About Us
Board
Mr. Jim Haslam II
Chairman, Founder, Pilot Corporation, Member, University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, Knoxville, TN
Dr. Donde Lee Plowman
Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Marianne Wanamaker
Executive Director, The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Dr. Michael Adams
President Emeritus, University of Georgia
Ms. Cynthia Baker
Daughter of Senator Baker
Mr. Darek Baker
Son of Senator Baker
Mr. Patrick Butler
President and CEO, Association of Public Television Stations, former Vice President of The Washington Post, and presidential speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford
Dr. Jimmy Cheek
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ambassador AB Culvahouse
Former US Ambassador to Australia, Chair of O’Melveny & Myers, White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan alongside then Chief-of-Staff Howard H. Baker Jr.
Mr. David Golden
Chief Executive Officer, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Research Corporation
Mr. Thomas Griscom
Retired Executive Editor, Chattanooga Times Free Press, former Director of Communications, President Ronald Reagan
Dr. Theresa Lee
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Joe Mazer
Dean, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ambassador Margaret Scobey
Former US Ambassador to Syria and Egypt
Mr. Don C. Stansberry, Jr.
Attorney (retired), Stansberry, Petroff, Marcum & Blakley; business advisor and real estate developer; UT Board of Trustees, Huntsville, TN
Mr. John Tolsma
Founder, Knowledge Launch
Dr. Thomas Zachariah
Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Emeritus Board Members
The Center would also like to acknowledge the contributions of previous members of the Board, including:
The Honorable Philip Bredesen Jr.
Former Governor of Tennessee and Mayor of Nashville, TN
Sarah Keeton Campbell
Attorney, Special Assistant to the Solicitor General and the Attorney General
Dr. Wayne Davis
Former Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Honorable Albert Gore Jr.
Former Vice President of The United States and US Senator for Tennessee
Dr. Joseph E. Johnson
Former President, University of Tennessee
Mr. William Johnson
Former President and CEO, Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Fred Marcum
Former Senior Advisor to Senator Baker
Ambassador George Cranwell Montgomery
Former US Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman
Ms. Regina Murray
Real Estate Specialist, One in Four
Dr. Lee Riedinger
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and director of The Bredesen Center
The Honorable Don Sundquist
Former Governor of Tennessee and US Congressman, Townsend, TN
Dr. Robert Waller
Former President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
