By Bob Allen
Cherilyn Crowe, the associate director of communications for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty since 2009, has been promoted to department director.
Crowe worked nine years as a producer for NewsChannel 5 Network (WTVF-TV) in Nashville, Tenn., before joining the BJC staff. She replaces Jeff Huett, who begins work June 17 as associate coordinator of communications and advancement at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Resource Center in Atlanta.
A native of Fort Payne, Ala., Crowe is a journalism-and-mass-communications graduate of Samford University, where she was named the school’s broadcast student of the year in 1999. She later earned a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University.
“Cherilyn is the ideal choice for this important post, carrying forward Jeff Huett’s good work,” said Baptist Joint Committee Executive Director Brent Walker. “Her media experience, passion for religious liberty and winsome personality render her uniquely suited for this central position at the Baptist Joint Committee.”