The board of directors is the main leadership of the Foundation. Each board member serves a three-year term and has the option to roll off after three years or stay on for an additional three years. The board of directors meets six times each year.

In order to ensure strong leadership outside of the bimonthly board meetings, the board developed an executive committee that meets every month. The Foundation also has an advisory board, which provides support and informed guidance. Advisory board members are encouraged to attend the board meetings and are utilized on a case-by-case basis.

HSF 2010 Executive Committee

John Berry, HSF Board Co-founder
Owner, Blount Hearing and Speech Services

Amanda Horn, HSF Board President
Financial Center Leader, Assistant Vice-President, BB&T
Community involvement: Member of Forest Hill Baptist Church and high school girls Sunday school teacher
Current or past board positions: Secretary ABWA Athens chapter

Christian Dickson, HSF Board Treasurer
Banking Network Branch Manager, BB&T
Community involvement: Rotary International, past vice president of BNI - North Knoxville

Lolita Kressin, HSF Board Secretary
Retired speech pathologist, Knox County Schools
Current or past board positions: chair of subdivision social events, past Knox County Association of Talented and Gifted, founding member and past president for six years as well as director of “Super Saturday” enrichment classes, chair of church bazaars

Kristina Burkhalter
Tennessee Therapy Solutions, Inc.  
Community involvement: Children’s Advocacy Center board member, United Way Professionals Committee, Blount Memorial Foundation Gala 2007, Ten Dollar Club
Current or past board positions: Children’s Advocacy Center PR committee, fundraising and events committees

Roma Renfro
Retired teacher for the deaf
Community involvement: Carriage Association of America, Four-in-Hand Club

The Hearing and Speech Foundation 2010 Board of Directors

Alan Boeckmann
CEO & President, Fluor Daniels Corporation

Dick Evans
Community involvement: Maryville First Baptist Church deacon and Sunday school teacher, Blount Memorial Foundation Advisory Board, director and chairman of Foothills Bank and Trust, Maryville Surgery Center board member, United Way

Bob Hasentufel
Owner, Bob Hasentufel Productions, Inc.
Community involvement: AAAF – Advertising Federation, American Marketing Association, Leadership Blount 1999, Experience your Smokies 2006, Knoxville CEO Roundtable
Current or past board positions: Past Blount Chamber Board Director, current board member of Alcoa City Schools Foundation

John Hinkle
Senior Vice President & Manager, Governmental Banking & Treasury Management, First Tennessee Bank
Community involvement: board member, Golf Tournament chair, campaign major firms chair ’07, campaign chair ’09 for United Way

Robert McLean
Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee
Community Involvement: Knoxville Track Club, University of Tennessee Track Official, Treasurer - Erin Presbyterian Church, Girl Scout Cookies, Past president of the Knoxville Racquet Club

Terri Parsons
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Resources of East Tennessee
Community involvement: member of the Mental Health Association, Junior League, Clinical Social Work Federation, and Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church

Leslee Rook
Knox County Schools

Lisa Hood Skinner
Senior Vice President, Ackermann Public Relations
Community involvement: 11-year board member Society of Professional Journalists and past president of local chapter, Current board member Knoxville Advertising Federation, Past board member of Oak Ridge YWCA board, and Florence Crittenden Agency

Carole Cavender Witt, Ph.D.
Guidance Counselor, William Blount Middle School
Community involvement: Adjunct Professor at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee Counseling Association, Tennessee School Counselor Association, American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, and Chi Omega Alumni Association
Current or past board positions: Past chair positions: Monroe County Year of the Child, Chi Omega Rush, Board of Directors of Happy Hill Pre-School and Nursery and Children’s Services at First United Methodist Church in Madisonville

Bill Womac
Owner, Boyd Thomas Clothing
Community involvement: Chamber of Commerce, Maryville Arts Coalition Board, member of Fine Arts Blount

The Hearing and Speech Foundation 2010 Advisory Board

Tutt Bradford, HSF Co-founder
Joy Bishop
G. Wilson Horde
Fred Lawson
Ron Nutt
Bill Parsons
Dick Ray
Ed Rayson
Susie Robertson
Jim Rose