2025 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Board of Directors


President

Anna M. Hurt, MPH
District Coordinator
Anderson County Schools


Past President
Barry Cooper, MS
Executive Director
JACOA


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

 
Treasurer 
Cynthia Chafin, M.Ed, MCHES®

Director, MTSU Center for Health
and Human Services

Desireè Kelly, DrPH
Associate Director Campus
Behavioral Initiatives; Vanderbilt
Erica Johnson-Lockett, DNP
Travel Nurse


Leslie Brasfield, RN
Coordinated School Health
Manchester City Schools


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


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

Walter Fletcher, MD
Hinds Clinic

 
Rev. Sarah Wells
Bristol Lifestyle Recovery


Douglas Wong, MBA     
Administrator
NHC Healthcare

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

Audrey Gilliam
Outreach Specialist 
Project Transition


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

 
Ruby Kirby, MBA, ASN    
Chief Executive Officer
Bolivar and Camden Hospitals


Kacey Edwards, RN
Director of Rural Health
Dickson Medical Associates


Andrew Burnett, MBA, MHA   
Executive Director, Tennessee Center
for Health Workforce Development