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Workers' Compensation Advisory Council


Members and Ex-Officio Members

Name Affiliation Address Status
  Chair
David Lillard, Jr. Treasurer
State of Tennessee
First Floor, State Capitol 
Nashville, TN 37243-0225
Chair
  Employer Representatives
Gary Selvy Tennessee Federation of Independent Business 53 Century Blvd., Suite 250, Nashville, TN 37214 Voting Member
Bob Pitts Associated Builders and Contractors 1604 Elm Hill Pike
Nashville, TN 37210
Voting Member
Stewart Meadows   245 Nellie Lane
Savannah, TN  38372
Voting Member
  Employee Representatives
Jack A. Gatlin   365 Blankenship Road
Covington, TN 38019
Voting Member
Jerry Lee Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council
1901 Lindell Avenue
Nashville, TN
37203
Voting Member
J. Anthony Farmer Law Offices of Tony Farmer

61356 Papermill Pointe Way
Knoxville, TN 37909

Voting Member
  Local Government Representative
Kenny McBride Mayor,
Carroll County, Tennessee
625 High Street
Huntingdon, TN 38344
Non-voting Member
  Insurance Representative
Jerry Mayo Praetorian Financial Group 9005 Overlook Boulevard
Brentwood, TN 37027
Non-voting Member
  Health Care Representatives
Sam Murrell,
M.D.
Tennessee Medical Association 

6286 Briarcrest, Memphis, TN
38120

Non-voting Member
Stephen E. Johnson Tennessee Hospital Association  Erlanger Health System
930 East 3rd Street
Chattanooga, TN
37403-2101
Non-voting Member
  Attorney Representatives
Katherine D. (Kitty) Boyte Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association

Howard, Tate, Sowell, Wilson & Boyte

150 Second Avenue
Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37201

Non-voting Member
Bruce D. Fox Tennessee Association for Justice

310 North Main Street
Clinton, TN 37716

Non-voting Member
A. Gregory Ramos, Esquire Tennessee Bar Association

NORTH, PURSELL, RAMOS & JAMESON PLC
Bank of America Plaza, Suite 1850
414 Union Street
Nashville, TN 37219

Non-voting Member

Ex-Officio Members

  Chair, Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation
  Ex-Officio Member
  Vice-Chair, Joint Committee on Workers' Compensation   Ex-Officio Member
James G.
Neeley
Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development 220 French Landing Drive
Nashville, TN 37243-0655
Ex-Officio Member
Leslie A. Newman Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance 500 James Robertson Parkway
Davy Crocket Tower, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37243-0565
Ex-Officio Member

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