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Gov. Haslam appoints Mayor Beehan to state air pollution board

Posted at 11:49 am February 16, 2014
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Tom Beehan

Tom Beehan

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan to the state Air Pollution Control Board.

It was one of 91 appointments to 45 state boards and commissions announced by the governor’s office on Thursday.

“Tennessee will be well-represented on these boards and commissions, and I want to thank these men and women for their commitment to serve their fellow Tennesseans,” Haslam said.

A press release said the governor continues his evaluation of the state’s complete range of boards and commissions to ensure Tennesseans have a government that is responsive, effective, and efficient.

Appointment terms are varied due to differing statutory requirements or term limits determined by specific qualifications. Here is the list of appointments:

Advisory Committee on Credit Life Insurance Rates

  • Howard Magill, Mount Juliet

Advisory Council for the Education of Students with Disabilities

  • Brian Brown, Lenoir City
  • Cynthia Cheshier, Knoxville
  • Kyle Hauth, Soddy Daisy
  • Chantal Hess-Taylor, Cordova
  • Jeffrey Ker, Brentwood
  • Mary Meador, Hendersonville
  • Hillary Sims, Nashville

Advisory Council on State Procurement

  • Michelle Lane, Nashville
  • Rick Peppers, Nashville

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation

  • Sandra Fletchall, Millington
  • Keith Graves, Franklin
  • James Hale, Sparta
  • John Harris, Knoxville
  • Samuel Murrell, Memphis
  • Gregory Ramos, Franklin

Air Pollution Control Board

  • Tom Beehan, Oak Ridge
  • John Benitez, Arrington

Board for Licensing Alarm Systems Contractors

  • Keith Harvey, Jackson

Board of Boiler Rules

  • Glenn Cunningham, Cookeville

Board of Communication Disorders and Sciences

  • Julie Crosby, Nashville
  • Kimberly Vinson, Nashville

Board of Dietitian and Nutritionist Examiners

  • Susan Brantley, Knoxville
  • Abbie Kozomara, Nashville

Board of Examiners in Psychology

  • David Mathis, Murfreesboro

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

  • Robert Helms, Lexington

Board of Ground Water Management

  • Brian Campbell, McKenzie

Board of Nursing

  • Leslie Akins, Murfreesboro
  • Martha Buckner, Brentwood
  • Janell Cecil, Knoxville
  • Lee Ann Stearnes, Memphis
  • Juanita Turnipseed, Nolensville

Board of Osteopathic Examination

  • Michael Wieting, Tazewell

Board of Parole

  • Gay Gregson, Jackson

Board of Physical Therapy

  • David Finch, Maryville
  • David Harris, Ooltewah

Board of Social Worker Licensure

  • Kenya Anderson, Memphis
  • Julia Axley, Hixson
  • Adrienne Newman, Nashville
  • Tara Watson, Hendersonville

Commission on Aging and Disability

  • Rita Baumgartner, Brentwood
  • Darryl McGuire, Jackson

Committee on Physician Assistants

  • Donna Lynch, Franklin
  • Bret Reeves, Clarksville

Education Commission of the States

  • Claude Pressnell, Franklin

Governor’s Council for Armed Forces, Veterans, and Their Families

  • Tonia Hardyway, Nashville
  • Deborah Hillin, Nashville
  • Janet Morris, Mount Juliet

Post-Conviction Defender Oversight Commission

  • Keith Bowers, Elizabethton

Private Probation Services Council

  • Stancil Ford, Talbott

Sam Davis Memorial Association Board of Trustees

  • William Nash, Arrington

Southern Regional Education Board

  • Krissy DeAlejandro, Knoxville

State Board of Accountancy

  • Charlene Spiceland, Memphis

State Board of Cosmetology

  • Lisa Murray, Oakland
  • Courtney Williams, Cane Ridge

State Soil Conservation Committee

  • Regina Miller, Crossville

State Workforce Development Board

  • Walter Butler, Huntingdon
  • Chris Mason, Harriman
  • Stuart Price, Nashville

Statewide Independent Living Council

  • Brian Tippit, Indian Mound

Tennessee Arts Commission

  • Jan Ramsey, Chattanooga

Tennessee Auctioneer Commission

  • Bobby Colson, Mount Juliet
  • Ronnie Colyer, Ten Mile

Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

  • Genesis Hardin, Knoxville
  • Petrina Jones-Jesz, Cane Ridge
  • Steven Neely, Nashville
  • Glenda Terry, Cookeville

Tennessee Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision

  • Kathleen Starnes, Nashville

Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities

  • Dawn Fry, Cookeville
  • Renee Lopez, Gallatin
  • Deborah McBride, Wildersville
  • Tecia Pryor, Smithville
  • Deborah Riffle, Humboldt

Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission

  • Connie King, Clarksville

Tennessee Foreign Language Institute

  • Jason Hernandez, Germantown

Tennessee Heritage Conservation Trust Fund Board

  • Pete Claussen, Knoxville
  • Drew Goddard, Nashville
  • Charles Hankla, Nashville

Tennessee Human Rights Commission

  • William Coleman, Johnson City

Tennessee Real Estate Commission

  • Marcia Franks, Franklin

Tennessee Regional Megasite Board of Directors

  • Leslie Sigman, Ripley

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

  • Keri McInnis, Nashville

Underground Storage Tanks and Solid Waste Disposal Control Board

  • Jared Lynn, Hermitage
  • David Martin, Hermitage
  • DeAnne Redman, Greenbrier

Utility Management Review Board

  • Jim Hunter, Mount Juliet

Volunteer Tennessee Commission

  • Julie Hembree, Knoxville
  • Kathy Myers, Greeneville
  • Wanda Perry, Jackson
  • Matt Ryerson, Cleveland
  • Amy Walter, Nashville

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