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Commissioner's Office
Title Name
Commissioner Leslie A. Newman
Deputy Commissioner John F. Morris
Deputy Commissioner Mary G. Moody
Communications Director Christopher Garrett
General Counsel Elizabeth Martin
Internal Audit Director John Williams
Legislative Director Elizabeth Merkel
Administration
Title Name
Assistant Commissioner Steven Majchrzak
Chief Fiscal Officer Robert Wright
Information Systems Director J. Paul Hartbarger
Personnel Director Shannon Parker
Consumer Affairs
Title Name
Director Mary Clement
Assistant Director E. Ross White
Fire Prevention
Title Name
Assistant Commissioner Jim Pillow
Public Fire Information Officer Jeff Huddleston
Administrative Services Director Chris Bainbridge
Bomb and Arson Director Jerry Rudden
Codes Enforcement Director Vacant
Fire Fighting Commission Director Terry Woody
Electrical Inspections Director Marcus Pipkin
Manufactured Housing Director Darlene Warren

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Executive Director Roger Hawks
Fire Service Program Director Karl Thompson
Codes Enforcement Program Director Linda Lichtenberger
Administrative Services Manager Harold Young
Facility Administrator Fred Sims
Marketing Coordinator Karen D. Alexander
Insurance Division
Title Name
Assistant Commissioner Larry C. Knight, Jr.
Financial Affairs Director Mark Jaquish
Agent Licensing Director Brenda Sechler
Actuarial Services Director Shawn Kiser Hawk
Chief Examiner Philip Blustein
Life and Health Actuarial Howard Magill
Consumer Insurance Services Director Vickie Trice
Tennessee Emergency Communications Board
Title Name
Executive Director Lynn Questell
Auditor Robert McLeod
Assistant to the Executive Director Vanessa Williams
Director- Government External Affairs Monica Smith-Ashford
Accounting Manager James Barnes
Director of E-911 Technical Service Rex Holloway
General Counsel Vacant

Regulatory Boards and Commissions

Assistant Commissioner - Steven Majchrzak

Board Phone Director
*=Interim Director
Accountancy 615-741-2550 Mark Crocker
Architects & Engineers 615-741-3221 John Cothron
Alarm System Contractors 615-741-6382 Cody Vest
Auctioneers 615-741-1741 Charlie Patterson
Barber 615-741-2515 Beverly Waller
Collections 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock*
Contractors 615-741-8307 Carolyn Lazenby
Cosmetology 615-741-2515 Beverly Waller
Employee Leasing 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock*
Funeral/Cemetery 615-741-5062 Robert Gribble
Geology 615-741-3611 Donna Moulder
Home Inspectors Licensing 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock*
Land Surveyors 615-741-3611 Donna Moulder
Locksmith Licensing Program 615-741-6382 Cody Vest
Motor Vehicle Commission 615-741-2711 Donald Trotter
Private Investigation & Polygraph 615-741-6382 Cody Vest
Private Probation Service 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock*
Private Protective Services 615-741-6382 Cody Vest
Real Estate Appraisers 615-741-1831 Nikole Avers
Race Track Licensing Program 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock*
Real Estate Commission 615-741-2273 Eve Maxwell
Scrap Metals Licensing Program 615-741-1741 Donna Hancock
Securities
Title Name
Assistant Commissioner Daphne D. Smith
Chief of Broker-Dealer, Agent & Investment Adviser Registration Larry D. Burton
Chief of Enforcement Dale B. Clements
Chief of Securities Registration Cora M. Alston
T.L.E.T.A. & P.O.S.T.
Title Name
Director Brian Grisham
TennCare Oversight
Title Name
Assistant Commissioner Lisa Jordan
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Department of Commerce & Insurance
500 James Robertson Parkway
Davy Crockett Tower
Nashville - Tennessee 37243-0565
615-741-2241
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