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Commission Member

  • Wanda Willis, Executive Director
    Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
    Nashville, TN
    Term of Appointment: January 15, 2011 – Coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor

  • Ms. Wanda Willis has been the Executive Director of the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities since 1991, spearheading Council systems change initiatives in housing, employment, child care and other areas; launching Tennessee Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute, Tennessee’s home-of-your-own initiative for individuals with developmental disabilities; Director of Planning for the State Division of Mental Retardation Services, 1986-1991; administrator for community mental retardation services in Tennessee, 1977-1986; school psychologist and classroom teacher in South Carolina, 1971-1977.

    Mrs Willis recieved her B.A. in English and her M.Ed in Mental Retardation from the University of South Carolina.


  • Parkway Towers, Suite 130
    404 James Robertson Pkwy
    Nashville TN 37243
    615-253-5369

  • wanda.willis@tn.gov