Central Office Management Team

Viola P. Miller
Commissioner
office: 615-741-9699
fax: 615-532-8079

Bonnie Hommrich
Deputy Commissioner
office: 615-532-3591
fax: 615-532-8079

Elizabeth Black
Executive Director,
Office of Child Permanency
office: 615-253-4359
fax: 615-253-4717

Thomas Riche
Deputy Commissioner,
Administration and Training
office: 615-532-5554
fax: 615-532-8079

Judy Cole
Executive Director,
Office of Regional Support
central office: 615-741-9702
office: 423-854-5100

Steven Hornsby
Deputy Commissioner,
Juvenile Justice
office: 615-741-8303
fax: 615-253-1717

Mildred Lawhorn
Executive Director,
Office of Regional Support
central office: 615-741-9702
office: 731-423-5779

Tom Riss
Executive Director of Performance and Quality Improvement
office: 615-532-3440
fax: 615-253-7868

Audrey Corder
Executive Director,
Office of Family & Child Well-Being
office: 615-741-9206
fax: 615-532-6495

The Blue Ribbon Team (below) will focus on ways to get DCS out from under agency lawsuits and will work on special projects.

Randal Lea
Assistant Commissioner
office: 615-253-4360
fax: 615-253-5216

Mary Beth Franklyn
CS Program Director 3
office: 615-253-4506
fax: 615-253-5216

Michael Bowie
Executive Director,
Office of Information Systems
office: 615-532-9141
fax: 615-532-3580

Kristi Faulkner
Special Counsel to the Commissioner
office: 615-253-4688
fax: 615-532-2348

Debra Valentine
Inspector General
office: 615-741-9866
fax: 615-254-3314

William Haynes
Executive Director,
Human Resources Development
office: 615-741-7265
fax: 615-532-3586