Bredesen Names Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Friday, April 23, 2010 | 09:42am
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen has appointed 30 men and women to serve on 21 state boards and commissions.
“We depend upon the leadership and commitment of citizens like these Tennesseans to serve our state through its boards and commissions,” said Bredesen. “I appreciate their readiness to serve, and I am confident they bring the experience and knowledge necessary to be valuable members of their respective boards and commissions.”
Appointment terms vary based on statutory recommendations or term limits specified by geographic or other qualifications. The appointments are as follows:
Advisory Council for Alternative Education
Denise Marie White, La Vergne
Barber Board of Examiners
Larry W. High, Chattanooga
Board of Dentistry
John M. Douglass, Jr., Nashville
Charles E. Holt, Jr., Chattanooga
Board of Dispensing Opticians
Kathy L. Hawkins, White House
Edward L. Risby, Nashville
Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
P. Elayne W. Poston, Memphis
James Harold Walker, Sparta
Board of Nursing
Carol Lynn Thompson, Memphis
Board of Respiratory Care
Ernest E. “Gene” Gantt, Livingston
Jeffrey Paul McCartney, Humboldt
Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health
Russell D. Epperson, Henderson
Humanities Tennessee Board of Directors
Karen E. Williams, Franklin
Interagency Coordinating Council
Scott O. Guthrie, Jackson
State Board of Education
Dallas Cress “Chip” Woods, Maryville
State Rehabilitation Council
Sharon Bryant, Ooltewah
Michael Ryan McGrath, Knoxville
Mark Edward Montgomery, Hermitage
State Soil Conservation Commission
Cindy B. Anderson, Manchester
Edward M. “Eddie” Sanders, Franklin
State Textbook Commission
Christie Conyers Lewis, Crossville
State Workforce Development Board
Niketa Hailey-Hill, Nashville
Johnnie M. Wheeler, Cookeville
Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Jeff Huffman, Covington
Tennessee Community Services Agency Board of Directors
Michael D. “Mike” Dockery, New Market
Yvonne Stewart, Winchester
Tennessee Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Margie Littell Ulrich, Dayton
Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board
B. Lee Mallory, Cordova
Tennessee Historical Commission
Sam Davis Elliott, Signal Mountain
Viticulture Advisory Board
Carl O’Cain, Jackson
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