Haslam appoints 20 members to advisory boards for University of Tennessee system

Gov. Bill Haslam speaks with Orange Grove Center Director of Adult Services Tera Roberts, left, during a visit to the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Gov. Haslam released the fifth annual report by the Employment First Task Force during the visit, which shows the task force's efforts to increase employment for people with disabilities.
Gov. Bill Haslam speaks with Orange Grove Center Director of Adult Services Tera Roberts, left, during a visit to the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Gov. Haslam released the fifth annual report by the Employment First Task Force during the visit, which shows the task force's efforts to increase employment for people with disabilities.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday appointed 20 members to the new advisory boards for each of the four campuses within the University of Tennessee system: The University of Tennessee at Knoxville; The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; The University of Tennessee at Martin; and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

The advisory boards were created under the UT FOCUS Act passed by the General Assembly last session.

"These board members will positively impact the multiple and diverse campuses that comprise the UT system," Haslam said in a news release. "We wanted members who could focus their attention on the individual campuses and respond nimbly to the specific needs of each institution."

The UT advisory board members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the General Assembly. Each board is comprised of five public members, one faculty member and one student member.

The governor's appointees are as follows:

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

  • The Honorable Muecke Barker, Signal Mountain
  • Fred Decosimo, Signal Mountain
  • Serina Desai, Chattanooga
  • Carole Hoffman, Hixson
  • Scott LeRoy, Chattanooga

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

  • Vicky Gregg, Chattanooga
  • Lynn Massingale, Knoxville
  • The Honorable Mark Norris, Collierville
  • Michael Ugwueke, Germantown
  • Phil Wenk, Brentwood

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Alexia Poe, Nashville
  • Tom Smith, Nashville
  • John Tickle, Bristol
  • Syreeta Vaughn, Knoxville
  • Tim Williams, Knoxville

University of Tennessee at Martin

  • Hal Bynum, Sharon
  • Monice Hagler, Memphis
  • Art Sparks, Union City
  • Kyle Spurgeon, Jackson
  • Julia Wells, Jackson

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