Aisling Grace Hagan

Aisling is from Jonesborough, Tennessee and is the daughter of Jim and Kate Hagan.  She graduated with honors from David Crockett High School, where she served as student Body President and FFA President. She served as student representative on the Washington County Board of Education and attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for Agricultural Sciences. Aisling is a three-time FFA state champion and two-time national runner-up in Forestry, Floriculture, and Nursery/Landscaping.

Aisling graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics.  She earned her master’s degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Tennessee. During graduate school, her research focused on the circular bioeconomy, grocery store choice, waste-to-energy systems, commodity market analysis and food waste.  She was selected as a Farm Foundation-USDA Economic Research Service Scholar.

Aisling is Project Manager at Unicoi County Economic and Community Development, where she supports long-term hurricane recovery efforts, economic resilience, and downtown revitalization.