Bredesen Names Appointments to Boards and Commissions

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | 08:41am
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen has appointed 135 men and women to serve on 60 state boards and commissions. These Tennesseans represent areas from all across the state.
 
“I commend all those appointed for their willingness to serve the state through its boards and commissions,” Bredesen said. “Tennesseans have always been recognized for dedicating their time and talents to serve their fellow citizens, and I appreciate these men and women for upholding this tradition. I am confident they will represent their respective boards with integrity and honor.” 
 
Appointment terms vary based on statutory recommendations or term limits specified by geographic or other qualifications. The appointments are as follows:
 
 
Advisory Committee on Credit Life Insurance Rates
Earl R. Whaley, Jr., Maryville   
 
Advisory Council for the Education of Students with Disabilities
Jeffrey L. Finney, Elizabethton                    
Chantal Bena Hess-Taylor, Cordova                        
Flavenia L. Leaper, Memphis                                 
James E. Topp, Collierville       
 
Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation
Bobby L. Pitts, Franklin
 
Air Pollution Control Board
John R. Roberts, Sr., Manchester                 
 
Archaeological Advisory Council
David H. Dye, Cordova           
 
Architects and Engineers Board of Examiners
Robert G. Campbell, Jr., Knoxville                                    
 
Board of Dentistry
Michael Philip Tabor, Nashville           
 
Board for Professional Counselors, Marital & Family Therapists, and Clinical Pastoral Therapists
Stephen A. Caldwell, Dickson   
James L. Philpott, Hixson
  
Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities
Sylvia J. Burton, Cookeville     
Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Cummins, Fayetteville                                          
Janice M. Hill, Memphis                                                                                       
Roy King, Knoxville                                                                                                                                                               
Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Craig B. Ratcliff, Sevierville      
 
Board of Communication Disorders & Sciences
John Richardson Ashford, Nashville     
O.H. “Shorty” Freeland, Adamsville      
 
Board of Dietitian and Nutritionist Examiners
Abbie Jane Derrick, Nashville             
Janet J. Skates, Kingsport                
 
Board of Examiners in Psychology
George H. Bercaw, Chattanooga
Donald Lynn Brookshire, Signal Mountain
Rodney A. Sullivan, Telford                                                     
 
Board of Medical Examiners
Michael John Baron, Franklin
Gary Keith Lovelady, Manchester                           
 
Board of Osteopathic Examination
Donald H. Polk, Waynesboro              
 
Board of Physical Therapy
Minty R. Ballard, Brentwood                        
Lisa Church Fortner, McKenzie 
Michael L. Voight, Nashville
 
Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
David H. Long, Martin
 
Board of Respiratory Care
Brian T. Cook, Chattanooga     
 
Board of Social Worker Licensure
L. LaSimba M. Gray, Jr., Collierville
Teresa C. Housteau, Knoxville  
 
Building Finance Committee
Debbie C. Small, Pleasant View           
Lonnie M. Haley, III, Memphis  
John Frank McGuffin, Morristown
 
Carroll County Watershed Authority
Joe T. Smothers, Huntingdon  
 
Committee on Physician Assistants
Omar Nava, Clarksville           
 
Emergency Communications Board                                                        
Mark T. Archer, Buchanan                                                                
Isaac Duff “Ike” Lowry, Bluff City                                                                  
Steven J. Smith, Murfreesboro                                                          
 
Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission
Warren L. Gooch, Oak Ridge    
 
Health Services and Development Agency
Charlotte C. Burns, Savannah  
James Lee Wright, Franklin               
 
Keep Tennessee Beautiful Advisory Council
Terry A. Griffin, Clarksville      
Larry E. Potter, Cordova                            
Jarron B. Springer, Nashville                                
 
Local Government Planning Advisory Committee
Tony Burriss, Trenton                                        
Linda Hayes, White Bluff        
George E. James, Springfield             
 
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board
Cathleen T. Burrell, Adams               
Jonathan M. Edwards, Lawrenceburg             
 
Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors
Edward “Ed” Cole, Nashville     
James K. “Ken” Davis, Lebanon
 
Solid Waste Disposal Control Board
Jack Edward Deibert, Clarksville         
Jared L. Lynn, Hermitage                                                       
 
State Board of Accountancy
William F. Blaufuss, Nashville
Jennifer L. Brundige, Nashville           
Stanley Bernard Sawyer, Memphis                         
Casey M. Stuart, Signal Mountain       
 
State Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
Sue Braly, Pulaski                          
 
State Capitol Commission
Judith Boyer Danner, Nashville  
  
State Workforce Development Board
Kristee Bell, Memphis                               
Craig S. Butler, Lexington                
Echell Eady, Murfreesboro                          
Shirley A. Frierson, Nashville
Raymond S. Marston, Lawrenceburg                                          
Jean C. Schmidt, Nashville      
Yolanda E. Shields, Spring Hill                                                  
Zachariah N. Stansell, Knoxville                   
Sandra B. Woods, Humboldt              
 
Tennessee Aeronautics Commission                                                       
Jim Berry, Georgetown                                                                   
 
Tennessee Arts Commission
Donna Chase, Knoxville         
Edwin F. Gerace, Johnson City
Carol L. McCoy, Nashville
 
Tennessee Board of Court Reporting
John Mack Green, Murfreesboro
 
Tennessee Board of Regents
Agenia W. Clark, Brentwood                                 
Barry Doyle Gidcomb, Columbia                    
Fran F. Marcum, Tullahoma              
Casey Lyn McCullum, Athens             
Howard Roddy, Hixson                              
 
Tennessee Career and Technical Education Council
James G. Neeley, Nashville               
 
Tennessee Collection Services Board
Elizabeth C. “Beth” Dixon, Memphis               
 
Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
Philip A. Acord, Chattanooga
Sidney J. Bynum, Nashville     
Lindsay V. Callahan, Cookeville                                       
Janell F. Clark, Cookeville       
Erica S. Gilmore, Nashville                          
Martha C. Herndon, Sharon                                 
Carlton Lewis, Nashville                            
Harold Moses Love, Jr., Nashville
Joy Phillips Strickland, Piney Flats       
 
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Board of Directors
Dennis L. Carroll, Cleveland
Alfred W. Laney, Nashville      
 
 Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
Cynthia R. Chambers, Jonesborough    
Renee M. Lopez, Gallatin        
Deborah S. Riffle, Humboldt                        
Marilyn L. Sortor, Memphis                                  
 
Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board
Timothy Lynn Bell, Woodbury
Richard Holliday, Memphis                
Dennis Wayne Parker, Sparta  
James E. Ross, Jackson                             
Robert W. Thurman, Jr., Brentwood    
 
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute
Gloria L. Bishop, LaVergne                                   
Katherine Taylor Haynes, Nashville               
 
Tennessee Higher Education Commission                                      
Jack Murrah, Hixson                                                                                              
Zachary Ross Walden, LaFollette                            
 
Tennessee Human Rights Commission
Joseph Warren Walker, III, Whites Creek                 
 
Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board
Regina L. Bartlett, Hendersonville       
 
Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission
James D. “Donnie” Hatcher, Brownsville
Stan McNabb, Tullahoma                                     
William L. Tarr, Jefferson City                      
Reed Edward Trickett, Nashville
 
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Board of Directors
Anne L. Russell, Nashville                          
 
Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
James R. “Russ” Farrar, Brentwood      
 
Tennessee Real Estate Commission
Wendell F. Alexander, Dresden                    
Grover C. Collins, Lewisburg                       
Michelle W. Haynes, Gallatin             
 
Tennessee Real Estate Appraiser Commission
Edward A. Baryla, Jr., Johnson City
Herbert E. Phillips, Nashville
Nancy W. Point, Rogersville               
  
Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction (TRICOR) Board of Directors
Tonya G. Jones, Nashville                          
George Jordan Phillips, Gallatin                                                 
 
Tennessee State Veterans Home Board
Clarence E. “Gene” Bayless, Jr., Knoxville
Hughley Moore, Collierville      
Robert D. “Bob” Tuke, Nashville
 
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
SimmieRay Lee Dinkins, Henning        
William C. “Will” Pinkston, Nashville     
 
Tennessee Water Quality Control Board
James W. Cameron, III, Franklin                  
Frank McGinley, Jr., Savannah           
 
University of Tennessee Board of Trustees
J.A.M. “Toby” Boulet, Knoxville 
Carey Elizabeth Smith, Kingsport                           
 
Water and Wastewater Financing Board                                        
Randy Paul Wilkins, Springfield                                                                               
 
Water and Wastewater Operators Certification Board                               
Larry W. Moore, Germantown                                                                                                  
 

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