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Staff Directory



Division
Name Position

Email.Address@state.tn.us

Phone(615)

Executive Division
Richard Rhoda Executive Director 741-7561
Lovella Carter Executive Secretary II 741-7562
Academic Affairs
Linda Doran Associate Executive Director, Academic Affairs 741-6289
Betty Dandridge Johnson Assistant Executive Director, Academic Affairs 741-7573
Bettie Teasley Director of Academic Affairs and Interagency Grants 741-7572
Charles Menifield Maxine Smith Fellow 253-8873
Fiscal Affairs
Jim Vaden Associate Executive Director, Fiscal Affairs 741-7575
O.W. Higley, Jr. Assistant Executive Director of Fiscal Affairs and Information Technology 532-9846
Jason Cavender Director of Higher Education Administrative and Fiscal Services 532-8303
Russ Deaton Director of Fiscal Policy and Facilities Analysis 532-3860
Stephanie Steele Assistant Director of Fiscal Policy and Facilities Analysis 741-7578
Shanta Wilson Assistant Director of Higher Education Administrative and Fiscal Services 741-7576
Corsina Wiley Higher Education Administrative Budget Analyst II
532-8301
Patsy Majors Accounting Technician I 741-7574
Susan Douglas Administrative Secretary 532-8849
Tiffany Geasley Information Resource Support Specialist III 532-8251
Heather King Information Resource Support Specialist II 532-8842
Christine Luce Graduate Assistant 741-7570
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Will Burns Associate Executive Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs 741-7571
Rosie Padgett Administrative Assistant IV
741-3605
Postsecondary School Authorizaton
Stephanie Bellard Assistant Executive Director, Postsecondary School Authorization 532-7495
Ronald Williams Director for Postsecondary School Authorization 253-6286
Dick Mansfield Assistant Director of Postsecondary School Authorization 532-7493
Tamara Dodd Investigations Officer 253-6289
Lee Cunningham Investigations Officer 253-3197
Teresa Warren PSA Technical Educational Specialist 253-6285
Eboni Wiley Educational Specialist III 741-8797
Vacant Educational Specialist III
Melissa Stevenson Executive Secretary II 741-5293
Angela Jones Graduate Assistant 253-8858
Dionno Taylor Graduate Assistant 253-8859
Chineze Onuaguluchi Graduate Assistant 253-1494
Veterans Education
Tom Morrison Assistant Executive Director of Veterans Education 741-7569
Debbie Gardner Director of Veterans Education 741-3606
Frank Cowherd Educational Specialist III 741-3607
Bob Purvis Educational Specialist III 741-7568
Workforce Investment Act
Rosevelt Noble Director of Workforce Investment Act 741-7577
Nina Webster Technical Educational Specialist 253-5678
Sandy Kinslow, Jr. Technical Educational Specialist 253-6287
Kristen Pryor Educational Specialist III 253-8860
Policy, Planning, and Research
David Wright Associate Executive Director, Policy, Planning and Research 532-3862
Chris Brewer Director of Student Information Systems 741-7566
Erin O'Hara Director of Planning and Research 532-0410
Takeshi Yanagiura Director of Research 532-8017
Chris McDavid Associate Director of Student Information Systems 532-6613
Gopal Ojha Data Management Specialist
741-7563
Katrina Miller Research and Planning Analyst 532-7977
Emily House Graduate Assistant 741-3055
GEAR UP
Deborah Boyd Associate Executive Director for P-16 Initiatives 532-0406
Troy Grant Director of Student Outreach and Counselor Support 532-0423
Stephanie Bolton Regional Coordinator - GEAR-UP (West - TN) (731) 286-3585 ext. 23
Flora Craig Regional Coordinator - GEAR-UP (East - TN) (423)
232-5282
Kathleen Tone Research and Planning Analyst 741-1765
Wendy Tabor Public Relations Specialist 532-0419
Maria Meador Administrative Assistant III 532-0402
Douglas Brock GEAR-UP Intern 532-0428