Memphis-area workforce board boots director, appoints interim
Amber Covington (Courtesy Greater Memphis Chamber)
The board that oversees federal workforce development funds and programs in Memphis voted on Wednesday, Nov. 13, to remove its director, Amber Covington, citing the results of an investigation.
The Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board voted 6-2 to terminate Covington after returning from a closed session that board Chair Meka Egwuekwe said included details of the investigation and findings.
Four board members abstained from the vote.Â
No allegations or findings were made public at the board’s meeting.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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