Board of Directors

The Knoxville Chamber’s overall direction and policy stances are guided by our Board of Directors, chaired by Dave Miller.

A member of the board leads each of the organization’s five councils: Business Climate, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship/Small Business, and Talent.

  • All
  • Administration
  • Economic Development
  • Finance and Operations
  • Investor Development
  • Investor Experience
  • Investor Relations
  • Regional Enhancement
Dave Miller

Chief Operating Officer
of Regional Banking,
First Horizon Bank

Chair

Wes Stowers

Chairman,
Stowers Machinery Corporation

Past Board Chair

Randy Jenkins

CFO,
Partners Development

Treasurer

Mark Mamantov

Member, Bass Berry & Sims

General Counsel

Nikitia Thompson

Owner/Broker, Realty Executives-
Nikitia Thompson Realty, LLC

Board Secretary

Debbie Billings

Commercial Realtor, Heritage Realty

Vice Chair, Infrastructure

Harry Boston

President/CEO,
Boston Government Services, LLC

Vice Chair, Business Climate

Marty Brown

President and CEO, PYA, P.C.

Vice Chair, Entrepreneurship/Small Business

Rob Stivers

Market Executive, Regions Bank

Vice Chair, Talent

Jim VanderSteeg

President and CEO, Covenant Health

Vice Chair, Economic Development

Myles Baker

Director of Safety
Risk and Environments,
HouseSmart Construction
(Division of Clayton Homes)

Heather Beck

Vice President and
Director of Communications,
BarberMcMurry Architects

Patricia Bible

President, Founder & CEO,
KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc.

Jim Biggs

Executive Director, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Ex Officio - Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Katy Brown

Manager, Community
Engagement and Protocol,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Claudia Caballero

President and CEO, Centro Hispano
de East Tennessee

Ex Officio - Centro Hispano
de East Tennessee

Chris Caldwell

CFO/Co-Chief of Staff, Knox County Government

Kelli Chaney

President, TCAT Knoxville

Kim Ciukowski

Senior Vice President,
Treasury Management Manager,
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Jay Cobble

Partner/Broker,
Providence Commercial Real Estate

John Cook

President & CEO, Cook Bros. Homes

Louis Cortina

CFO and Director of Operations,
MBI Companies, Inc.

Alfonso Cruz

Owner, Spray-Net Knoxville

Susan Dakak

President, Smart Views, LLC

Jamie Davis

Vice-President Fiber Deployment & Chief Technology Officer,
Knoxville Utilities Board

Matthew DeBardelaben

Sr. Associate Broker, Avison Young

Ex Officio - Downtown Knoxville Association

Stephen Deucker

Vice President & General Manager, Vision Center, Cirrus Aircraft

Jessica Emert

AVP Corporate Relations,
ORNL Federal Credit Union

Steven Godbold

Vice President Operations & Chief Operating Officer, East Tennessee Children's Hospital

Tanika Harper

Founder/CEO,
Shora Foundation

Joe Hoagland

Vice President, Innovation and Research, TVA

Charles Houston

Vice President Business Development, Edison Electric

Mike Howard

CEO Emeritus,
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

David Hunt

President & General Manager, WBIR-TV

Nadim Jubran

Owner, InLieu

Matthew Kittrell

Director, CGI

Jamie Landis

VP of Team Member Experience,
Pilot Company

Cheryl Light

General Counsel & Senior Vice President, Home Federal
Bank of Tennessee

Dr. Charles F. Lomax

President/CEO,
Knoxville Area Urban League

Ex Officio - Knoxville
Area Urban League

Dr. Mohamed Mahfouz

President/CEO,
tmCMF, LLC

Misty Mayes

CEO, Management Solutions, LLC

Bridgett McMahan

President, Besco

John McNeely

President/Founder,
The McNeely Group

Steve Merrell

Sales and Marketing Director, Eagle Distributing Company

Jordan Mollenhour

Co-CEO, Mollenhour Gross, LLC

Dr. Susana Navarro

President/CEO,
Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc.

Davis Overton

Senior Vice President, White Realty
and Service Corporation

Grant Rosenberg

Chief Operating Officer,
City of Knoxville

Matt Ryerson

President & CEO,
United Way of Greater Knoxville

Ex Officio - United Way
of Greater Knoxville

Deana Sanabria

Director of Government Sales, Expoquip, Inc.

Matthew Scoggins

Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dr. James Shamiyeh

Executive Vice-President
and Chief Operating Officer,
The University of Tennessee
Medical Center

Brian Simmons

Owner, Simmons Property Group, LLC

Ex Officio - Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority

Richard Stair

Design Manager, Texas Instruments

Abhijit (AV) Verekar

President, Avero Advisors

Patrick Wilson

President/CEO,
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority

Mary Katherine Wormsley

Senior Vice President, Hatcher-Hill Properties, LLC

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