Board of Directors

CHAIRMAN
Mintha E. Roach (’95)
President/CEO
Knoxville Utilities Board

SECRETARY/TREASURER
J. Daniel (Danny) Pressley ('01)
Vice President
Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C.

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Tim A. Young ('03)
Chief Executive Officer
Summit Medical Group

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
Raja J. Jubran ('97)
Chief Executive Officer
Denark Construction, Inc.

Williams E. Arant, Jr. (’85)
Executive Vice President
SunTrust Bank

Donna M. Cobble (’85)
Community Volunteer

James A. Haslam, II (’85)
Chairman of the Board
Pilot Corporation

Dale A. Keasling (’85)
President & CEO
Home Federal Bank

William B. Sansom (’85)
Chairman and CEO
The H.T. Hackney Company

Joan C. Cronan (’85)
Women’s Athletics Director
The University of Tennessee

Virginia K. Morrow ('86)
Senior Vice President-Philanthropy
Covenant Health

John W. Gill, Jr. (’86)
At large
Special Counsel
Knox County District Attorney's Office

Patricia C. Medley ('87)
Community Volunteer

Laura K. Eshbaugh ('88)
Executive Vice President
Nations Academy LLC

Townsend S. Collins, Jr. ('89)
Broker
NAI Knoxville

Edwin S. Hedgepeth (’90)
Director of High School Instruction
Knox County Schools

Betsy L. Child ('91)
President
Geothermal Utilities, LLC

Dawn Ford ('92)
President/Owner
Consumer Awareness Management

Lynne G. Fain ('93)
Community Volunteer

Susan L. Brown ('94)
Vice President of Operations
IdleAire, Inc.

Mike Cohen ('95)
Vice President
Ackermann PR

Charles F. Barnett ('96)
CFO
NanoDetection Technology

John J. Sheridan ('97)
Vice President, Government Relations
UT Medical Center

Bruce A. Bosse ('98)
President
Merit Construction, Inc.

Clif R. Tennison, Jr. ('99)
Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Helen Ross McNabb Center

Monique W. Anderson ('00)
Associate Dean & University Registrar
The University of Tennessee

Richard G. (Dee) Anderson (’01)
Executive Vice President
Willis of Tennessee, Inc.

Rosalyn P. Tillman (’02)
Representing the United Way
Assistant Dean
Pellissippi State Technical Community College

LeRoy Thompson (’02)
At large
President/Chief Manager
BDT Investment & Management Co.

Donald R. Truza (’02)
Chief Executive Officer
The Transition Team

Denise Moretz (’03)
Partner/Member
Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC

Phyllis Y. Nichols ('03)
At large
President & CEO
Knoxville Area Urban League

Donald A. Bosch (’04)
Managing Shareholder
The Bosch Law Firm, PC

Sharon Bosse (’05)
Community Volunteer

Celeste H. Herbert (’06)
Partner
Reeves, Herbert & Murrian, P.A.

Michael T. Strickland (’06)
Representing the Knoxville Chamber
Chief Executive Officer
Bandit Lites, Inc.

Thomas P. Catani (’07)
At large
Vice President-East Operations
US Cellular

Mark E. Cate (’07)
At large
Vice President
Lawler-Wood, LLC

Laura D. Heinz (’07)
General Counsel
Wood Properties, Inc.

John W. Craig (’08)
President
Segundo Properties, LLC

J. Scott Busby (’09)
Principal/Vice President
Smee+Busby Architects

Becca Krumdieck
Representing the Junior League of Knoxville
Manager
Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, P.C.

Executive Committee
Mintha E. Roach, Chair
Tim A. Young, Vice Chair
J. Daniel (Danny Pressley), Secretary/Treasurer &
Finance Chair
Bruce A. Anderson, Governance Chair
Amy S. Cathey, Curriculum  Chair
Mike Cohen, Introduction Knoxville Chair
Kathy E. Hamilton, Facilitation Chair
Raja J. Jubran, Fundraising Chair
Patrick M. M. Roddy, Alumni Chair
Frank H. Rothermel, Selection Chair

Curriculum Committee
Amy S. Cathey, Chair
Williams E. Arant, Jr.
Stephen C. Arnett
Jennifer S. Banner
Tierney Bates
Annette Lindstrom Brun
Michael Edwards
John C. Griess
Renee V. Hoyos
Becca Krumdieck
Marigail Mullin
Timothy M. McLemore
Ellen H. Robinson
John J. Sheridan
Gilya G. Schmidt
William (Bill) D. Shiell
Deborah C. Stevens

Finance Committee
J. Daniel Pressley, Chair
H. Edward Black
Will J. Pugh
Avice E. Reid

Bylaws Committee
Bruce A. Anderson, Chair

Alumni Committee
Patrick M. M. Roddy, Chair
J. Scott Busby
John W. Craig
Lynne G. Fain
Thomas L. Jensen
Denise Moretz
Mary Linda Schwarzbart
Clifton R. Tennison, Jr.
Danni Varlan

Introduction Knoxville Committee
Mike Cohen, Chair
Wayne Blasius
Sandra M. Garber
Lucille Griffo
Benjamin L. Landers
Amy S. Nolan
Avice E. Reid
Mary Linda Schwarzbart
Tyvi Small
J. Laurens Tullock
Jill Van Beke
Garrett Wagley

Fundraising Committee
Raja J. Jubran, Chair
Cathy G. Ackermann
Mark E. Cate
Lynne Fugate
Kathy E. Hamilton
Susan C. Hyde
Edward Mannis
Frank H. Rothermel

Facilitations Committee 
Kathy E. Hamilton, Chair

Selection Committee 
Frank H Rothermel, Chair