Dr. Maria Edlin King is the director of the Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). The Council provides professional development to teachers and community educators connecting with 800-1000 teachers per year. She also teaches macroeconomics to 150-250 undergraduates each semester. King received her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Tennessee State University, M.A. in Economics and B.S. in Medical Technology from MTSU.
She has received two outstanding public service awards from MTSU and a community foundation award for her many years of work with children with disabilities. King is the founding executive director of the Alliance for Recreational Empowerment which engages people with disabilities in activities that empower them to be active, engaged members of their communities.
Dr. King is a member of the National Association of Economic Educators, Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies, National Business Education Association, and Tennessee Jump$tart Coalition on Financial Literacy where she serves as president.