner Meredith presently serves on:

• Human Resource Advisory Committee

Rick Meredith joined The Hollingsworth Companies in 2010 as Senior Vice President for Community Development. Rick has extensive experience in economic and community development, and knowledge of both state and local planning and program management. He attended the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, and is a Certified Public Administrator.

Meredith formerly served in Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration as Assistant Commissioner of the Community Development Division for the Tennessee Department of Economic Community Development where he overseen the Main Street Program, Energy Policy, Local Planning, Grants and Loans and the nationally recognized Governor’s Three-Star Program.

Meredith pioneered several state programs designed to help business owners.  He developed and implemented the Tennessee One Stop Business Resource, an interdepartmental state government cooperative that allows business owners to easily register their business online.  Since its implementation, more than 900 businesses have registered and only two other states in the nation have a similar tool.  Meredith also organized the first-ever Business Enterprise Resource Office Business Matchmaking event providing small businesses with procurement opportunities.  Since 2006, more than 3,277 one-on-one business appointments have been held between 904 small businesses and 286 procurement officials.

Prior to joining the Bredesen Administration, Meredith served as the Register of Deeds for Anderson County. He managed all public recording of instruments and an annual budget of approximately $250,000. During his tenure, he started electronic imaging of recorded documents in Anderson County and was the first to establish Internet access for recorded land records in the United States. In addition to these accomplishments, Meredith was chosen as “Tennessee’s Register of the Year” in 1996, and was elected Tennessee Registers Association President by his fellow registers in the same year.

He served as President of the County Officials Association of Tennessee and is a recipient of the Robert E. Gonia Regional Leadership award for community leadership. In addition, Rick served on the board of directors for the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce and The United Way of Anderson County.