Tennessee: Locals appointed to statewide boards, commissions

Gov. Phil Bredesen appointed 135 men and women to 64 state boards and commissions Wednesday, according to the Office of the Governor Communications Staff Assistant Leigh Castleman.

Names include:

* Kenny C. Smith, Chattanooga, was appointed to the State Workforce Development Board

* Beverly J. Cosley, Chattanooga, was appointed to the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

* Roger D. Gibbens, Chattanooga, was appointed to the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities

* Paul McDaniel, Chattanooga, was appointed to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission

* Cynthia Jaggers, Chattanooga, was appointed to the Tennessee Massage Licensure Board

* Winston Kyle Hauth, Soddy-Daisy, was appointed in the Advisory Council for the Education of Students with Disabilities

* Edwin Groce Vance, Soddy-Daisy, was appointed to the Board of Boiler Rules

* James Benjamin Hill, Jr., Oak Ridge, was appointed to the Compliance Advisory Panel

* Robert J. Benning, Oak Ridge, was appointed to the Mental Health and Development Disabilities Statewide Planning and Policy Council

* James Milton Barnes, Oak Ridge, was appointed to the State Workforce Development Board