Council Members

The Council on Developmental Disabilities is made up of Governor-appointed private citizens who either have a disability or are family members of a person with a disability.  Council members represent the cultural and geographic diversity of Tennessee.  The Council also has representatives of State agencies that are connected with disability policy and services in the state.

• Ryan Durham, Council Chair - Lawrenceburg
  
• Brent Wiles, Vice Chair - Nashville
• Clancey Hopper, Leadership Committee Chair - Lebanon
  
• Sarah Cripps, Public Policy Committee Chair - Smithville
  
• Edward Mitchell, Communications Committee Chair - Jackson
  
• Alicia Hall, Audit Committee Chair - Cordova
  
• Molly Anderson - Chattanooga
• Kim Boyd - Martin
• Shontie Brown - Memphis
  
• Kezia Cox - Knoxville
  
• Will Edwards - Knoxville
  
• Diamond Grigsby - Murfreesboro
• Faith Henshaw - Gainesboro
• Chrissy Hood - Pulaski
  
• Courtney Johnson - Johnson City
• Debbie Miller - Murfreesboro
  
• Sara Miller - Jackson
  
• Evelyn Roach - Johnson City
• Brigham Scallion - Bells
  
• Bliss Welch - Harrison
• Martez Williams - Nashville
  

Commissioners/Representatives of State Government Departments and Agencies and their designees in parentheses

• Commissioner Brad Turner (Jordan Allen) Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds, (Alison Gauld) Department of Education
• Commissioner Clarence Carter, (Kevin Wright/Julie Johnson) Department of Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Commissioner Marie Williams, (Mark Liverman) Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
• Commissioner Dr. Ralph Alvarado, MD, FACP (Jacqueline Johnson) Department of Health
• Chief of Long-Term Services and Supports Katie Moss, (Shannon Nehus) Division of TennCare
• Executive Director Richard Kennedy, (Russette Marcum-Embry) Commission on Children and Youth
• Executive Director Ralph Perrey, (Don Watt) Tennessee Housing Development Agency
• Executive Director James Dunn, Commission on Aging and Disability

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Pablo Juarez, Co-Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

Bruce Keisling, Ph.D., Executive Director, UT Health Science Center for Developmental Disabilities

Protection and Advocacy Agency

Lisa Primm, Executive Director, Disability Rights Tennessee

Community Nonprofit

Allie Haynes, Membership Manager, Rural Health Association of TN