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

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

August 15, 2008

Nashville – Governor Phil Bredesen today named appointments to 46 state boards and commissions.

 

“The state of Tennessee is very fortunate to have citizens like these 84 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:

 

Advisory Committee on Credit Life Insurance Rates

Kassandra Newman, Cookeville

Dick Williams, Knoxville

 

Board for Chiropractic Examiners

Shelia Fitzgerald, Franklin

 

Board for Licensing Alarm Systems Contractors

McKenzie Roberts, McMinnville

 

Board for Licensing Contractors

Jack R. “Ronnie” Tickle, Germantown

 

Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities

Paula Collier, McMinnville

 

Board for Professional Counselors, Marital and Family Therapists, and Clinical Pastoral Therapists

Janet E. Scott, Memphis

 

Board of Boiler Rules

Domenic A. Canonico, Signal Mountain

Brian Richard Morelock, Gray

 

Board of Dietitian and Nutritionist Examiners

Carol Ann Miller, Nashville

 

Board of Dispensing Opticians

Donald L. Wells, Johnson City

 

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

John Ray Clemmons, Nashville

 

Board of Occupational Therapy

Sandra M. Fletchall, Millington

Manoj M. Tendolkar, Knoxville

 

Board of Optometry

Kimberly T. Button, Brentwood

 

Board of Osteopathic Examination

Jill Robinson, Talbott

 

Building Finance Committee

Michael P. Sadler, Memphis

 

Commission on Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education

Frank Cotton, Arlington

Matthew J. Sorge, Kingsport

 

Committee on Physician Assistants

James William Montag, Telford

 

Local Government Planning Advisory Committee

A. Franklin Smith, III, Brownsville

James Allan Watson, Madisonville

 

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Statewide Planning and Policy Council

Audrey Corder, Christiana

Lynne O’Neal, Antioch

 

Mid-West Community Services Agency Board

William E. Hyams, Clarksville

 

Sam Davis Memorial Association Board of Trustees

Charles Davis, Jr., Tampa, FL

Joy Hord, Murfreesboro

Richard Thomas, Smyrna

 

Social Worker Certification and Licensure Board

Julia Axley, Hixson

Barrett Michelle Horton, McKenzie

Amy Marie Gasser, Madison

Frances Mazzaferro, Antioch

Steven W. Pharris, Smyrna

Vicki Gardine Williams, Nashville

 

Southeast Community Services Agency Board

Patricia D. Branham, Chattanooga

 

State Board of Accountancy

Teresa J. Jeter-McAvoy, Chattanooga

 

State Board of Electrolysis Examiners

Dorothy Goode, Memphis

 

State Board of Pharmacy

Charles E. “Buddy” Stephens, Lebanon

Statewide Independent Living Council

Brandy Michelle Hunter, Memphis

 

State Workforce Development Board

Richard Montgomery, Sevierville

Kay Nixon, Murfreesboro

Bradley Eddie Parish, Kingston

Deborah K. Reed, Munford

 

TennCare Pharmacy Advisory Committee

Melvin Blevins, Germantown

James Ashmore Johns, Nashville

Terence Shea, Signal Mountain

Roger Zoorob, Brentwood

 

Tennessee Athletic Commission

Neal H. Frauwirth, Cleveland

Jack Sammons, Memphis

Kurt Spindler, Franklin

Scott White, Brentwood

 

Tennessee Board for Economic Growth

Kenneth Breeden, Nashville

 

Tennessee Career and Technical Education Council

Gary Booth, Knoxville

Julie Leigh Griggs, Kenton

 

Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission

Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, Antioch

 

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

James Roland Reid, Brownsville

Ohiana Torrealday, Memphis

 

Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities

Tommy Lee Kidd, Lawrenceberg

 

Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board

Robert Lewis Byrd, Jr., Clinton

Ronald E. Mitchell, Sr., Memphis

 

Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Tim E. Bolding, Memphis

Loretta Jercinovich, Dyer

 

Tennessee Lottery Corporation Board of Directors

Elizabeth “Beth” Seigenthaler Courtney, Nashville

 

Tennessee Motor Vehicle Commission

James J. Galvin, Sr., Gallatin

Farrar Schaeffer Peckham, Germantown

 

Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Labor Advisory Council

Marissa Griggs, Martin

Gary Watkins, Chattanooga

 

Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Review Commission

Kimberly J. Enoch, Knoxville

 

Tennessee Real Estate Appraiser Commission

F. Marc Headden, Franklin

 

Tennessee State Veterans Home Board

Charles A. Ashley, Troy

Mary D. Ross, Clarksville

John H. Simmons, Charleston

 

University of Tennessee Board of Trustees

Tyler S. Forrest, Athens

John N. Foy, Lookout Mountin

Crawford Gallimore, Martin

Verbie L. Prevost, Hixson

Don Stansberry, Huntsville

Betty Ann Tanner, Union City

Monice Moore Hagler, Memphis

 

Viticulture Advisory Board

Alice Belt, Blaine Phillip Don Collier, Sevierville Kip Summers, Brentwood   Watkins College of Art and Design Susan A. Basham, Nashville   West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission Stephen P. Horton, Memphis