Staff Directory

The Tennessee Division of Forestry is made up of a Headquarters and four Districts:

Districts


To contact an Area Forester in your county, reference the tables below by district or click for a map of Area Foresters across Tennessee.

Scott Huff, District Forester
Ryan Morris, Asst. District Forester (Fire)
vacant, Asst. District Forester (State Forests)
P.O. Box 438, Lexington, TN 38351
Voice: (731) 968-6676, Fax: (731) 968-5356

Benton, Carroll, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley
Vacant, Area Forester (contact District Forester in lieu of)
P.O. Box 226, Dresden, TN 38225

Chester, Hardeman, McNairy
Pete Moditz, Area Forester
P.O. Box 471, Selmer, TN 38375
(731) 645-3531
 
Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Henderson, Madison
Vacant, Area Forester (contact District Forester in lieu of)
P.O. Box 438, Lexington, TN 38351

Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton
Shawn Posey, Area Forester
3570 Ebenezer Loop, Somerville, TN  38068
(901) 465-7349
   

Brian Hughett, District Forester
Michael Holder, Asst. District Forester

3497 Church Street, Burns, TN 37029
Voice: (615) 797-3117, Fax: (615) 797-3113

Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, Rutherford
Chris Carney, Area Forester
2011 Midland Rd., Shelbyville, TN 37160
(931) 224-5414 

Cheatham, Montgomery, Stewart
Caleb LaMontagne, Area Forester
1030 Cumberland Heights Road, Suite B
Clarksville, TN 37040
(931) 510-8715

 
Davidson, Robertson, Sumner, Wilson
Richard Saltzman, Area Forester
5112 Murfreesboro Rd., Lebanon, TN 37090
(615) 443-2768 

Dickson, Houston, Humphreys
Tristan Forsberg, Area Forester
500 Fire Tower Rd, Dickson, TN 37055
(615) 202-1886
 
Giles, Lawrence, Maury, Williamson
James Moore, Area Forester
57 Fire Tower Rd, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
(931) 766-1413
 
Hardin, Wayne
Paul Whaley, Area Forester
495 Main Street, Savannah, TN 38372
(731) 925-3157
 
Hickman, Lewis, Perry 
Christy Gearhiser, Area Forester
1454 Waynesboro HWY, Hohenwald, TN 38462-2246
(931) 212-9312
   

Dwayne Turner, District Forester
Joel Blackburn, Asst. District Forester (Fire)
Jeremy Albright, Asst. District Forester (State Forests)

929 West Jackson Street STE C, Cookeville, TN 38501
Voice: (931) 526-9502, Fax: (931) 526-2279

Bledsoe, Meigs, Rhea
Bryan Duggan, Area Forester
P.O. Box 384, Dayton, TN  37321
(423) 775-0251

Bradley, McMinn, Polk
vacant, Area Forester (contact District office in lieu of)
P. O. Box 59. Delano 37325
(423) 649-1506

 
Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren
vacant, Area Forester (contact District office in lieu of)
195 Firetower Ln., Morrison, TN 37357
(931) 635-2757
Clay, Overton, Pickett
Elliot Norrod, Area Forester
P.O. Box 226, Livingston, TN 38570
(931) 823-2428
 

Cumberland, Fentress
William Canfield, Area Forester
2914 Peavine Firetower Rd., Crossville, TN 38571
(931) 484-4227

Franklin, Grundy, Marion
Gary Roark, Area Forester
1657 Lower Fire Tower Rd., Sequatchie, TN 37374  
(423) 942-6408
 
Hamilton, Sequatchie, White, Van Buren
Shannon Hayes Gann, Area Forester
1327 Montlake Rd., Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
(423) 332-5335 
Jackson, Macon, Putnam, Smith, Trousdale
Jeff Thompson, Area Forester
929 West Jackson Street STE C, Cookeville, TN 38501
(931) 528-6813
 

Darren Bailey, District Forester
Nathan Waters, Asst. District Forester (Fire)
Shawn Hendrickson, Asst. District Forester (State Forests)

P.O. Box 2666, Knoxville, TN 37901-2666
Voice: (865) 594-6432, Fax: (865) 594-8907

Anderson, Knox, Sevier
Brook Smith, Area Forester
P.O. Box 2666, Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 974-5873
Blount, Loudon, Monroe
Eric Miller, Area Forester
884 HWY 70W, Lenoir City, TN 37771
(865) 986-7335
 
Campbell, Claiborne, Scott
Matt Aldrovandi, Area Forester
211 N. Indiana Ave., LaFollette, TN 37766
(423) 566-3715

Carter, Johnson, Sullivan
Danny Osborne, Area Forester
P.O. Box 906, Elizabethton, TN 37644
(423) 542-9221 

 
Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson
John Henderson, Area Forester
1250 HWY 73, Newport, TN  37821
(423) 625-4092
Grainger, Hancock, Hawkins, Union
Cody Lamb, Area Forester
773 Ridge View Rd., Bean Station, TN 37708
(865) 767-3380
 
Greene, Unicoi, Washington
Neal White, Area Forester
P.O. Box 731, Greeneville, TN 37744
(423) 787-1620
Morgan, Roane
Joe Johnson, Area Forester
4314 Roane State Hwy, Rockwood, TN 37854 
(865) 354-0258
 
East Tenn Urban Forester
Diane Warwick 
2416 Fletcher Luck Lane, Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 594-5439 
   

MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station, Nashville, TN 37204
STREET ADDRESS: Ellington Ag Center - Bruer Bldg., 406 Hogan Rd., Nashville, TN 37220
PHONE:  (615) 837-5520

David Arnold
State Forester and Assistant Commissioner (615) 837-5435
   Dyshea Brown Executive Administrative Assistant 1
(615) 837-5411
   Tim Phelps Communications and Outreach Unit Leader; PIO (615) 428-5913
Wade Waters
Assistant State Forester - Fire Management & Emergency Response Operations (615) 837-5425
   David Fiorella Fire Management Specialist - Operations (615) 837-5470
   Robin Bible Fire Management Specialist - Mitigation (615) 837-5537
   Kimberly Burch Fire Logistics Specialist (423) 742-0157
   Todd Overbay Radio Systems Analyst (865) 206-6277
   Robert Harper Radio Communications Technician (731) 377-0266
   Loyde Qualls Radio Communications Technician (931) 981-0698
   Dylan Rader Radio Communications Technician (615) 306-1812
   Jason Rickman Equipment Manager
(615) 837-5430
Heather Slayton Assistant State Forester - Grants, Forest Management, Reforestation (615) 837-5432
   Wanda Aldridge Administrative Services Assistant 2 (615) 837-5540
   Ameni Graba Procurement Officer (615) 253-2527 
   Robert Elliott Forest Health & Sustainability Unit Leader (615) 837-5552
   Phil Morrissey Forest Stewardship Forester (615) 837-5422
   Hannah Hollowell
Forest Health Forester (615) 837-5439
   John Woodcock Rural Forest Resource Management Forester (615) 837-5438
   Diane Warwick Urban & Community Forestry Partnership Coordinator
East Tennessee Regional Urban Forester
(865) 594-5439
   Ashley Kite Urban & Community Forestry Partnership Coordinator (TUFC) (615) 638-8027
   Jackie Broeker Strike Team Coordinator (615) 917-6504
   Gina Sowders
Reforestation Unit Leader (423) 368-3678
   Nick Pietrzak Water Quality/BMP Forester
(615) 981-1400
   Andy McBride State Forests Unit Leader (931) 510-1442
   Rachel Greene
Forest Data and Analysis Unit Leader (615) 837-5437
   Thomas Rowe Forest Inventory and Analysis Forester (615) 837-5437
   Cody Barrett Forest Data Systems Forester (615) 837-5426
   Andrea Maholland Real Property Agent (615) 837-5091
   David Neumann Agribusiness Consultant - Forestry (615) 837-5334
   Ward Tarkington STS Liaison (615) 837-5097