2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Chair
David Arning, President, Lawson Family Foundation
Vice Chair
Mark Walker, Chief Financial Officer, Knoxville Utilities Board
Treasurer
Phillip Furlong, Wealth Manager, Regions Bank
Secretary
Anna Justice, Senior Wellbeing Strategist, Clayton Homes
Past Chair
Nancy Friedrich, Community Volunteer
Officer At-Large
Cara Knapp, Architect, OYSK3 Architects
Officer At-Large
Laura Seymour, Community Volunteer
DIRECTORS
Kaleb Buckner, Marketing Director, ProfitSolv
William Coley, Attorney, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC
Richie Gandy, East Tennessee Market Leader, CBI
Hitch Gilchrist, Project Manager, Merit Construction
Ross Goodman, Relationship Manager, First Bank
Felix Harris, COO, Knoxville Area Urban League
Eric Lutton, District Public Offender, Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office
Ken Knight, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Hotel
Greg Marret, Founder, Marret & Company
Darrell Murrell, Retired Veteran
Alison Oakes, Business Development, Prince Technologies
Kristin Reed, Business Development Manager - Technology Staffing & Workforce Solutions, StaffSource
Ragan Schriver, PsyD, MSW, Assistant Professor and Director MSSW Program, University
of Tennessee Knoxville
Eboni Winford, PhD, MPH, Director of Research and Health Equity, Cherokee Health Systems