Bredesen Names Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | 10:00am
NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today named appointments to 21 state boards and commissions.
“The state of Tennessee is very fortunate to have citizens like these 45 men and women who are willing to serve the state through its boards and commissions,” Bredesen said. “They will be valuable additions to the respective boards they have been appointed to represent, and I appreciate their commitment and willingness to serve.”
Appointment terms vary based on statutory recommendations or term limits specified by geographic or other qualifications. The appointments are as follows:
Advisory Council for the Education of Students with Disabilities
Christine Lloyd-Burkes, Memphis
Tonya Watson, Memphis
Board for Licensing Alarm Systems Contractors
John Keith Harvey, Jackson
Board of Barber Examiners
Mether Joe Jones, McKenzie
Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Wayne E. Hinkle, Jefferson City
Civil Service Commission
John Ray Clemmons, Nashville
Energy Efficient Schools Council
Mike Gundersen, Manchester
Governor’s Citizen Corps Advisory Committee
William “Curtis” Hayes, Jr., Livingston
Patrick O’Brien, Knoxville
Larry L. Triplett, Knoxville
Health Services and Development Agency
Charlotte C. Burns, Savannah
Keep Tennessee Beautiful Advisory Council
Virginia G. “Happy” Birdsong, Madison
Marjorie Jean “Marge” Davis, Mount Juliet
Sandra S. Ennis, Tullahoma
Cindi L. Smith-Walters, Murfreesboro
Polysomnography Professional Standards Committee
Madelyn K. Cunningham, Pegram
Sam Davis Memorial Association Board of Trustees
John Bratcher, Murfreesboro
Jerry Oxsher, Smyrna
Tennessee Career and Technical Education Council
Hale Moss, Old Hickory
Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
Leon D. Caldwell, Collierville
Tennessee Community Services Agency Board of Directors
Vijayasshree R. Reddy, Decaturville
Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
Barron A. Garrett, McMinnville
Tennessee Duck River Development Agency
James L. Bailey, Jr., Mount Pleasant
Joanne Pogue, Columbia
Eugene Ray, Shelbyville
Thomas A. Smith, Shelbyville
William R. Walter, Columbia
Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation Board of Directors
Lowell W. Perry, Jr., Franklin
Tennessee Ethics Commission
Charles H. Farmer, Jackson
John K. King, Knoxville
Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration Labor Advisory Council
Charles R. Rains, Dunlap
Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council
Linda W. Copas, Nashville
Kelly Sanders, Pleasant View
Debbie Kay Shahla, Brentwood
Sue B. Shaw, Hendersonville
Volunteer Tennessee
Richard A. Dixon, Christiana
W. Kenneth Hall, Memphis
Mani S. Hull, Brentwood
Emily Ann Jones, Knoxville
LeRoy E. “Bubba” McIntosh, Nashville
Elizabeth Jane McKnight, Maryville
Justin Michael Ross, Memphis
Virginia Brianna Tidwell, Burns
Tracy Hornsby Van de Vate, Knoxville
Deborah Ann Wydra, Clarksville
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