Bredesen Names Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Friday, October 08, 2010 | 08:11am

NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen has appointed 112 men and women to serve on 37 state boards and commissions.

“The state of Tennessee is very fortunate to have citizens like these men and women who are willing to serve the state through its boards and commissions,” Bredesen said. “They will be valuable additions to the respective boards they have been appointed to represent, and I appreciate their commitment and willingness to serve.”

Appointment terms vary based on statutory recommendations or term limits specified by geographic or other qualifications.  The appointments are as follows:


Air Pollution Control Board
Wayne T. Davis, Alcoa
Helen S. Hennon, Knoxville 
Alicia M. Wilson, Burns   

Archaeological Advisory Council
James Mark Cantrell, Thompsons Station

Beech River Watershed Development Authority
Toney Campbell, Decaturville  
James E. Ivey, Lexington 

Board of Boiler Rules
Dominic A. Canonico, Signal Mountain

Board of Occupational Therapy
Quateka Renee Darrington, Hermitage

Board of Optometry
J. Scott Gentry, Jonesborough

Commission on Aging and Disability
Ludell Neill Coffey, Knoxville   
Jean Cecile “Cele” Curtis, Cleveland
Clinton M. Lewis, Sr., Nashville 
Rose M. Rubin, Memphis   
Margaret L. “Margot” Seay, Kingsport 

Commission on Firefighting & Personnel Standards & Education
Michael A. Slay, Oak Ridge
Charles M. Vance, Nashville 

Conservation Commission
Pete Claussen, Knoxville
Sarah Elizabeth Haynes, Nashville   
Charles S. “Steve” Scarborough, Rockwood  
William Lewis Taylor, Collierville  

Drycleaner Environmental Response Board
James Matthew Hash, McMinnville 
Larry Dale Ozier, Memphis
Sheila Ann Ullenberg, Signal Mountain  

Elevator and Amusement Device Safety Board
Jesse R. Cragwall, Knoxville
John H. Downing, Chattanooga   

Governor’s Advisory Committee on Equal & Fair Employment Opportunity
Vickie D. Graham, Hendersonville
Phyllis Y. Nichols, Knoxville
Raymond L. Stevenson, Martin 
Beverly L. Watts, Old Hickory  

Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness & Health
Stuart Marshall Currie, Martin

Governor’s Council on Service Members, Veterans & Their Families
Terry Ashe, Lebanon 
Martha L. Boyd, Nashville
Miles A. Burdine, Kingsport 
Harold E. Couch, Nashville  
Tonia L. Hardyway, Nashville 
David K. Hughes, Nashville   
Deborah Ann Hillin, Nashville  
Joseph A. James, Bethpage  
Jack Lay, Oneida    
Mark McGrail, Clarksville   
Celestine McNeal, Clarksville
Janet L. Morris, Mount Juliet  
Mary D. Ross, Clarksville  
Donald J. Smith, Spring City
Judith Tackett, Charlotte
Robert D. “Bob” Tuke, Nashville
Cordell Walker, Memphis

Information Systems Council
Matthew Jett Hall, Franklin 

Keep Tennessee Beautiful Advisory Council
Beth Thompson, Nashville

Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board
Tiffany Renay Ehrhart, Clarksville  

Private Probation Services Council
Dena C. McCollough, Mascot
Veronica Thornton, Union City

Second Look Commission
Donna Hetherington, Lexington
David Imhof, Old Hickory   

Southern Growth Policies Board
Fred A. Burton, Lebanon
Charles T. “Charlie” Floyd, Kingsport
Jerry Gist, Jackson 
Rhonda W. Linginfelter, Nashville
John W. Moore, Germantown
James G. Neeley, Nashville 

State Board of Cosmetology
Nina Ann Coppinger, Hixson
Janet L. Wormsley, Caryville 

State Capitol Commission
Janie Conyers, Joelton

State Workforce Development Board
Eliot M. Mitchell, Thompsons Station

TennCare Pharmacy Advisory Commission
Lyn A. Govette, Johnson City
Joel Phares, Franklin   
Eleanor A. Twigg, Arlington   

Tennessee Auctioneer Commission
Marvin E. Alexander, Martin
Bobby L. Colson, Mt. Juliet 
Gary W. Cunningham, Old Hickory 


Tennessee Community Services Agency Board of Directors
Barbara Jane Andrews, Nashville
Shelly Arnett, Samburg 
Lisa A. Carter, Sharps Chapel 
Sammy K. Copeland, Dyer  
Mary Ann Davis, Surgoinsville
Jason F. Hicks, Cookeville 
William E. Hyams, Clarksville
Troy D. Kilzer, Sr., Henderson
George R. Lowe, Mountain City
Geeta W. McMillan, Sparta 
Julie C. Mills, Lebanon
Ellarine Moses, Union City
Bill D. Ownby, Sevierville
Robin A. Powers, Cedar Grove 
Melinda S. Reese, Morristown
Spurgeon Smith, Jackson   
Sumika L. Snider, Lawrenceburg 
Sarah Stevenson, Oak Ridge
Gail Story, Decaturville
Susan Trotter, Decatur
Sylvia D. Vinson, Erin
Billie D. Williams, Morrison  

Tennessee Economic Council on Women
Sandra G. Bennett, Manchester
V. Carol Danehower, Memphis 

Tennessee Ethics Commission
J. Houston Gordon, Covington 

Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board of Directors
Jeannine Alday, Chattanooga 
Delta Anne Davis, Nashville  

Tennessee Historical Commission
Calvin W. Dickinson, Cookeville  
Sherry J. Kilgore, Charlotte   
Paul A. Matthews, Memphis
Beverly C. Robertson, Memphis
Richard Henry Warwick, Franklin

Tennessee Historical Commission Foundation
Prince C. Chambliss, Jr., Germantown   

Tennessee Medical Examiner Advisory Council
Douglas E. Wilson, Ten Mile 

Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board
Trudy Ann Papuchis, Mt. Juliet  

Tennessee Occupational Safety & Health Administration Labor Advisory Council
Terry Michael “Mike” Prince, Knoxville 

Tennessee Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
Joanna Lynn Bartlett, Cookeville 
Bernard G. Barton, Rickman 
Anne Henning-Rowan, Denmark  
Micky D. Roberts, Maryville 

Utility Management Review Board
Troy B. Roach, Talbott  
Donald R. Stafford, Ooltewah  

West Tennessee River Basin Authority
James L. Byford, Martin


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