Jerry Askew is Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee and serves as a member of the clergy staff at St. John’s Cathedral.

Since arriving in Knoxville in 1985, Jerry has served as the Dean of Students and Associate Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs at the University of Tennessee; President & CEO of the East Tennessee Foundation; Senior Vice President of St. Mary’s Health System (and its successor organizations); President & CEO of the Alliance for Better Nonprofits; Interim CEO of the Knox Education Foundation and, most recently, Interim Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Church in East Tennessee. He has served on the boards of over 60 nonprofit organizations at the local, state and national levels.

Jerry received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead Scholar, M.S. from the University of Memphis, and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University where he was recipient of the Thomas C. Holy Fellowship. He completed additional theological studies at the University of the South.
Jerry is married to attorney Robyn Jarvis Askew. The Askews have two married children and four delightful grandchildren.