Amye King is the director of Growth Management for the Lake County Board of County Commissioners and has been with Lake County government since 2003. Amye was born in San Francisco and moved at age 14 from Los Angeles to Kingsport, TN.  

In the Tri-Cities, she earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s degree at East Tennessee State University.  While attending ETSU, Amye danced with the Mountain Movers, a modern dance company and directed theatrical productions such as Blind Desire and Arsenic and Old Lace.  Her graduate work was in public administration, with a focus on urban and regional planning.  

After her graduate work, she worked for several Tennessee cities and served as planner for the State of Tennessee. Her experience and education lead to her membership with the American Institute of Certified Planners in 2003.

For the last decade, Amye has been an active member of the Golden Triangle YMCA. She is a certified instructor in Foundations of Group Exercise, Healthy Lifestyle Principles, Xeriball and Flexibility Training. Amye has enjoyed dance all of her life and has been a certified Zumba instructor since 2010. Amye's proudest achievement is to be Anderson’s mom since 2007 and T.J.’s wife since 2001.