PLANNING AND ZONING
![John Chlarson : Public Works Consultant, MTAS](https://www.ips.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ChlarsonJ-scaled.jpeg)
John Chlarson
Public Works Consultant, MTAS
731.425.4785 | 605 Airways Blvd. Suite 109, Jackson, TN 38301john.chlarson@tennessee.edu
Jackson IPS Office Manager (former)
Secretary, Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association
Secretary (ad-hoc), Tennessee Stormwater Association
Former Fleet Chair, Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association
Former Education Co-Chair,Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association
Former Branch President, West Tennessee Branch, Tennessee Chapter of the American Public Works Association
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tennessee Technological University
John Chlarson has over 30 years’ experience in a wide variety of engineering applications, having worked for government, industry, and private consulting. He established and ran a materials testing laboratory approved by the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy. He has also been the engineer in responsible charge for engineering offices for firms in both Tennessee and Kentucky. Mr. Chlarson was also a City Engineer, responsible, among other things, for a comprehensive Storm Water Management Program. He has had extensive experience in the design, review, and implementation of storm water control structures and measures.
John Chlarson was the lead in MTAS’s role as the prime contractor for the Tennessee Department of Environments and Conservation’s EPA Construction Stormwater Initiative Grant to develop selection criteria and training programs for stormwater Qualified Local Programs. John assisted Robert Haley, (former) Assistant Manager of the Permit Section of the Division of Water Pollution Control, in developing Tennessee’s first Phase II Permit and NOI, and the Annual Report. John also worked with Sidney J. Hemsley, J.D., in co-authoring a statewide Model Stormwater Ordinance and a statewide Model Stormwater Utility Ordinance for municipalities in the State of Tennessee. John has also assisted in the presentation of several previous Phase II classes across the State of Tennessee. He is actively involved in monitoring developments in the NPDES Phase II permit regulations, and is the lead contact on Phase II for the Municipal Technical Advisory Service.
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Dana Deem
Municipal Management Consultant, MTAS
731.881-7567 | 474 Clement Hall, 210 Hurt St., Martin, TN 38238dana.deem@tennessee.edu
I grew up in the Washington DC. area. After high school I enlisted in the Air Force and served 21 years, living overseas in the Philippines and Germany. After the Air Force I went to work for the City of McKenzie, Tennessee as their City recorder and Finance Director. Before joining the IPS staff in 2010, I served the City of Clifton, Tennessee as their City Manager.
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Sean Pfalzer
Management Fellow
226 Anne Dallas Dudley Blvd., Suite 606, Nashville, TN 37219sean.pfalzer@tennessee.edu
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Kim Raia
Environmental GIS Consultant, CTAS
865.974.6434 | 1610 University Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921kim.raia@tennessee.edu
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Honna Rogers
Municipal Management Consultant, MTAS
423.425-4239 | Political Science and Public Service, Dept. 6256, Pfeiffer 302, Chattanooga, TN 37403honna.rogers@tennessee.edu
Honna Rogers grew up in Northeast Georgia. She graduated from Piedmont College in Demorest, GA with a Bachelors of History degree and from the University of Tennessee with a Masters in Public Administration. She previously worked for the City of Sevierville and as a Post Graduate Management Fellow with UT-MTAS. While at MTAS she worked with the cities of Cleveland, Athens, East Ridge, and Signal Mountain and the SE TN Development District and the Athens Utility Board. Honna spent five years as the Town Manager of Signal Mountain, TN before returning to UT-MTAS. Honna and her husband, Joshua, reside in Signal Mountain with their two children.
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Andre Temple
Solutions Consultant, CIS
731.425.4740 | 605 Airways Boulevard, Suite 109, Jackson, TN 38301andre.temple@tennessee.edu
Doctor of Education
Master of Business Administration
BS Public Administration
Certificate in Community College Teaching & Leadership
Jackson Housing Authority Commissioner
Member American Institute for Certified Planners
Adjunct College Professor