University Administrative Officers
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Administrative Officers
University
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission
President
Sidney A. McPhee, Ed.D.
Executive Vice President and Provost
Kaylene Gebert, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
John W. Cothern, J.D.
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and
Vice Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services
Debra K. Sells, Ed.D.
Vice President for Development and University Relations
William J. “Joe” Bales, M.S.
Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of
Graduate Studies
Michael Allen, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences
Thomas J. Cheatham, Ph.D.
Dean, Jennings A. Jones College of Business
E. James Burton, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Continuing Education and
Distance Learning
Mike Boyle, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, College of Education and
Behavioral Science
Harold D. Whiteside, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
John N. McDaniel, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Mass Communication
Roy Moore, Ph.D.
Dean, College of University Honors
John R. Vile, Ph.D.
Dean, Walker Library
Don Craig, M.L.S.
Katie Winchester, Chair, Dyersburg
Jack Murrah, Vice-Chair, Hixon
Dale Sims, Vice-Chair, State Treasurer
A.C. Wharton Jr., Secretary, Memphis
Riley C. Darnell, Secretary of State
John Morgan, Comptroller
Robert White, Johnson City
Charles Mann, Columbia
Sue Atkinson, Nashville
Gregory P. Isaacs, Knoxville
Carolyn Morrison, Cookeville
Cato Johnson, Bartlett
Gary Nixon, nonvoting ex officio, Executive Director,
State Board of Education
David C. Holt, voting ex officio, University of Tennessee–Memphis
Jessica Brumett, nonvoting ex officio, Tennessee Technological
University
The Tennessee Board of Regents
Phil Bredesen, Governor and Chair
Gionni Carr, Student Regent
Agenia Clark, 7th Congressional District
Janice Donahue, Faculty Representative
Gregory Duckett, 9th Congressional District
John Farris, At-Large West Tennessee
Ken Givens, Commissioner of Agriculture
Judy T. Gooch, 3rd Congressional District
Matthew Harris, Student Representative
Jonas Kisber, 8th Congressional District
Fran Marcum, 4th Congressional District
Paul W. Montgomery, 1st Congressional District
Pamela Fansler, 2nd Congressional District
Millard Oakley, 6th Congressional District
Tim Webb, Acting Commissioner of Education