Tate Cronin is the Marketing and Communications Specialist at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

Located at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, Tate provides compelling marketing and communications services for the countless researchers, extension agents, workers, donors, volunteers and more who make up the UTIA family. With a passion for stories and the people behind them, Tate enjoys generating cutting-edge marketing and outreach strategies that educate and excite.

A graduate of the University of Memphis Lambuth, Tate has resided in West Tennessee his entire life and joined the UTIA after almost two years with a local full-service marketing agency, during which he worked in copy writing, videography, and account management.

In his free time, Tate enjoys taking day trips, cooking, gardening and spending time with his border collie, Oliver.