2024 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Board of Directors

President
Barry Cooper, MS
Executive Director
JACOA


Past President

Jackie Cavnar, MBA

Executive Director
Tennessee Psychiatric Association


Secretary 
Brenda B. Jones, PhD, MSN,

CNM, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC
Lee University School of Nursing

 
Treasurer 
Cynthia Chafin, M.Ed, MCHES®

Director, MTSU Center for Health
and Human Services

President Elect
Anna M. Hurt, MPH
District Coordinator
Anderson County Schools
West Tennessee Vice President
Erica Johnson-Lockett, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer 
West Tennessee Healthcare- Bolivar

Middle Tennessee Vice President
Leslie Brasfield, RN
Coordinated School Health
Manchester City Schools


East Tennessee Vice President    

Thomas Kincer, MD
Associate Dean for Rural and
Community Programs, ETSU


Desireè Kelly, DrPH
Workforce Strategies Manager
TN Primary Care Association



Walter Fletcher, MD
Hinds Clinic

 
Freda Russell, RN
CEO/CNO
Ascension Three Rivers Hospital 


Sherry Scruggs, RN, BSN
Milan General Hospital Admin.
Gibson County Facility Director


Beth Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAFP     
Associate Dean/Chief of Staff
East TN State University


Rev. Sarah Wells
Bristol Lifestyle Recovery


Lisa Beasley, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor, Community
Health & Population Health, UTHSC

 

Linda Nelms, PhD, MPH
Coordinator for Workforce Training
Walters State Community College


Douglas Wong, MBA     
Administrator
NHC Healthcare


Morgan McDonald, MD     
National Director of Public Health
Milbank Memorial Fund


Audrey Gilliam
Outreach Specialist 
Project Transition




Tina Pilgreen, MS (ex-officio)
Director, State Office of Rural Health   


Andrew Burnett, MBA, MHA (ex-officio)   
Vice President Workforce Strategies
Tennessee Center for Health
Workforce Development


Jacy Warrell, MPA (ex-officio)
Chief Executive Officer
Rural Health Association of Tennessee