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Board of Directors


Bill Jolley, MPA, (President)
Vice President, Rural Issues

Tennessee Hospital Association

500 Interstate Boulevard South

Nashville, TN  37210-4634

615-256-8240; fax 615-242-4803

bjolley@tha.com


Joe Florence, M.D.
Director of Rural Programs
East Tennessee State University
James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Box 70621
Johnson City, TN  37614 - 1709
423-439-4685
florencj@etsu.edu


Kathy Wood-Dobbins, CAE (Vice President)

Executive Director

Tennessee Primary Care Association

416 Wilson Pike Circle

Brentwood, TN  37027

615-329-3836 x14
fax 615-329-3823

kathy@tnpca.org

 


David Mills

Associate Director, Community, 
Neighborhoods & Government Relations

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN  37203

615-322-6597

david.mills@vanderbilt.edu


Mary Ann Watson (Secretary)

Assistant Dean, GME/CME

The University of Tennessee

920 Madison, Suite C50

Memphis, TN  38163

901-448-5364

mwatson@utmem.edu


Valerie Montgomery-Rice, M.D.

Sr. Vice President for Health Affairs

Dean, School of Medicine

Meharry Medical College

1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard

Nashville, TN  37208

615-327-6337; fax 615-327-6221

Vmontgomery-rice@mmc.edu


Rhonda Phillippi, RN, (Treasurer)
Director
Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children

5105 Doctor's Office Tower

2200 Children's Way

Nashville, TN  37232-9075

615-343-3672; fax 615-936-3467

Rhonda.phillippi@vanderbilt.edu

 


Deborah Murph, R.N. 

Regional Vice President of Operations

Cherokee Health Systems

6350 Andrew Johnson Highway

Talbott, TN  37877

423-714-2200; fax 423-586-0614

deb.murph@cherokeehealth.com

 


Charles Ball, M.D.
Maury Regional Hospital
Medical Plaza, Suite 101
854 W. James Campbell Boulevard
Columbia, TN  38401
931-380-0075
cabal@mrhs.com


Larry Stanifer, MPH

Chief Executive Officer

Rural Medical Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 577
Newport, TN  37822

865-509-0055; fax 865-509-0056

ruralmedicalservices@gmail.com


Bruce Behringer, MPH

Assist. VP & Exec. Director of Rural Health

East Tennessee State University 
Box 70412
Johnson City, TN  37614

423-439-7809; fax 423-439-7720

behringe@mail.etsu.edu

 


Christine Bradley 
Assistant Vice Chancellor

Community, Neighborhood & Government Relations

Vanderbilt University & Medical Center

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN  37203

615-343-6511; fax 615-343-1145

Christine.bradley@vanderbilt.edu

 


David L. Collier, MD

Associate Medical Director

Bureau of TennCare

310 Great Circle Road

Nashville, TN  37243

615-507-6498; fax 615-741-0078
David.Collier@state.tn.us




Cindy Siler, Executive Director

The Rural Partnership

500 Interstate Boulevard South, Suite 203

Nashville, TN 37210-4634

615-242-7872; fax 615-255-4121

cindy.siler@theruralpartnership.com

 




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