Board of Directors

Leadership Knoxville Board of Directors

Board Leadership

CHAIR

Tom Catani (’07)

Vice President – Sales
U.S. Cellular

CHAIR-ELECT

Avice Evans Reid (’95)

Senior Director – Community Relations
City of Knoxville

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Greg Gilbert (’14)

Shareholder & Practice Leader – Knoxville
LBMC

ALUMNI CHAIR

Tolly Harris (’19)

Vice President – Customer Care
Jewelry Television

COMMUNITY IMPACT CHAIR

Dr. Bill Fox (’92)

Director – Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research
University of Tennessee

CONNECT KNOX CHAIR

John Tolsma (’13)

CEO
Knowledge Launch, LLC

CURRICULUM CHAIR

Robert Baird (’16)

Senior Vice President
FirstBank

DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

Jerry Bodie (’05)

EVP & COO
White Realty & Service Corporation

FACILITATION CHAIR

Connie Hutchins (’88)

President / Designer
Temptations, Inc.

GOVERNANCE CHAIR

Chip Finn (’12)

Partner
Kramer Rayson LLP

INTRODUCTION KNOXVILLE CHAIR

Gayle Bustin (IK’13)

Community Volunteer

LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE SCHOLARS CHAIR

Tiffany Gardner (’11)

Senior Vice President
First Horizon Bank

SELECTION CHAIR

Alan Carmichael (’00)

COO / President
Moxley Carmichael

YOUTH LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE CHAIR

Dr. Anthony Wise (’13)

President
Pellissippi State Community College

At-Large

Pastor Daryl Arnold (’16)

Senior Pastor
Overcoming Believers Church

At-Large

Patrick Birmingham (’11)

Vice President – Philanthropy
Covenant Health

At-Large

Leslye Hartsell (’09)

Manager – Communications and Environmental Stewardship
Knoxville Utilities Board

At-Large

Shannon Harper (’15)

President & Dealer Principal
Harper Auto Square

Lifetime Honorary Members

Bill E. Arant (’85)
Retired Bank Executive

Donna M. Cobble (’85)
Community Volunteer

Jim A. Haslam, II (’85)
Chairman of the Board
Pilot Corporation

Dale A. Keasling (’85)
Retired President & CEO
Home Federal Bank

Bill B. Sansom (’85)
Chairman and CEO
The H.T. Hackney Company