Majority Whip Kathryn Bowers (Memphis) has selected Rep. JoAnne Favors, D-Chattanooga, to be an Assistant Whip for the 104th General Assembly now convened in Nashville.

Rep. Favors is a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and a mother of four. A health administrator and retired Associate Nursing Professor, Favors holds an M.S. in Nursing Administration and Adult Health, as well as both a B.S. and an A.S. in Nursing. She is also active in Gamma Theta Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Women's Leadership Council, Tennessee and American Nurses Association, Elks Springmeade Neighborhood Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses, Annual Southside Family Reunion Organizer, Daughters of Elks Temple #364, Unity Group, PUSH, Women in Government, Chattanooga neighborhood Enterprise, Hamilton County Democratic Women's club, Howard High School Alumni Association, and the National Association of State Legislatures.   more >>