Volunteer Leadership

Chairman of the Board
Sharon Pryse
The Trust Company of Knoxville

Regional United Way Committee Chair
Darrell Akins
AkinsCrisp Public Strategies

Nominating Committee Chairman
Bert Bertelkamp
Bertelkamp Automation, Inc.

Secretary
Terrence Carter
Community Volunteer

Vice Chairman of the Board
Communications/Marketing Chairman
Bill Evans
WATE 6

Legal Counsel
Bruce Foster
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC

Labor Participation Chairman
Debbie Helsley
Communications Workers
of America, Local 3805

President & CEO
Ben Landers
United Way of Greater Knoxville

Transformation Committee Chairman
Melanie Robinson
ImagePoint

President United Way
Monday Foundation
John Smartt Sr.
Ambrose, Wilson, Grimm & Durand

Vice Chairman of the Board  
2007 Campaign Chairman
Bob Talbott
Holrob Investments LLC

Allocations Committee Chairman
Rosalyn Tillman
Pellissippi State Technical
Community College

Vice Chairman of the Board
Community Impact Chairman
David Williams
WMAK Television

Treasurer and
Finance Committee Chairman
Rick Zivi Jr.
Novinger, Ball & Zivi, PC


 
Members of the Board

Vince Ayub
Knoxville City Government

Jeremy Biggs
St. Mary's Health System, Inc.

Stan Bowie
The University of Tennessee

Charlene Burt
UT-Battelle Oak Ridge National Lab

Chad Clabough
Covenant Managed Care

Donna Cooper
First Tennessee

Cynthia Finch
Knox County Mayor's Office

Eli Fly
Community Volunteer

Jerrod Gaertner
AmSouth Bank

Henrietta Grant
Community Volunteer

Denise Harvey
The University of Tennessee

Alvin Nance
Knoxville's Community
Development Corporation

Amy Nolan
Greater Knoxville Business Journal

Scott Owens
Wal-Mart

Lee Thomas
Lakeshore Mental Health

Jeannine Ugarte
Community Volunteer

Loida Velazquez
Hispanics in Education & Training

Alan Williams
WVLT Volunteer TV

Saadia Williams
The Race Relations Center
of East Tennessee

Harold Woods
Steelworkers Organization
for Active Retirees (SOAR)

Sylvia Woods
Office & Professional Employees
International Union Local #144