Our Leadership Team

Board Chair

Clarence Vaughn, III
University of Tennessee

Immediate Past Board Chair
Brandon Parks
IMG-Vol Network

Board Treasurer, Finance & Operations Chair, and Board Chair-Elect
Jim LaPinska
Northwestern Mutual

Board Secretary & YLC Chair
Amie Cohorst
Axle Logistics

President & CEO
Matt Ryerson
United Way of Greater Knoxville

Branding and Messaging Chair
Tim Wirtz
PKA Marketing

DEI Chair
Brian Brooks
Eternal Marketing Group

Nominations Committee Chair
Shanna Browning
First Century Bank

Outcome Based Investments Chair
Traci Taylor
Shafer Insurance

Transformational Investment Plan Co-Chair
Jeremy Jennings
Jennings Immigration Law Office

Transformational Investment Plan Co-Chair
Tommy Dodson
Leidos

General Counsel
Todd Skelton*
HF Capital

Media Consultant
Jeff Lee*
Community Advocate

*non-voting member

Jaime Bagwell
First Horizon Bank

Tony Benton
Tennova Healthcare

John Billings
TCV Trust & Wealth Management

Gabe Bolas
Knoxville Utilities Board

Angela Conner
Truist Bank

Dasan Dix
Regions Bank

David Fountain
Tennessee Valley Authority

Dr. Keith Gray
University of Tennessee Medical Center

Nadim Jubran
InLieu, LLC

Dale Keasling*
Home Federal Bank

Annette Lindstrom Brun
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tracy Lyash
Community Advocate

Karen Massey
Kreative Events

John McCulley
Community Advocate

LaKenya Middlebrook
City of Knoxville

Chris Parrott
FirstBank

Chancellor Donde Plowman
University of Tennessee

Frank Rothermel
Denark Construction

Javiette Samuel
University of Tennessee

Thomas (Tommy) N. Schmid
Bank of Tennessee

Liz Stowers
Community Advocate

Beth Weissfeld
WBIR-TV

Robin Wilhoit
WBIR-TV

*non-voting member