Leadership Knoxville Board of Directors

BOARD LEADERSHIP 2023-2024 

CHAIR
Jerry Bodie (LK ’05)
Executive Vice President & COO
White Realty Service Corp

CHAIR-ELECT
Jan Brown  (LK ’14 / IK ’09)
Director, Ethics & Compliance and Alternate Designated Agency Ethics Official
Tennessee Valley Authority

SECRETARY
Jayne Burritt 
(LK ’17)
Administrator/CEO
The Public Building Authority

TREASURER
Andy Lowe 
(LK ’19/IK ’15)
Knoxville Market Leader
LBMC 

PAST CHAIR
Amy Cathey (LK ’05)
Executive Director, Graduate and Executive Education
Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee

GOVERNANCE CHAIR
Scott Taylor (LK ’19)
Partner
Berstein, Stair & McAdams

DEVELOPMENT CHAIR
George Wallace 
(LK ’04)
Co-Owner
Wallace Real Estate

COMMUNITY IMPACT CHAIR
Janetta Jamerson (LK ’22)
Clinical Psychologist
Your Life is Now

ALUMNI CHAIR
Nancy Barger 
(LK ’18/IK ’15)
Owner, Barger Concepts
Co-Host, Joey Tack & Nancy, WIVK-FM

FACILITATION CHAIR
Kathy Hamilton (LK ’93)
Retired
Facilitator/Consultant

SELECTION CHAIR
Mary Ellen Brewington (LK ’09)
Owner/Partner
Est8te

AD HOC – 40TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE CHAIR 
Susan Dakak (LK ’16/IK ’13)
President
Smart Views LLC

AD HOC – VISIONING DOWELL SPRINGS COMMITTEE CHAIR 
Wes Stowers (LK ’96)
Chairman
Stowers Machinery Company

At-Large

David Brace (LK ’15)
Deputy to the Mayor and Chief Operations Officer
City of Knoxville

Charles Lomax (LK ’21)
Director, Community Empowerment
City of Knoxville

Santi Sanabria (YLK ’17/IK ’21)
Sales Executive
ExpoQuip

 

Lifetime Honorary Members

Bill E. Arant (LK ’85) *1936-2021*
Retired Bank Executive

Donna M. Cobble (LK ’85)
Community Volunteer

Jim A. Haslam, II (LK ’85)
Chairman of the Board
Pilot Corporation

Dale A. Keasling (LK ’85)
Retired President & CEO
Home Federal Bank

Bill B. Sansom (LK ’85)
Chairman and CEO
The H.T. Hackney Company