2022 Officers and Executive Committee
Chair
Leigha Witt
ORISE
Chair-Elect
Harry Boston
Boston Government Services
Past Chair
Buddy Heins
Merit Construction
Treasurer
Ryan Overton
GEM Technologies, Inc.
Member at Large
Gerald Boyd
Member at Large
Steve Jones
Consultant
Member at Large
Stacey Patterson
University of Tennessee
Member at Large
Cortney Piper
Piper Communications
Member at Large
Bill Tindal
CNS
Active Past Chairs
Eric Abelquist, Tom Ballard, David Bradshaw, Sherry Browder, Bonnie Carroll, Alan Icenhour, Alan Liby, Tom Rogers, Barry Stephenson, Cathy Toth, Chris Whaley, and Bob Van Hook.
2022 Board of Directors
Darrell Akins, Akins Public Strategies
Ken Barry, S&ME
Sasha Benjamin, ORUD
Jeremy Biggs, Methodist Medical Center
Harry Boston, Boston Government Services
Paul Clay, RSI
Deb Crawford, University of Tennessee
Katie Dignan, Kairos Power
Mark Ellison, Jacobs
Spencer Hall, Retirement Planning Services
Joe Heckman, Energy Solutions
Steve Hicks, Cadre5
Travis Howerton, C2 Labs
Randy Inklebarger, MS Technology
Misty Mayes, Management Solutions
Scott McKinney, Centrus Energy
John McNeely, Avertium
Reed Mullins, CNS
Susana Navarro-Valenti, Navarro
Darren Osborne, Mortgage Investors Grp
Andy Page, ORAU
Bert Robinson, TVA
Ken Rueter, UCOR
Mike Schlitz, Ingenium
Jeff Slack, Leidos
Jeff Smith
Billy Stair, Stair Public Affairs
Joe Storch, Patriot Talent Solutions
Michael Thompson, ATLC
Tom Tuck, TN Bank
Lindsey Twardy, ORNL
Danni Varlan, ETCH
Jacqueline Whiteside, MPi Business Sol.
Anthony Wise, Pellissippi State Community College
Loong Yong, Spectra Tech
Thomas Zacharia, ORNL
Partnering Organizations
Anderson County Chamber of Commerce
Blount Partnership
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge
CROET
ETEBA
ETEDA
Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board
Knoxville Chamber
Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce
The Roane Alliance
State of Tennessee Economic & Community Development