Page Header
Board of Directors
President
Betti Wilson, MS
Advisor
BW Medical Solutions
225 McDonald Road
Sweetwater, TN 37874
423-337-0217
bjwilson11@gmail.com

Immediate Past President
Deborah O. Murph, RN
Regional Vice President of Operations
Cherokee Health Systems, Inc.
2018 Western Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921
423-587-7337
deb.murph@cherokeehealth.com

President-elect
Bill Moats
Chief Executive Officer
Ocoee Regional Health Corporation
PO Box 308
Benton, TN 37307
423-338-8995
bmoats@ocoeerhc.com

Secretary
Jill Beason,
RN, BSN
Regional Director for Community Services
Mercy Health Partners
Baptist Riverside Tower
101 Blount Avenue, Suite 210
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-549-4518
jbeason@mercy.com

Treasurer
Frank Shelton
Adjunct Professor
Lipscomb University
1117 Culpepper Circle
Franklin, TN 37064
615-591-2205
shelton7500@msn.com


Directors
Michael R. Caudle, MD

Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Governmental Relations
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
62 South Dunlap
Memphis, TN 38163
901-448-4910
mcaudle@mc.utmck.edu

Joellen Edwards, PhD, RN

Center for Nursing Research

ETSU College of Nursing

Box 70551

Johnson City, TN 37614-1707

423-439-4055

edwardsj@etsu.edu


Walter Fletcher, MD
Martin Medical Center
117 Kennedy Drive
Martin, TN 38237
731-587-9511
fritzlum68@yahoo.com


Joe Florence, MD

Director of Rural Programs

ETSU Dept. of Family Medicine

Box 70621

Johnson City, TN 37614

423-439-4685

florencj@mail.etsu.edu


Danny Gardner, COO

Chota Community Health

PO Box 278

Madisonville, TN 37877

423-442-7268

dgardner@chotahealth.org


Eddie Graham

School Health Coordinator

Union County Schools

3006 Maynardville Hwy.

Maynardville, TN 37807

865-992-5466 ext. 113

grahame@ucps.org


Sandy K. Halford, MSN, RN
Adjunct Faculty, ETSU College of Nursing
2123 Bell Road
White Pine, TN 37890
865-621-7317
cdcsandyk@bellsouth.net

Sandy Hayes, MPH
Regional Administrator
Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department
804 N. Parkway
Jackson, TN 38305
731-927-8522
shayes1122@charter.net


Lisa A. Heaton, RN
Assistant Vice President
Johnson County Community Hospital
1901 S. Shady Street
Mountain City, TN 37683
423-727-1111
heatonla@msha.com

Randall C. Kirby
Director
Macon County Emergency Medical Services
30 Weldon Drive
Lafayette, TN 37085
615-666-2324
emsdirector@maconems.com

Patrick Lipford
Director, Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
TN Department of Health
425 5th Avenue North, 6th floor
Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37243
patrick.lipford@state.tn.us
Ex-Officio

Art Miller

County Director

Anderson County Health Dept.

710 N. Main Street, Suite A

Clinton, TN 37716

865-425-8820

artLmiller@comcast.net


Paula Postai, RN, MPH, CHES

The Health Peddler

3545 Cherokee Rd.
Jonesborough, TN 37659

paula.postai@gmail.com

cell: 423-534-1593


Donna Roddy, MSN, RN
Regional Nurse Liaison
BlueCross BlueShield of TN
801 Pine Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-535-6458
donna_roddy@bcbst.com

Myrtle Russell
Program Coordinator
West TN Area Health Education Center, Inc.
PO Box 572
Somerville, TN 38068
901-465-6183
myrtlerussell@bellsouth.net

Cindy Siler

Chief Executive Officer
The Rural Partnership
500 Interstate Blvd. South, Suite 203
Nashville, TN 37210
615-242-7872
cindy.siler@theruralpartnership.com
Ex-Officio


Elizabeth R. Smith, DPh

Pharmacist

U-Save Drugs

4017 Hwy. 66, Suite 7

Rogersville, TN 37857

423-272-6408

smithe@charter.net


Lois Snow, M.Ed.
Coordinated School Health
Loudon County Schools
100 River Road
Loudon, TN 37774
865-986-2036 x 4608
snowl@loudoncounty.org

Ray E. Stowers, D.O.

Vice President and Dean

Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine

6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway

Harrogate, TN 37752

423-869-7077

ray.stowers@lmunet.org


Darlene Swart, MS
Vice President/Director of the TN Center for Patient Safety
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA)
500 Interstate Blvd. South
Nashville, TN 37210
615-401-7460
dswart@tha.com