Paris, Tenn.–Dr. Tiffany McCutcheon is this year’s recipient of the Drum Major for Justice Award, which was given by the Paris-Henry County Ministerial Alliance. The award was presented to Dr. McCutcheon at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program Sunday evening at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
This year’s MLK Jr. Day program was an abbreviated one from previous years due to the winter weather experienced locally. The program originally was to have been held on the federal holidays, Monday, January 15, which this year was on Dr. King’s birthday.
Dr. McCutcheon said, “Thank you Paris-Henry County Ministerial Alliance for an eventful night to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day! Me and my family truly enjoyed it and appreciate you selecting me as your honoree!”
As always, the program blended speeches, performances and music, including the anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing”.
A Paris native, Dr. McCutcheon is the coordinator of student services at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology. She joined TCAT after a 10-year stint at Bethel University in McKenzie where she served in the Financial Aid Department. She also is on the Henry County Medical Center Board of Trustees.
She went to Bethel after working for the Tennessee Career Center in Paris from 2006-2011. Prior to working at the Tennessee Career Center, McCutcheon worked at the Mid-South Credit Bureau in Paris from 2003-06.
Dr. McCutcheon graduated from Murray State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Business. She earned her Master of Business Administration from Bethel in 2009 before earning her Doctor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Social Impact Management from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN in 2019.
Photo: From left, Elder James Travis, Dr. McCutcheon and Rev. Andre Richardson.