OFFICERS

Chairman
Annette Winston
Communication Studies
University of Tennessee

Immediate Past Chair
Dennis Upton
Vice President
Knoxville Utilities Board

Vice Chair
Peyton Hairston
Senior Vice President
Tennessee Valley Authority

Treasurer
Frank Rothermel
President
Denark Construction

Secretary
Gwendolyn W. Brown
Vice President
BWSC

President
Phyllis Y. Nichols
Knoxville Area Urban League
 

Members

Julia Bentley
Senior V.P.
SAKS, Incorporated

Stan L. Bowie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Tennessee – College of Social Work

Russell Byrd
Director of Government & Community Affairs
Comcast Cable Communication

Tom Catani
Regional Vice President – East Operation
U.S. Cellular

Alan Chesney, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Human Resources
University of Tennessee

Lonnie Jones 
Principal
Allstate Insurance of Farragut

John Lansing
President
Scripps Networks

Cynthia Moxley
Co-President
Moxley Carmichael, Inc.

Sylvia Peters
Community Volunteer

Al Pirie
Director, Human Resources
Uster Technologies

Frank Robinson
Community Volunteer 

Jonida Robinson
Community Volunteer

Tim Romero
Regional Vice President
Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Bryan Stubblefield
V. P. Regional Manager
First Tennessee

Rosalyn Tillman
Assistant Dean, Magnolia Avenue Campus
Pellissippi State Technical Community College

Debi Welch
Director of Human Resources
Knoxville News Sentinel

James Woroniecki
Senior Vice President
DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.

Avis Young
Training Manager
UPS
 

Urban League Staff

Phyllis Y. Nichols
President & CEO

Sherman Jones, Ph.D.
Vice President for Administration and Development

Brenda Roper
Business Manager

Aaron Kyle
Director of Housing & Operations

Felix Harris
Director of Lending

Sandra Cannon
Director of Workforce Development

Donna Worthy
Director of Education, Youth & Technology

Patricia Smith
Executive Assistant to President

Jackie Robinson
Workforce Development Specialist

Chrystal Armstrong
Counselor Advocate

Patricia McDonald-Marley
Administrative Assistant

Joyce Armstrong
Receptionist

Mary Johnson
Senior Aide Receptionist

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