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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 19, 2022

Memphis attorney Muriel Malone Nolen has been selected as the next executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC), the Commercial Appeal reports. Nolen is a former Shelby County assistant district attorney general and joined THRC in April 2021 as the agency’s deputy director before taking on the role of interim executive director in February. Additionally, Nolen has worked for Memphis Area Legal Services, Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office and Southwest Tennessee Community College. She currently serves on the Board of Crime Stoppers of Memphis and Shelby County and the executive board of the Ben F. Jones-National Bar Association and is the immediate past regional director of The National Black Prosecutors Association.