Katie High is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at The University of Tennessee.  Prior to taking her current position, she served for four years as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where she oversaw the admissions and financial aid functions, as well as all traditional student services, including student activities and Greek life. 

Dr. High received the Ed.D. degree from The University of Tennessee in 1982 and she has been on the staff at UT in a variety of capacities since that time.  She has been director of management development, director of licensing, associate senior vice president, and chief of staff to the president. 

A native of Ohio, she is a graduate of Miami University, where she received the bachelors and masters degrees.  She taught public school for nine years and, in 1981, she was awarded a fellowship to pursue the doctorate in higher education administration at The University of Tennessee.  As a student there, she was named the College of Education’s outstanding graduate student, and her doctoral research was voted the outstanding dissertation.

For more than twenty-five years, Katie High has been a student and a teacher of leadership.  She was in charge of The University of Tennessee’s Institute for Leadership Development, and at UT Martin she headed up the campus LEAD Academy. 

She is the current president of the Tennessee State ACT organization, and has served on the advisory board of First Citizens Bank and the Weakley-Obion County Drug Court.  She is past president of the Weakley County Carl Perkins Abuse Prevention Center. the Martin Literary Guild, the Martin Rotary, and the Knoxville Metropolitan Drug Commission. 

She consults with schools, government agencies and private businesses throughout the country, and she is a highly regarded and entertaining speaker. 

She is married to Dr. Reggie High, a retired faculty member in educational studies.  Katie and Reggie have two sons and three grandchildren.  They enjoy traveling (especially in Europe), wine tasting, remodeling their home, and gardening.  (Katie would rather read than garden, however, if truth be told.)