Background
Shumate, Jan Elizabeth was born on January 27, 1970 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Edgar Ernest and Elizabeth Sharon Shumate.
Shumate, Jan Elizabeth was born on January 27, 1970 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Edgar Ernest and Elizabeth Sharon Shumate.
Bachelor of Science/Master of Engineering, Purdue University, 1993. Master of Science/Individual Education, University Tennessee, 1997.
Mechanic engineering coop, Bechtel, Inc., Houston, 1989-1991; mechanic engineering coop, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1991-1992; mechanic engineer plant engineering, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee, since 1993.
Advisory board Dobyns-Bennett High School Drafting Advisory Committee, Kingsport, Tennessee, since 1994. Publication committee chair, speaker National Engineers Week Committee, Kingsport, 1994-1995. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (publicity chair, professional development chair since 1989), East Tennessee Engineering Association (council, president, vice president, secretary-treasurer), Tennessee Society Professional Engineers (chairman programs, chairman membership development, secretary-treasurer).