Longtime Tennessee State Museum leader Lois Riggins-Ezzell will retire from her executive director post on Dec. 31. However, the process to officially begin a search for her replacement is already a month behind schedule, raising questions as to who will take the reins in 2017.
As the Post reported last week, certain members of the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, the Tennessee State Museum Foundation, and consultant Mark Cate have had meetings to discuss how to nudge Riggins-Ezzell into an official retirement date. Riggins-Ezzell has led the museum since 1981.
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