Jamie Stitt serves as assistant commissioner of Business and Workforce Development. She assists Deputy Commissioner Allen Borden in overseeing all expansions of existing companies and the recruitment of new companies to Tennessee. Additionally, she leads the FastTrack incentive team and the Workforce Development Team, vetting each company and project as it moves through the pipeline.
Since Stitt joined the business development team, the department has achieved record-breaking job and capital investment commitments, with more than 275,000 jobs committed and nearly $90 billion invested across 2,000 projects—surpassing all previous records. She continuously channels the department’s focus on creating net new, high-quality, high-paying jobs and capital investment in Tennessee’s key clusters.
Prior to her current role, Stitt served as TNECD regional director for Southern Middle Tennessee, where she led her team in assisting companies that were creating private-sector jobs and investing private-sector capital. She has also held roles as the ThreeStar Program director and regional economic development specialist, where she assisted communities in implementing economic preparedness best practices.
Prior to joining TNECD in 2007, Stitt was the director of Joint Economic and Community Development for Marshall County, where she focused her efforts on new business creation. She earned her master’s degree at Illinois State University and her bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Stitt resides in Nolensville, Tennessee, with her husband, Jimmy, their two kids, Jayden and Jaycie, and their dog, Wrigley.
