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Workforce Development Board

Mission Statement

Workforce Development Board Minutes

Mr. Wallace G. Grills, Chair
Tele-Optics, Inc.
Kingsport, Tennessee
John Majors
Mr. John T. Majors
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Mr. James Barnes, Vice Chair
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Mr. Iliff McMahan, Jr.
Cocke County Mayor
Newport, Tennessee
Mr. Jerry R. Anderton
UTU (United Transportation Union)
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Mr. Gary R. Miller
Miller Construction, Inc.
Jackson, Tennessee
Kristee Bell
Ms. Kristee Bell
Memphis, Tennessee
Rep. Richard Montgomery
Sevierville, Tennessee

Sen. Andy Berke
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mattie Moran
Ms. Mattie Moran
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mr. Craig S. Butler
Lexington, Tennessee
Mr. James Neeley
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Guy Z. Derryberry
United Auto Workers and Saturn Corporation
Columbia, Tennessee
Ms. Kay Nixon
Thelma Dunlap
Ms. Thelma Dunlap
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Brad Parish
CPS, Inc.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Mr. John W. Greeter
Greeter Building Center
Monteagle, Tennessee
Ms. Deborah Reed
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Memphis, Tennessee
Mr. Edgar Ray Groves
Ed Groves Leasing, Inc.
Cunningham, Tennessee
Elaine Sanford Ms. Elaine Sanford
Memphis, Tennessee
David Hayes
Mr. David Hayes
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Ms. Yolanda E. Shields
Faith-Based Education & Training Institute
Caring Resource & Metro Action Commission Head Start
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Patricia B. James
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Mr. Kenny Smith
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mr. James Kerley
Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council
Mr. Charles Story
Inroads, Inc.
Brentwood, Tennessee
Mr. Matt Kisber
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Ellen Thornton
Tennessee Business Roundtable
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Gina Lodge
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Human Services
Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Timothy Webb
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Deidre Carter Malone
Carter Malone Group, LLC
Memphis, Tennessee
Ms. Sandra B. Woods
Humboldt, Tennessee