Tennessee Advisory Committee

These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Tennessee benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy.

Hon. Phillip N. Bredesen Jr. Hon. William “Bill” H. Frist Co-Chairs Governor U.S. Senate, (1995-2007) (2003-2011) Majority Leader, (2003-2007)

Rev. Russ Adcox Douglas Berry Chase Cole Maury Hills Church Miller & Martin PLLC Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis Senior Minister Attorney Partner Federal Republic of Germany Samar Ali Erin Coleman* Honorary Consul Vanderbilt University Erin Coleman Law Co-Chair of Project on Unity & American Emily Blackledge Attorney at Law Democracy, Research Professor of Law & African Leadership Sherith Colverson Political Science President URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) Millions of Conversations Catherine Boettner Government/Stakeholder Relations President & CEO Strategic & Transition Planning, Family Dr. Stephen Cook Calvin F. Anderson Business Second Baptist Church of Memphis Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Consultant Senior Pastor Senior Vice President Charlotte Bowers Pace Cooper Dr. Sanmi Areola Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County Cooper Hotels Metro Public Health Executive Director President & CEO Deputy Director of Health Amelia Bozeman Elizabeth Seigenthaler Courtney John Aron Business Education Partnership Foundation DVL Seigenthaler The Pasta Shoppe Executive Director Managing Partner and President President Oscar Brock Chelsea Crawford Tiffany Atkinson Stone Fort Properties, LLC Tennessee Department of Education Freedom’s Promise Developer, Real Estate Broker and Property Chief of Staff Executive Director Manager Wayne Culbreth* Hon. Muecke Barker Douglas J. Brown OPS-FUEL, Inc. Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, PC Brown & Tatro, PC Co-Founder & CEO Of Counsel Senior Partner Advon Healthcare, Inc. Tennessee Supreme Court Hon. Paige Brown Founder Chief Justice (1995-2009) City of Gallatin Yuri Cunza Sam Bartholomew* Mayor Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Adams & Reese, LLP Stuart Brunson Commerce Chairman Bluebird Homecare, Inc. President & CEO Hon. Fabian Bedne Chairman & CEO Eddie Davidson Nashville Metro Council Lt. Gen. John G. Castellaw* Piedmont Natural Gas Former Councilmember Farmspace Systems Senior Manager, Government Relations- John Bell President and CEO Tennessee Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation U.S. Marine Corps Bob Davis President Retired RDJ Group Allison Bender Kay Caudle President Mercy Community Healthcare Smith Travel Research, Inc. Hon. Karl Dean Director of Development General Counsel, VP of Corporate City of Nashville Management Hon. Andy Berke Mayor (2007-2015) City of Chattanooga Steven Cervantes Bob Dennis Mayor K Street Capital Partners Genesco CEO Chairman, President & CEO Williamson County Democratic Party Executive Committee Tennessee Advisory Committee

Chris Devaney Frank Garrison Colonel Sam Hatcher* The Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti C-III Capital Partners Tennessee National Guard Former Executive Director President Retired Tennessee Republican Party Anubis Advisors Main Street Media Chairman (2009-2015) Vice President Chairman Office of U.S. Senator Bob Corker Island Capital Group Lisa Haynes State Director (2007-2009) Executive Managing Director Chattanooga State Community College Island Global Yachting Wally Dietz Former Chief Innovation Officer CEO Bass, Berry, Sims PLC Dr. Douglas Heimburger Member Tim Gehring Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Vice President Joseph A. DiPietro Associate Director for Education and Bridge Public Affairs University of Tennessee Training Former President Hon. Bill Gibbons Rob Hoskins Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Bruce Dobie DVL Seigenthaler President Dobie Media, Inc. Vice President State of Tennessee President & CEO Former Commissioner of Safety & Hayley Hovious Stan Doerr Homeland Security Nashville Health Care Council Blood:Water President Steve Gill Executive Director Gill Media Tari Hughes Colleen Dudley Founder & CEO Center for Non Profit Management Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee President & CEO Sam Goff State Executive Director Independent Bank Dr. Galen Hull Dr. Jenny Dyer VP Mortgage Loan Originator HULL International, LLC Hope Through Healing Hands Memphis Council for International Visitors President Executive Director Board of Directors Tennessee State University Vanderbilt University Former Dean of International Affairs Hon. Many-Bears Grinder* Lecturer State of Tennessee Mary Katherine Hunt Julie Ellis Former Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Justice & Mercy International Butler Snow LLP Tennessee Army National Guard Executive Director Attorney Colonel (1989-2011) Donnie Hutcherson Chris Ferrell Mark Hackett Henderson, Hutcherson & McCullough, SouthComm, Inc. Operation Broken Silence PLLC CEO Executive Director Managing Partner Edward “Ted” Fischer Richard Hagemeyer Bradley Jackson Mani+ and Director Agmark Intermodal Systems Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Founder Owner & President Industry Vanderbilt University, Center for Latin President Justin Hall American Studies Maryville-Alcoa Rotary Club Hon. Mina Johnson Professor of Anthropology President Nashville Metro Council Bobby Frank Former Councilmember Ron Harr Frank Global Strategies BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee Peter Jones Managing Partner SVP, Human Resources and Public Affairs Schneider Electric Mark Freedman Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce VP for International Sales & Business Jewish Federation of Nashville & Middle Former President & CEO Development Tennessee Cordia Harrington Thomas Jones Executive Director The Bakery Companies Research Electronics International Jim Frierson Founder & CEO Co-Owner & General Manager Compass Innovation Larry Harrington Nancy Keil-Culbertson Founder Novigo, Ltd. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Abe Gaskins Chairman Tennessee MGM Industries Senior Vice President of External Affairs President Chris Kelly Emergency Physician Partners Chairman, President and CEO

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Dr. David Kemme Tony McLarty Surendra Ramanna University of Memphis Delek U.S. Holdings TRC Worldwide Engineering Professor and William N. Morris Chair of Vice President, Community Relations and Chairman & CEO Excellence Government Affairs Rabbi Philip Rice Brock Kidd Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Congregation Micah Pinnacle Financial Partners Middle Tennessee State University John Rowley Senior Vice President President Fletcher Rowley, Inc Matt Kisber Stephen E. Meyer Partner Silicon Ranch Corporation Meyer Transportation Consultants, Inc. Dr. M. David Rudd President & CEO Founder and President University of Memphis Hon. Jim Kyle Keith Miles President Tennessee State Court Shelby County McNeely, Pigott & Fox Mindy Ruffalo Chancellor Partner International Business Consultant Tennessee State Senate Anis Mnif State Senator (1983 – 2014) Lt. Cdr. Patrick Ryan* Tennessee State University U.S. Navy Matt Largen College of Business Retired Williamson, Inc. Director of the Office of Graduate Programs Tennessee World Affairs Council President & CEO John W. Moore Founder & President Todd Lawrence Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce Jack M. Sammons Urban Green Lab Former President & CEO City of Memphis Executive Director Wade Munday Chief Administration Officer Michael I. Lebovitz The Addis Clinic J. Gray Sasser CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Executive Director Belmont University Executive VP – Development and Elizabeth A. Olim Adjunct Professor - Asian Business and Administration Olim International Political Economies Jon Lee President Frost Brown Todd, LLC The Living Water Project Member Dr. Jeff Overby President of the Board Ex-Im Bank of the U.S. Belmont University Director of Operations Former Senior Vice President for Director, Center for International Business Congressional Affairs Adam Leibowitz Hon. George Paine East Nashville Self Storage John Scannapieco Nashville Committee on Foreign Relations President Baker Donelson Former President Alta Constructors, LLC Shareholder United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle Founding Partner / Principal Global Business Team Co-Chair District of Tennessee Double A Development, LLC Former Chief Judge Karl Schledwitz Co-Founder / Principal The Southland Companies Hannah Paramore Deborah Levine Chairman Paramore Digital The American Diversity Report Monogram Foods President Editor in Chief President & CEO Award Winning Author Luis Parodi Ralph Schulz Republic Bank Dr. Ron Marston Nashville Chamber of Commerce Vice President HCCA International President & CEO Founder & CEO Dr. Cathay Payne Pastor Dan Scott Church of God in Christ La Quita Martin Christ Church Nashville Director, Global Missions National Council of Jewish Women Former Senior Pastor Vice President, Advocacy Hon. Joe Pitts Patrick Sheehy Tennessee House of Representatives Shellie G. McCain Tennessee Business Roundtable Member Cooperative Association of Tractor Dealers President President Dr. Claude Pressnell Jim Shepherd Tennessee Independent Colleges and Hon. Travis McDonough Tennessee World Affairs Council Universities Association United States District Chairman President Eastern District of Tennessee N. B. Forrest Shoaf* Judge Hon. Bill Purcell XMi High Growth and Opportunity Fund, LP. City of Nashville Managing Partner Mayor (1999-2007) 3 Tennessee Advisory Committee

Leigh A. Shockey John Threadgill Drexel Chemical Co. Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman & CEO President Kelle Shultz Carter Todd Knoxville Habitat for Humanity Kirkland’s, Inc. President and CEO Vice President and General Counsel Tod Shuttleworth Daniel Tolar HarperCollins Publishers Rescue 1 Global Senior Vice President Founder & Executive Director Rev. Mark Smith Dr. Rolando Toyos Laurel Church of Christ Toyos Clinic Pulpit Minister Founder & Medical Director Stefan Speligene Darren Tyler Roux Conduit Church Founder Lead Pastor Dwayne Spencer James Weaver Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP President and CEO Partner Kiran Sreepada Hon. A. C. Wharton, Jr. Policy Professional City of Memphis Former Mayor (2009-2015) Rev. Clay Stauffer Woodmont Christian Church Dr. Bethany Williams Senior Minister Exile international Founder Hon. Ronnie Steine City of Nashville Mike Wilson Former Metro Councilman at Large myLIFEspeaks Founder and CEO Tim Stewart Nashville United Nations Association Matthew A. Wiltshire President City of Nashville Mayor’s Office of Economic Development Theresa Swain Director Hope Restored Executive Director Art Woods Healing Hands International, Inc. Hon. Robert Swope President Nashville Metro Council Councilman Steve Young Living Waters for the World Elder Darryl Taliaferro Executive Director Mt. Zion Baptist Church Executive Pastor Mike Terry * Indicates Veteran of the Paramount Strategies U.S. Armed Forces Partner Hon. Neil Thomas III* As of August 12, 2021 The Law Firm of Thomas & Thomas Attorney at Law Raymond Thomasson Beverage Association of Tennessee President Gabrielle Thompson Free for Life International CEO & Executive Director Tom Thompson Rotary Club of Franklin President 4