Josh Wickham was recently appointed to serve as the next Director of School Safety for the Tennessee Department of Education. Previous to this, he served in the Tennessee Department of Education as the Director of Student Transportation and as an Emergency Services Coordinator. Prior to joining Education, Josh worked for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency for eleven years and served as their Planning Branch Administrator. Josh believes that students need to feel safe to thrive and is honored to contribute to this very important mission every day. Josh lives in Nashville with his wife Jessica, his 6-year-old son Owen, and his 3 year-old daughter Eliza Faye.