Class of: 1993

Jessie Thomas

Jessie Thomas (COM’93) of Jellico, Tenn., writes that since graduating she has “done a lot!” After working for two years in advertising and PR in New York City, she moved on to complete her seminary degree at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the Chicago area. She and her husband and their three children live in rural Appalachia, where she mentors college students through her church. She also started a personal chef business. She appears monthly on the NBC affiliate WBIR in Knoxville, Tenn., doing a live cooking segment, and dreams of having a travel food show. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @jessoulfood, and see her cooking segments and recipes at www.soulfoodpersonalchef.weebly.com.

From the Summer 2017 issue.