Meet the Leaders of JA East Tennessee
JA’s influential board of directors is comprised of senior executives and business leaders who represent diverse facets of our local economy. In the quest to position JA as a vital educational force for children, they are willing and able to deliver their own organization’s resources and influence others to do the same.
Executive Board
Chairman of the Board — Brandon Bruce, Co-Founder of Cirrus Insights
Past-Board Chair — Shannon Harper, Vice President & COO Harper Auto Square
Secretary — Christa Early, Staffing Solutions – Area Market Development Manager
Treasurer — Eric Elliott, Elliott Advisory Group – MBA/ CPA
Grant Rosenberg, Denark Construction – Vice President Business Development
Lisa Rottmann – Stowers Machinery
Tamara Boyer – East Tennessee Foundation – Legal Counsel & VP for Advancement
Travis Edmondson, FirstBank – Knoxville Area President
Anne Rochester, NAI Koelle RM Moore – CFO
Callie Archer, Junior Achievement of East TN – President
Board of Directors
Chris Allen, Tennessee Smokies – President & COO
Robert Barger, First Century Bank – President & CEO
Lita Belcher, Lita Belcher Interior Design – Owner
Steven Brooks, SL Tennessee, Asst. Manager of Sales
Mike Cohen, Cohen Communications Group, Owner
John Curry, Regal Entertainment Group – Senior Vice President
Kristine Davenport, The Trust Company of Tennessee, Relationship Manager
Curtis Dukes, Total Building Solutions, LLC
Zach Farrar, Regions Bank – Trust Officer
Brittany Ford, Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Portfolio Manager
Leslie Godfrey, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Senior VP & Financial Advisor
Harry Gross, SunTrust Bank, Knoxville President
Erin Harlow, Michael Brady, Inc., Principal Architect
Andy Lowe, LBMC, Knoxville Market Leader
Andrew Murr, Barge Waggoner – Vice President
Courtney Potts, First Tennessee Foundation – Community Investment Coordinator
Kris Tatum, Citadel Construction & Old Forge Distillery, Executive Vice President of Business Development
Peter Ullrich, Ullrich Printing – Owner
Patrick Wade, TCAT Knoxville, Assistant Director