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Dr. Linda Nelms has been named to the Performance Board

    A Walters State administrator will be evaluating Tennessee’s best business organizations this year.

    Dr. Linda Nelms, coordinator of community education health programs, has been named to the 2012 Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Board of Examiners. As an examiner, Dr. Nelms will be responsible for reviewing and evaluating organizations that apply for a Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence award. The awards are given annually to organizations that demonstrate excellence in business operations and results.

     The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence is patterned after the Baldridge Performance Excellence Program, the national standard for recognizing organizational quality. The Board of Examiners comprises experts from all sectors of the regional economy, including health care, service non-profit, manufacturing, education and government. All members of the Board of Examiners must complete extensive training in the Baldridge Criteria for Performance Excellence. Examiners take the skills developed during training and the assessment process back to their own jobs, benefiting and improving their own organizations in the process.

    Nelms lives in Dandridge. While she is based at Walters State’s Sevier County Campus, she coordinates non-credit healthcare courses on all Walters State campuses. Classes include certified nursing assistant, phlebotomist, medical records assistant, dental assistant and EKG assistant. Many who have lost their job due to the recession have attended these courses to pick up new skills in a short amount of time. These classes are offered based on the workforce needs of the immediate area.

    For more information on the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence, visit www.tncpe.org. For information on Walters State’s healthcare community education courses, contact Nelms at (865) 774-5852 or Linda.Nelms@ws.edu.