Collierville appoints first Black department head
Valesa Wells was appointed the next finance director of Collierville, becoming the town’s first Black department head. “It’s significant, but also I’ve never been the first at anything,” apart from being an oldest child,” she said, adding: “It’s humbling.” (Brad Vest/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Valesa Wells will follow Mark Krock, who retires from Collierville March 1, becoming the first Black department head in the town’s administration.
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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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