EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Name: Les Fout

Title: Director of Major Gift Development

Major responsibilities: My primary responsibility is to raise funds to support Pellissippi State, its students, faculty and staff. In addition, I spend time developing relationships with members of the community and serving on various committees through both the Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership and the Farragut Chamber of Commerce.

Length of service at the College: 2 ½ years

Place of birth: Longview, Texas

Family members: Wife, Jennifer; daughter, Addison, 2

Something no one knows about you: My New Year’s resolution every year is to smile or say “Hello” to every person I see the next year. So far, I’ve been pretty successful.

Greatest achievement or proudest moment: Becoming a father.

Favorite things outside work: Spending time with my wife and daughter.

Most rewarding part of your job: Making a difference in people’s lives.

Greatest unfulfilled ambitions: To adopt children, to become a motivational speaker, to become a college president, to endow full scholarships in my parents’ names and to help my wife raise a happy and healthy daughter.

Favorite quote: “Pray like it’s up to God, but work like it’s up to you.”