2021 Officers and Executive Committee
Chair
Buddy Heins
Merit Construction
Chair-Elect
Leigha Witt
ORISE
Past Chair
Eric Abelquist
UCOR
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
Tom Ballard, David Bradshaw, Sherry Browder, Bonnie Carroll, Alan Icenhour, Alan Liby, Tom Rogers, Barry Stephenson, Cathy Toth, Chris Whaley, and Bob Van Hook.
2021 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
Larry Brede, Jacobs
Paul Clay, RSI
Larry Cutlip, Centrus
Spencer Hall, Retirement Planning Services
Joe Heckman, Energy Solutions
Steve Hicks, Cadre5
Wes Hines, UT
John Howanitz, Bechtel
Travis Howerton, C2 Labs
Randy Inklebarger, MS Technology
Misty Mayes, Management Solutions
John McNeely, Avertium
Reed Mullins, CNS
Susana Navarro-Valenti, Navarro Research and Engineering
Darren Osborne, Mortgage Investors Group
Andy Page, ORAU
Bert Robinson, TVA
Ken Rueter, UCOR
Mike Schlitz, Ingenium
Jeff Slack, Leidos
Jeff Smith, ORNL
Billy Stair, Stair Public Affairs
Joe Storch, Patriot Talent Solutions
Michael Thompson, ATLC
Tom Tuck, TN Bank
Ian Turner, The Turner Group
Danni Varlan, ETCH
Jacqueline Whiteside, MPi Business Sol.
Anthony Wise, Pellissippi State
Loong Yong, Spectra Tech
Thomas Zacharia, ORNL
Partnering Organizations
Anderson County Chamber of Commerce
Department of Energy, Oak Ridge
CROET
ETEBA
Knoxville Chamber
Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley
Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce
The Roane Alliance
State of Tennessee Economic & Community Development