The Foundation is governed by a 12 member Board of Trustees. The Chair, Chair-Elect and Immediate Past Chair serve one-year terms. Geographic distribution is ensured by the election of three Trustees per Grand Division (east, middle, west) who serve staggered, three-year terms.

Board of Trustees 2010-11

Chair
Harry P. Ogden, Knoxville

Chair-Elect
Charles M. Key, Memphis

Immediate Past Chair
B. Riney Green, Nashville

East Tennessee Trustees
John B. Phillips, Jr., Chattanooga
Pamela L. Reeves, Knoxville
Cynthia R. Wyrick, Sevierville

Middle Tennessee Trustees
William L. Harbison, Nashville
Donna L. Pierce, Sewanee
Michael E. Spitzer, Hohenwald

West Tennessee Trustees
Judge C. Creed McGinley, Savannah
Judge J. Steven Stafford, Dyersburg
Irma Merrill Stratton, Memphis

Past Chairs

1981-83 Wilson Sims, Nashville
1983-84 Houston Goddard, Maryville
1984-85 Walter P. Armstrong, Jr., Memphis
1985-86 William J. Harbison, Nashville
1986-87 Ray H. Moseley, Chattanooga
1987-88 James M. Glasgow, Sr., Union City
1988-89 Ward DeWitt, Jr., Nashville
1989-90 Robert R. Campbell, Knoxville
1990-91 Irvin Bogatin, Memphis
1991-92 F. Evans Harvill, Clarksville
1992-93 Robert L. McMurray, Cleveland
1993-94 Albert C. Harvey, Memphis
1994-95 David B. Herbert, Nashville
1995-96 Lowry F. Kline, Chattanooga
1996-97 Ross B. Clark II, Memphis
1997-98 T. Edward Lawwell, Columbia
1998-99 Scott N. Brown, Jr., Chattanooga
1999-00 W. Collins Bonds, Milan
2000-01 Cornelia A. Clark, Franklin
2001-02 Dalton L. Townsend, Knoxville
2002-03 J. Daniel Breen, Jackson
2003-04 Harris A. Gilbert, Nashville
2004-05 William C. Carriger, Chattanooga
2005-06 Stephen H. Biller, Memphis
2006-07 Paul B. Plant, Lawrenceburg
2007-08 Howard H. Vogel, Knoxville
2008-09 J. Steven Stafford, Dyersburg
2009-10 B. Riney Green, Nashville