Office of the Governor: BREDESEN NAMES APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

July 11, 2008

Nashville – Governor Phil Bredesen has appointed 115 Tennesseans to serve on 51 state boards and commissions.  

“We depend on the commitment of citizens like these men and women to serve the state through its boards and commissions,” said Bredesen “I am confident they have the skills, experience and knowledge necessary to become valuable members of their respective boards and commissions, and I appreciate their willingness to serve the state of Tennessee.”

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

  Architects and Engineers Board of Examiners

Hal Balthrop, Nashville

Leslie Shankman-Cohn, Memphis

Jim Hastings, Nashville

Paul William Lockwood, Brentwood

Carlton Norris, Georgetown

 

Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation

Jerry Lee, Fairview

 

Archaeological Advisory Council

Patrick Bentley Cummins, Hermitage

Georgia Dennis, Murfreesboro

 

Board of Employee Assistance Professionals

Jack Freckman, Antioch

 

Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators

Kathryn W. Wilhoit, Johnson City

 

Board of Ground Water Management

Kenneth D. Presnell, Sevierville

 

Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities

Dixie Taylor-Huff, Castalian Springs

James V. Weatherington, Memphis

Jon Winter, M.D., Camden

 

Board of Boiler Rules

Wallace Edward Lunn, Jr., Brentwood

 

Board of Occupational Therapy

Lisa R. Short, Brentwood

  

Board of Optometry

Jeff Foster, O.D., Newport

 

Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

Karl Michael Fillauer, Knoxville

Kathryn A. Riffe, Milan

 

Board of Respiratory Care

Darryl L. Jordan, Fairview

Colleen Schabacker, Cookeville

 

Civil Service Commission

Laura Holland, Lascassas

Dennis H. Nunez, Nashville

 

Drycleaner Environmental Response Board

John Holt, Smyrna

Surendra Kumar, Mount Juliet

Gary W. Randles, Greeneville

 

Emergency Communications Board

Katrina Cobb, Martin

Randy K. Porter, Cookeville

 

Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health

Timothy R. Johnson, Nashville

 

Great Smoky Mountains Park Commission

David Willard, Sevierville

 

Health Services and Development Agency

Charles R. Handorf, M.D., Memphis

Clark Jones, Savannah

 

Keep Tennessee Beautiful Advisory Council

Marilyn Mittler Harper, Clarksville

Larry E. Potter, Cordova

Thomas Salter, Knoxville

Jarron Springer, Nashville

LaTonya Turner, Nashville

 

Mid-West Community Services Agency Board

Jane Andrews, Nashville

Sylvia D.Vinson, Erin

 

Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks Board

Bhang Kanwar, Franklin

Darlene Taylor Marsh, Nashville

Larry R. Reynolds, Hermitage

 

Sam Davis Memorial Association Board of Trustees

William Nash, Mount Juliet

Katherine Walkup, Smyrna

  

Solid Waste Disposal Control Board

Melissa H. Bryant, Adams

Kenneth Donaldson, Columbia

Glenn Youngblood, Murfreesboro

 

Southern Regional Education Board

Andy Womack, Murfreesboro

 

State Board of Accountancy

Vic Alexander, Brentwood

Alfred Creswell, Union City

 

State Board of Education

Vernita B. Justice, Chattanooga

Fielding Rolston, Kingsport

Teresa Sloyan, Memphis

 

State Capitol Commission

Bobby L. Lovett, Ph.D., Whites Creek

 

State Oil and Gas Board

Ken Haislip, Corryton

 

State Rehabilitation Council

Cara Alexander, Gallatin

John Majors, Murfreesboro

 

State Workforce Development Board

Andy Berke, Chattanooga

John W. Greeter, Manchester

James Kerley, Millington

Mattie J. Moran, Chattanooga

Charles Story, Brentwood

 

Statewide Independent Living Council

Samuel Cooke, Memphis

 

Tennessee Aeronautics Commission

Fred Dettwiller, Nashville

 

Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Paula Davis, Smyrna

 

Tennessee Arts Commission

Gale Jones Carson, Memphis

Lucia Gilliland, Memphis

Bob Wormsley, Caryville

 

Tennessee Collection Service Board

Shannon Polen, Greenbrier

 

Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability

James L. York, Columbia

 

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Diane Neighbors, Nashville

Mary Anne Poe, Jackson

Colonel J.A. Robbins, Nashville

Dwight Stokes, Kodak

Nancy Williams, Memphis

 

Tennessee Commission on Holocaust Education

Felicia Anchor, Nashville

Jack A. Belz, Memphis

Leonard Chill, Chattanooga

Gene Davenport, Ph.D., Jackson

Annette Eskind, Nashville

L. Allen Exelbierd, Memphis

Aileen Katcher, Nashville

Gus Kuhn, Nashville

Lawrence P. Leibowitz, Knoxville

Leonid Saharovici, Memphis

Gilya Gerda Scmidt, Knoxville

Ronnie Steine, Nashville

  Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Board of Trustees

Alfred W. Laney, Nashville

  Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities

Stephanie Brewer Cook, Knoxville

Sheri Grisby, LaVergne

Angela Hazlehurst, Jackson

Shelia J. Moore, Brentwood

John D. Piver, Johnson City

Katherine Watson, D.V.M., Sale Creek

  Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Jessica Brumett, Surgionsville

Cato Johnson, Bartlett

Carolyn Morrison, Cookeville

  Tennessee Housing Development Agency

C. Winston Henning, Denmark

Alvin J. Nance, Knoxville

Benjie W. Shuler, Knoxville

  Tennessee Human Rights Commission

Patricia Ann Pierce, Harriman

  Tennessee Massage Licensure Board

Cynthia R. Jaggers, Chattanooga

  Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

James W. Cunningham, Chattanooga

  Tennessee Performing Arts Board of Directors

Kenneth E. Blackburn, II, Brentwood

  Tennessee Real Estate Appraiser Commission

Thomas R. (Rick) Carter, Jasper

William Robert (Bobby) Flowers, Jr., Mansfield

  Tennessee Real Estate Commission

Charles Haynes, Gallatin

Isaac Northern, Memphis

Allen Woods, Nashville

  Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

Fred D. Johnson, Ed.D., Cordova

La-Nikqua Trenae' Thomas, Antioch

  Tennessee Water Quality Control Board

Jill Davis, Englewood

  Water and Wastewater Operators Certification Board

Johnny Darryl Green, Jackson

Daisy W. Madison, Chattanooga

Shirley Rogers, LaFollette