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 — Shannon Harper, Vice President & COO Harper Auto Square
Secretary — Anne Rochester, NAI Koelle RM Moore – CFO
Treasurer — Eric Elliott, PYA – Tax Principal
Grant Rosenberg, Denark Construction – Vice President Business Development
Lisa Rottmann – Stowers Machinery
Tamara Boyer, US Bank – Private Client Group
Travis Edmondson, First Bank – CEO
Christa Early, Staffing Solutions – Area Market Development Manager
Callie Archer, Junior Achievement of East TN – President
Board of Directors
Chris Allen, Tennessee Smokies – President & COO
Robert Barger, First Century Bank – President & CEO
Brandon Bruce, Cirrus Insight – COO, Co-Founder
John Curry, Regal Entertainment Group – Senior Vice President
Curtis Dukes, Total Building Solutions, LLC
Zach Farrar, Regions Bank – Trust Officer
Becky Huckaby, Metropolitan Knoxville Airport, Vice President Public Relations
Thomas Hayden, Consolidated Nuclear Security – Senior Director, Safeguards & Security
Marsha Hollingsworth, Philanthropist
Susan Law, The Trust Company of Knoxville – Vice President
Hoppy Merryman, Anderson County Schools – GEAR UP Anderson County Coordinator
Andrew Murr, Barge Waggoner – Vice President
Tim Romero, Enterprise Holdings – Regional Vice President
Frank Rothermel, Denark Construction – President
Stephen Russell, First Tennessee Bank – Vice President, Trust
Bear Stephenson, Stephenson Auction & Realty – Owner
Michael Strickland, Bandit Lites – CEO & Chairman
Kris Tatum, Citadel Construction, Vice President of Business Development
Terry Turner, All Occasions Party Rentals – Owner
Peter Ullrich, Ullrich Printing – Owner
Casey Williams, Wal-Mart Clinton – Store GM