Indya Kincannon

Indya Kincannon (born March 30, 1971) is an American politician and educator who has served as the 69th Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee since 2019. She won the 2019 mayoral election with more than 52% of the vote over opponent Eddie Mannis.[2] She is Knoxville's second female mayor, after her predecessor Madeline Rogero. Kincannon is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[3]

Indya Kincannon
69th Mayor of Knoxville
Assumed office
December 21, 2019
Preceded byMadeline Rogero
Personal details
Born (1971-03-20) March 20, 1971
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Ben Barton (m. 1995)[1]
Children2
Alma materHaverford College (BA)
Princeton University (MPA)

Education

Kincannon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Haverford College. As an undergraduate, she studied Spanish colonial history during the spring of 1992 at the University of Barcelona. She then earned a master's degree in Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She took teaching certification courses at the University of Tennessee.[4]

References
  1. "Biography of Mayor - City of Knoxville". Knoxvilletn.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. "Knoxville mayor election breakdown: Indya Kincannon didn't give up and it paid off". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "Everything you need to know about Indya Kincannon". The Daily Beacon. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "Biography of Mayor". knoxvilletn.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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