President
Dr. J. Wade Gilley
800 Andy Holt Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-2241
wade-gilley@utk.edu
Mr. William B. Sansom, Vice Chairman
H. T. Hackney Company
Post Office Box 238
Knoxville, Tennessee 37901
Sansom represents the second congressional district on the Board. He chairs the finance committee and serves on three other committees: executive, health affairs, and student affairs. He is chairman and chief executive officer of H. T. Hackney Company in Knoxville.
Appointed 1986
Term expires 2001
Ms. Johnnie D. Amonette
665 South Willett
Memphis, Tennessee 38104-4932
Amonette represents the ninth congressional district. She lives in Memphis and co-chaired the UT College of Medicine portion of the 21st Century Campaign. She chairs the Board's development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee, is vice chairman of the academic committee, and serves of the health affairs committee.
Appointed 1995
Term expires 2001
Ms. Barbara C. Castleman
1167 Shady Grove Road
Martin, Tennessee 38237-8109
Castleman, a UT Martin graduate, represents Weakley . She lives in Martin, where she is a businesswoman and substitute teacher. She serves on three Board committees: academic, agriculture, and public service and university relations.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
Mr. B.C. "Scooter" Clippard
2315 Abbott Martin Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
Clippard lives in Nashville and is President and CEO of Ayers Development Company, LLC, a newly-formed company designed to spearhead the development of FirstBank locations. Clippard is a graduate of UTK with a B.S. in Education. He serves on the agriculture, health affairs, and public service and university relations committees.
Appointed 1998
Term expires 2003
Mr. Charles E. Coffey
3732 Maloney Road
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
Coffey is chairman and chief executive officer of Nationwide Express Inc. in Shelbyville. He graduated from UTK in 1956 and represents the fourth congressional district. He is vice chair of the executive committee and a member of the agriculture committee and the faculty and staff affairs committee.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
Roger W. Dickson, Esq.
Miller & Martin
Volunteer Building
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2289
Dickson represents the third congressional district and is an attorney with Miller and Martin in Chattanooga. He graduated from the University of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga's predecessor, in 1967, and from the College of Law at UT Knoxville in 1971. He chairs the Board's academic committee, is vice chair of the finance committee, and serves of the faculty and staff affairs committee.
Appointed 1991
Term expires 2000
Mr. J. Steven Ennis, President
Coca Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc.
Post Office Box 1750
Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388
Ennis is president of Coca Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma Inc. He represents Anderson, Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore, and Warren counties on the Board. He serves on the finance, academic, and student affairs committees.
Appointed 1988
Term expires 2000
Mr. Amon Carter Evans
Rattle 'N Snap
1522 North Main
Columbia, Tennessee 38401
Evans represents the seventh congressional district. He lives in Columbia, Tennessee, and is a former chief executive officer of the Nashville Tennessean and of Newspaper Printing Corporation. He is a member of the Board's executive and agriculture committees and vice chair of its committee on public service and university relations.
Served 1973-79
Appointed 1984
Current term expires 2000
Ms. Emily Graham
65 N. Arcadian Circle #204
Memphis,Tennessee 38103
Graham is the 1998-99 student member of the Board. She is a member of the class of 2000 at the College of Medicine at UT Memphis. Graham serves on the Board's academic, agriculture, and student affairs committees.
Appointed 1998
Term expires 1999
Mr. James A. Haslam, II, President
Pilot Oil Corporation
Post Office Box 10146
Knoxville, Tennessee 37939-0146
Haslam is founder and chairman of Pilot Corporation, headquartered in Knoxville. He graduated from UTK in 1952. He is chairman of the executive committee, vice chairman of the development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee, and a member of the health affairs committee. He represents Knox County on the Board.
Appointed 1980
Term expires 2001
Mr. Jerry L. Jackson
P. O. Box 807
Dyersburg, Tennessee 38025-0807
Jackson, a 1962 UTK graduate, is director of sales for M.A. Hanna Rubber Compounding in Dyersburg. He represents the eighth congressional district on the Board. He is vice chair of the student affairs committee and a member of the executive and finance committees.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
Mr. E. Carl Johnson
310 25th Avenue, North
Suite 209
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Johnson represents the sixth congressional district. He is chief operating officer of Life Trust America. Johnson serves a chair of the Board's public service and university relations committee and is a member of the academic and finance committees.
Appointed 1993
Term expires 1999
Mr. Tom Kerney
101 Greenwood Lane
Kingsport, Tennessee 37663
Kerney, a 1959 UTK graduate, is a retired builder/developer in Kingsport. He represents the first congressional district. He chairs the Board's faculty and staff affairs committee and is a member of the agriculture committee, the development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee, and the public service and university relations committee.
Appointed 1995
Term expires 1999
Mr. Frank J. Kinser
East Brainerd Lumber Company
6001 Lee Highway
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
Kinser is vice president of East Brainerd Lumber Company in Chattanooga. He is an alumnus of the University of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga's forerunner. He represents Hamilton County and is vice chairman of the Board's agriculture committee. Kinser also serves on the development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
Mr. R. Clayton McWhorter
Clayton Associates
310 25th Ave., N., Suite 109
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
McWhorter is chairman and chief executive officer of Clayton Associates. He lives in Nashville and represents Davidson Country on the Board. He chairs the health affairs committee and also serves on the development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee and the finance committee.
Appointed 1993
Term expires 1999
Arnold E. Perl, Esq.
Young & Perl, P.C.
One Commerce Square
Suite 2380
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Perl lives in Memphis, where he is an attorney and president of Young and Perl. He represents Shelby County on the Board. Perl is a member of the academic; development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations; and health affairs committees.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
Dr. Richard Rhoda
Interim Executive Director
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Parkway Towers, Suite 1900
404 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Rhoda is executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. He is an ex officio member of the Board and serves on the academic, student affairs, and faculty and staff affairs committees.
Dr. Leonard Share
512 Nash Research Building
The University of Tennessee, Memphis
894 Union Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38163
Share is the 1998-99 faculty representative on the Board. He is a professor of physiology and biophysics at UT Memphis. Share serves on three Board committees: academic, faculty and staff affairs, and student affairs.
Appointed 1998
Term expires 1999
Mrs. Lucy Y. Shaw
Common Denominator, Inc.
9160 Highway 64
Suite 12
Lakeland, Tennessee 38002
Shaw represents Shelby County. She lives in Memphis and is a consultant and lecturer. Shaw is vice chair of two Board committees: health affairs and faculty and staff affairs. She also serves on the development, alumni affairs, and governmental relations committee.
Appointed 1996
Term expires 2002
The Honorable Jane Walters
Commissioner of Education
6th Floor, Gateway Plaza
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Walters is Tennessee's commissioner of education and an ex officio member of the Board. She is a member of three committees: academic, faculty and staff affairs, and student affairs.
The Honorable Dan Wheeler
Commissioner of Agriculture
Ellington Agricultural Center
Box 40627, Melrose Station
Nashville, Tennessee 37204
Wheeler is Tennessee's commissioner of agriculture and an ex officio member of the Board. He is a UT Knoxville graduate. Wheeler chairs the agriculture committee and also serves on the faculty and staff affairs committee and the public service and university relations committee.
Mrs. Susan Richardson-Williams
The Ingram Group
610 South Gay Street
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Williams lives in Knoxville where she is a principal of the Ingram Group. She is a UTK graduate and represents Knox County on the Board. She chairs the student affairs committee and serves on the executive and health affairs committees.
Appointed 1995
Term expires 2001