Service leads the way for Viox
She also is past president of Rotary Club of Farragut, serves on the Town’s tourism committee, supports churches in the Town, supports schools with her gift baskets and donations and supports Operation Hero’s Hill.
And, Viox’s service in the community has not gone unnoticed. Recently, she was nominated to participate in Leadership Knoxville 2026-2027.
“I still don’t know who nominated me,” she said. “I’m so honored and just humbled because I didn’t feel like I really understood what Leadership Knoxville was.”
Leadership Knoxville is a prominent non-profit community leadership development organization, which was founded in 1984, according to its website.
“I was just surprised, I guess, that they contacted me and told me that I had been chosen [in late June],” Viox said. “And then, I had to accept the invitation.
“I asked a few people if they knew anything about Leadership Knoxville,” she said. After talking with people who graduated from the program, she was told, “This is an amazing opportunity for civic leadership in Knox County, and you have to take it … you have to make time for this. It’s just one of those things you just can’t pass up.”
“So, as I do everything in life, I prayed about it,” Viox recalled. Ultimately, she accepted at the end of July.
“God put it on my heart that I was going,” she replied. “Still, I really had no idea what I was getting myself into.”
“I wasn’t given any information of who was going to be there,” she said. “I didn’t know if it was going to be corporations. I didn’t know if it was going to be 501(c)3 leaders. I didn’t know if it was going to be politicians.
“I didn’t know who was going to be in the class,” Viox said. “They don’t tell you. You just show up.
“I’m really excited,” she added.
Leadership Knoxville, which has 60 in this year’s class, is a 10-month program which started with a weekend retreat in August, where Viox took part in team-building “tests” on listening to others. It will continue with classes in September.
