Several West Tennessee Area Residents Selected to Serve
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam today announced the appointments of 116 Tennesseans to 39 boards and commissions.
“I appreciate the commitment of these men and women and want to thank them for their willingness to serve the state,” Haslam said. “Tennessee will be well represented on these boards and commissions.”
Appointment terms are varied due to differing statutory requirements or term limits determined by specific qualifications.
[1]Governor Bill Haslam appoints 116 Tennesseans to 39 boards and commissions.
The appointments are:
Advisory Council for Alternative Education
- Karen Ball, Cordova
- Bryan Douglas, Newport
- Kari Glasgow, Dickson
- Major Shelton, Manchester
- Lisa Woods, Hermitage
Advisory Council for the Education of Students with Disabilities
- Dawn Bradley, Lebanon
- Paula Brownyard, Jackson
- David Craig, Columbia
- Mary Donnet Johnson, Knoxville
- Jeff Ker, Brentwood
- Cleatrice McTorry, Nashville
- Hillary Sims, Nashville
- Shannon Taylor, Lexington
- Darlene Walden, Denmark
Barber Board of Examiners
- Ronald Gillihan II, Mt. Juliet
Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities
- Joshua Crisp, Knoxville
- Michael Miller, Brentwood
Board of Appeals
- Rita Roberts-Turner, Goodlettsville
Board of Dentistry
- Ernest DeWald, Clarksville
- Stephen Maroda, Jr., Memphis
- Airica Puckett, Livingston
- Bettye Lynn Richert, Springfield
Board of Nursing
- Lisa Heaton, Elizabethton
- Arthur Thompson, Nashville
Board of Respiratory Care
- Winston Granville, Cordova
- Jeffrey McCartney, Humboldt
- John Schario, Johnson City
Carroll County Watershed Authority
- Dale Kelley, Huntingdon
- Tommy Surber, McKenzie
Council for Licensing Hearing Instrument Specialists
- Lordy Smith, Memphis
Elevator and Amusement Device Safety Board
- Charles Edens, Johnson City
Emergency Communications Board
- Jill Holland, McKenzie
Health Services and Development Agency
- Robert Doolittle, Nashville
Interagency Coordinating Council
- Jessica Beaver, Jackson
- Amy Jenkins, Ooltewah
- Rachel Johnson Saine, Dickson
- Pablo Juárez, Nashville
- Karen Pryor, Brentwood
Prevailing Wage Commission
- Rab Summers, Jonesborough
- Stephen Wright, Charleston
Star Quality Advisory Council
- Jessica Baylock, Knoxville
- Louise Fletcher, Knoxville
- Renee Hauge, Knoxville
- Tracey Hicks, Athens
- Merlean Hill, Memphis
- Patricia Johnson, Woodlawn
- Tony Jones, Cordova
- Patty Kelly, Clarksville
- Tina Nicely, Selmer
- Patti Ricossa, Bartlett
- Bridgett Stanfill, Clarksville
State Board of Cosmetology
- Kelly Barger, Knoxville
State Board of Equalization
- Betty Burchett, Clarksville
State Capitol Commission
- William Cochran, Nashville
TennCare Pharmacy Advisory Committee
- Sara Hughes, Nashville
Tennessee Arts Commission
- Leo McGee, Cookeville
- Patsy White Camp, Jackson
Tennessee Career and Technical Education Council
- Adren Crawford, Jackson
Tennessee Commission on Holocaust Education
- Felicia Anchor, Nashville
- Jack Belz, Memphis
- Annette Eskind, Nashville
- Allen Exelbierd, Memphis
- Aileen Katcher, Nashville
- Gus Kuhn, Nashville
- Lawrence Leibowitz, Knoxville
- Leonid Saharovici, Memphis
- Mark Schiftan, Nashville
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Board of Directors
- Alfred Laney, Nashville
Tennessee Council for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing
- Robert Baldwin, Memphis
- Tony Decha-Umphai, Nashville
- Michael Friedman, Chattanooga
- Bob Geldreich, Franklin
- Janie Neal, Knoxville
- Gay Nelson, Knoxville
Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Kelly Nale, Dyersburg
Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board
- Kalpana Deshpande, Nashville
Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission
- Chad Baker, Piney Flats
Tennessee Forestry Commission
- Charles Daugherty, Crossville
- Alexandra Motlow Richman, Lynchburg
- Michael Witt, Cookeville
Tennessee Historical Commission
- Linda Higgins, Jackson
- David Tipton, Piney Flats
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
- Rieta Selberg, Memphis
Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board
- Tereyo Cox, Murfreesboro
- Carla Davis, Nashville
- Royce Joyner, Memphis
- Jason Nolan, Cookeville
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Board of Directors
- Andrew Tavi, Franklin
Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission
- Jeff Long, Thompson Station
Tennessee Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission
- David Brown, Memphis
Tennessee Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
- Sabrina Anderson, Jackson
- John Averitt, Cookeville
- Ursula Bailey, Knoxville
- Vickie Bilbrey, Cookeville
- Connie Briscoe, Knoxville
- Renee Brown, Memphis
- Karyl Chastain Beal, Columbia
- Patsy Crockett, Huntingdon
- Jennifer Harris, Centerville
- Kelly Haught, Johnson City
- Cindy Johnson, Clarksville
- Michael Labonte, Memphis
- Harold Leonard, Kingsport
- Eve Nite, Chattanooga
- Rebecca Stoll, Pegram
- Ellen Stowers, Tullahoma
- Timothy Tatum, Chattanooga
- Christen Thorpe, Nashville
- Anne Young, Knoxville
Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Committee
- Lana Bennett, Mt. Juliet
- Wanda Gardner-Slater, Memphis
- Joanne Morris, Nashville
- Brian Potter, Memphis
Utility Management Review Board
- Bruce Giles, Knoxville
Volunteer Tennessee Commission
- Greg Eubanks, Franklin
- Meggie Staykov, Nashville