Board of Directors

Board

CHAIRMAN
Bruce Hartmann ('95)
Vice President - Sales
The E.W. Scripps Company

SECRETARY/TREASURER
J. Daniel (Danny) Pressley ('01)
Wealth Advisor
BPV Wealth Management

VICE-CHAIRMAN
Sharon Miller Pryse ('89)
President
The Trust Company

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
Mintha Roach ('95)
President/ CEO
Knoxville Utilities Board

 

LIFETIME HONORARY MEMBERS

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

 

BOARD MEMBERS

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

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

Cathy Ackermann ('87)
President, CEO
Ackermann PR 

Mark Medley ('88)
President, CEO
Control Technology, Inc.

Carolyn Jensen ('89)
Development Director
Alzheimer's Association

Susan McKissick (’90)
Community Volunteer

Sandy Garber ('91)
Program Director
Knox County Government

Bud Gilbert ('92)
Attorney
Kennerly Montgomery

Cynthia Moxley ('93)
CEO, founder
Moxley Carmichael

Susan Brown ('94)
Consultant
Massey Group 

Robyn Askew ('95)
Representing the Knoxville Chamber
Attorney and Developer
The Bosch Law Firm & Holrob Investments

Charles F. Barnett ('96)
CFO
NanoDetection Technology

Jo Terry ('97)
Community Volunteer

Michael Combs ('98)
Professor Emeritus
University of Tennessee

Chris Kahn ('99)
Community Volunteer

Cindy McConkey ('09)
At Large
Senior Vice President of 
Corporate Communications
Scripps Networks Interactive

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

Wendy Wortham (’01)
Community Volunteer

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

Dan Holbrook (’02)
Counselor-at-Law
Holbrook Peterson Smith, PLLC

David Eldridge  (’03)
Managing Partner
Eldridge and Blakney, P.C.

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

Amy Cathey (’05)
Executive Director, MBA Program
The University of Tennessee

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

Darrel Kohlhorst (’11)
At large
President & General Manager
Y-12 National Security Complex

David Butler (’10)
At large
Executive Director
Knoxville Museum of Art

Leslye Hartsell ('09)
At Large
Community Relations Director
Knoxville Utilities Board

Annette Brun (’07)
Vice President, Consumer Marketing
Scripps Networks, Inc.(HGTV)

John Craig (’08)
President 
Segundo Properties, LLC

Mary Pom Claiborne (’09)
Director, Marketing & Community Relations
Knox County Public Library

Gay Lyons (’10)
Professor of Political Science
Pellissippi State Community College

Tom Cervone (’11)
Managing Director
Clarence Brown Theatre Company
The University of Tennessee

Whitney Peter ('09)
Representing the Junior League of Knoxville
President 
The Sharp Companies, Inc.

 

Committees

Executive Committee
Mintha E. Roach, Immediate Past Chair
Bruce Hartmann, Chair
Danny Pressley, Secretary/Treasurer &
Finance Chair
Tim Young, Governance Chair
Tom Catani, Curriculum  Chair
Ellen Robinson, Introduction Knoxville Chair
Rosa Mar, Facilitation Chair
Daniel Carter, Development Chair
Susan Brown, Alumni Chair
Patrick Roddy, Selection Chair

Curriculum Committee
Tom Catani, Chair 
William Arant, Jr
Tierney Bates
Annette Lindstrom Brun
Lynne Fugate
Scott Broyles
Janet Gurwitch
Leslye Hartsell
Renee Hoyos
Tammy Kaousias 
Stacy Moody - Junior League
Marigail Mullin  
Ellen Robinson
Darrel Kohlhorst
John Sheridan
Tiffany Gardner
William (Bill) Shiell
Hugh Nystrom 
Kelly Drummond
John Trawick
Amy Cathey
John Becker
Tom Cervone
Clif Tennison

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


Selection Committee 
Patrick Roddy, Chair 

Alumni Committee
Susan Brown, Chair 
Joan Cronan 
John Gill 
Cathy Ackermann
Mark Medley
Carolyn Jensen
Susan McKissick
Sandy Garber
Bud Gilbert
Cynthia Moxley
Avice Evans Reid 
Charlie Barnett 
Jo Terry
Mike Combs 
Chris Kahn 
Monique Anderson
Wendy Wortham
Dan Holbrook
Denise Moretz
Don Bosch
Amy Cathey 
Celeste Herbert
Annette Brun
John Craig
Mary Pom Claiborne
Gay Lyons
Tom Cervone


Introduction Knoxville Committee
Ellen Robinson, Chair
Wayne Blasius
Sandra Garber
Benjamin Landers
Avice E. Reid
Mary Linda Schwarzbart
Tyvi Small
Laurens Tullock
Lynsay Caylor
Virginia Babb
Avice Reid
Garret Wagley

 

Devleopment Committee
Daniel Carter, Chair
Jill Van Beke 
Sharon Bosse
Mary Ellen Brewington 
John Craig 
Debbie Diddle
John Pace
 

Facilitations Committee
Rosa Mar, Chair
Chris Kahn, Vice Chair
Doug Battaille
Dawn Ford 
Lynne Fugate
Kathy Hamilton
Beth Hamil
Allison Hickman 
Dick Hinton
Joshalyn Hundley
Connie Hutchins
Joann Lavender
Marta Murrell
Lorna Norwood
Avice Reid
Tim Young