Eric Amos, who has served as the Tennessee Language Center’s interim executive director, will assume the role permanently effective immediately.

“I’m grateful for the outstanding job Eric has done as the interim director of TLC,” said IPS Vice President Herb Byrd III. “I’m fully confident that he will continue with outstanding leadership as the new TLC executive director.”

Amos joined TLC in 2018 as a senior project coordinator and was named director of interpretation in 2022. He holds a bachelor’s degree in intercultural studies from Liberty University and a master’s in intercultural studies from Southeastern College. He lived in Beijing, China for two years where he served as an athletics program coordinator.