About Us

Executive Committee

  • Mark Cate, Chairman, Lawler-Wood
  • Sharon Hannum, Alcoa City Schools Foundation
  • Alvin Hord, Blount County Director of Schools
  • Carolyn McAmis, Maryville Board of Education Chairman
  • Matt Murray, Blount County Industrial Board
  • Dick Ray, Tennessee Board of Education
  • Jim Woroniecki, DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.

Ex-officio

  • Fred Forster, Blount County Chamber of Commerce
  • Kathy DeLozier, Blount County Chamber of Commerce

Steering Committee

  • Tom Shamblin , Alcoa Director of Schools
  • Stephanie Thompson, Maryville Director of Schools
  • Hardy DeYoung, Alcoa High School teacher
  • Renda Crowe, Carpenters Middle School teacher
  • Ginger Gilmore, Maryville Intermediate School teacher
  • Mickey McClurg, Alcoa Board of Education Chairman
  • Don McNelly, Blount County Board of Education Chairman
  • George Williams, Alcoa City Commissioner
  • Tonya Burchfield, Blount County Commissioner
  • David Graham, Blount County Commissioner
  • Monika Murrell, Blount County Commissioner
  • Joe Swann, City of Maryville Mayor
  • Teri Brahams, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
  • Bill Eanes, Pellissippi State Technical Community College
  • Jason McNeal, Maryville College
  • PJ Silver, Blount County Education Foundation
  • Barbara Jenkins, Maryville City Schools Foundation
  • Elaine Bowers, Head Start
  • Herb Meyer, Imagination Library
  • Bill Beaty, Blount County Literacy Council
  • Sandy Johnson, Alcoa Inc.
  • Joe Dawson, Blount Memorial Hospital
  • David Jordan, Clayton Homes Inc.
  • Joe Zappa, Joseph Construction Inc.
  • Melissa Copelan, Leadership Blount
  • Rick Johnson, Ruby Tuesday
  • Glenn Slater, Maryville Christian School Administrator

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