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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 22, 2022

Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Margie Quin as the new commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. Quin most recently served as CEO of End Slavery Tennessee, a nonprofit focused on human trafficking. She replaces Jennifer Nichols, who has been in the role since 2019. Quin will take office on Sept. 1. She joins the department at a time when it is under scrutiny for reports of vacant caseworker positions and children in state custody sleeping on the floor in an office building, the Nashville Post reports. A release from the governor’s office looks at Nichols’s tenure.