Executive Committee
Dr. Edna Varner
Board Chair
Ken Jones
EPB – CI Chair
Chris McKee
McKee Foods – Campaign Chair
Patricia Russell
Hamilton County Schools – Secretary
Jim Catanzaro Jr.
Chambliss, Bahner, and Stophel, P.C. – Governance Committee Chair
Jay Dale
First Horizon Bank – Vice Chair
Tom White
Immediate Past Board Chair
Tom Glenn
Elders Ace Hardware – Former Treasurer
Amber Cambron
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee – Advocacy Chair
Personnel Committee
Dr. Edna Varner
Board Chair
Jay Dale
First Horizon Bank – Vice Chair
Tom White
Immediate Past Chair
Governance Board
All governance board members are independent, voting members.
Russ Blakely
RBA Benefits
Amber Cambron
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Jim Catanzaro Jr.
Chambliss, Bahner, and Stophel, P.C.
Jay Dale
First Horizon
Jon Paul Davis
HHM CPA Firm
Patti Dungan
Community Advocate
Angela García
CulturAlly Consulting
Tom Glenn
Elder’s ACE Hardware
Paulo Hutson
A Medida Communications LLC
Amanda Jelks
Jelks Law Chattanooga
Dionne Jenkins
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union
Althea Jones
TVA
Ken Jones
EPB
DeJuan Jordan
LAUNCH
Patricia Russell
Hamilton County Schools
Kenneth Smith
Avondale Neighborhood Association President
Michael St. Charles
Chambliss, Bahner and Stophel, P.C.
Tom White
UNUM
Edna Varner
Board Chair
Advisory Board
Steve Angle
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Charles L. Arant
Community Advocate
Caroline Bentley
Community Advocate
Anne Bradshaw
Women United
Scott L. Brown
GE Appliances
Jim Coppinger
Hamilton County Government
Ryan Crimmins
Lawson Electric
Jeff DeLoach
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Alnoor Dhanani
Double Cola
Scott Fosse
Community Advocate
Varsha Ghodasra
Morris, Manning, & Martin, LLP
Christy Gillenwater
Chattanooga Area of Commerce
Judy Graham
Sequatchie Valley Head Start
Elaine Harper
Hamilton County Department of Education
Tom Hayslett
Miller & Martin
Brent Hinson
Volkswagen
Everlena Holmes
Community Advocate
Bryan Johnson
U.S. Xpress
Sam Jones
Bancorp South
Taylor Jones
Whiteboard
Mary Killbride
Community Advocate
Ian Leavy
Volkswagen
Michael Lebovitz
CBL Properties
Michael Mathis
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Tom McCallie
Community Advocate
Donna McConnico
Signal Centers
Don Mueller
St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital
Helen Pregulman
Community Advocate
Damon Raines
Walker County Schools
Matt Royal
Unum
Cam Scearce
Community Advocate
Jeremy Scruggs
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Chris Sislo
HHM Wealth Advisors
Dr. Elaine Swafford
CGLA
Taylor Clark
Chattanooga Faith and Work
Shalin Tejani
Legacy Dental Group
Joda Thongnopnua
City of Chattanooga
Jim Vaughn
Suntrust Bank
Caroline Walker
Pinnacle
Gary Watkins
IBEW Local 175
Miller Welborn
Welborn and Associates
Bruce Zeiser
Southern Champion Tray
Andrew Zito
Chattanooga Lookouts
Chris Sands
City of Chattanooga
Tom Greenholtz
City of Chattanooga