Board of Trustees

Board Meetings

Meetings of the full Board of Trustees are held four times a year. All of the meetings are in the Cafeteria Annex of the Pellissippi Campus unless a change is announced in advance. The dates of the Board meetings for fiscal year 2011-12 are as follows:

September 13, 2011 – 7:45 a.m.
December 8, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.
March 13, 2012 – 7:45 a.m.
June 2, 2012 – 7:45 a.m.

Board Committee Meetings

Committees of the Board meet an average of four times a year, depending on their work agendas. The Executive Committee meets before every meeting of the full Board of Trustees.

2011-12 Board Officers

Chair of the Board
Joseph Johnson

Vice-Chair of the Board
Todd Moody

Secretary
Gracie Bishop

Treasurer
 

Parliamentarian
Heather Overton

Nominating Committee Chair
Mark Hancock

Finance Committee Chair
 

Projects Committee Chair
Melissa Copelan

President of the College
L. Anthony Wise, Jr.

Past Chair of the Board
Rebecca Paylor

2011-12 Board Members

Mr. Thomas B. Ballard, Director
Innovation & Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C.

Ms. Gracie Bishop
Senior Vice President
Director, Human Resources
Home Federal Bank

Ms. Joy Bishop
Bishop Property Management

Mr. Patrick Carroll, President
Freightliner of Knoxville

Mr. Charles W. (Wes) Carruthers, Jr.
Vice President
Downey Oil Company/KenJo Markets

Mr. David A. Clothier, Controller/Treasurer
Pilot Travel Centers LLC

Ms. Melissa Copelan
Director of Public Affairs
Knox County Schools

Mr. Carl Esposito, Publisher
The Daily Times

Mr. John F. Fisher
Wealth Management Financial Advisor
for the Fisher Group
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Ms. Jennifer Goforth
Vice President, Online Production
Scripps Networks

Ms. Henrietta Grant

Mr. Charles Griffin, President
BarberMcMurry Architects

Mr. John Mark Hancock
Chairman, CEO, and President
Hancock & Associates Consulting

Ms. Sharon Yvonne Hannum
Owner, TotalEffectsOnline.com

Mr. Jonathan Hayes, Associate Vice President-Investments
The Head Wealth Management Group
of Wells Fargo Advisors

Ms. Sherri Gardner Howell, Owner
SGHenterprises

Mr. Joseph L. Johnson, Owner
A&W Office Supply

Ms. Sandy King
Procurement Operations Buyer
Alcoa Inc., Tennessee Operations

Mr. Andrew Lorenz, Vice President
Messer Construction Company

Mr. Wallace Bryan McClure, President
Scalable Development, Inc.

Ms. Peggy McCord
Community Leader

Mr. Todd Moody, Attorney
Hagood, Tarpy & Cox, PLLC

Ms. Heather Overton
Business Development
Johnson Architecture, Inc.

Ms. Rebecca Paylor
Community Leader

Ms. Lezah Pinnell
Community Leader

Mr. Rick Rushing
Senior Vice President and Manager
Commercial Banking Department
First Tennessee Bank

Mr. Travis Spiva, Account Executive
Davis Advertising

Ms. Deborah Stevens, Attorney
Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C.
One Centre Square, Fifth Floor

Mr. Michael David Treadway, Vice President
Director of Business Development
Hodge Associates engineers ● architects

Mr. Dennis R. Upton
Vice President, Procurement
Knoxville Utilities Board

Ms. LaTanya Terrell Upton
Branch Manager
ORNL Federal Credit Union

Mr. Luis Velazquez, Executive Director
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East TN

Mr. Harley (Andy) White, Vice President
FireWater

Dr. L. Anthony Wise, Jr., President
Pellissippi State Community College