2023 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Jackie Cavnar, MBA
Executive Director
Tennessee Psychiatric Association


PAST PRESIDENT

Freda B. Russell, RN

CEO/CNO
Three Rivers Hospital


SECRETARY
Brenda B. Jones, PhD, MSN,

CNM, FNP-BC, NHDP-BC
Lee University School of Nursing

 
TREASURER
Walter Fletcher, MD

Hinds Clinic
PRESIDENT ELECT
Barry Cooper, MS
Executive Director, JACOA
West Tennessee Vice President
Erica Johnson-Lockett, RN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer 
West Tennessee Healthcare- Bolivar

West Tennessee Vice President
Leslie Brasfield, RN
Coordinated School Health
Manchester City Schools


East Tennessee Vice President    

Anna M. Hurt, MPH
District Coordinator
Anderson County Schools


Desireè Kelly, DrPH
Workforce Strategies Manager
TN Primary Care Association



Cynthia Chafin, M.Ed, MCHES®
Director, MTSU Center for Health
and Human Services

 
Shannon Haynes
Director of Client Development 
Emmaus Consulting, LLC


Sherry Scruggs, RN, BSN
Milan General Hospital Admin.
Gibson County Facility Director


Beth Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAFP     
Associate Dean/Chief of Staff
East TN State University


Tom Kincer, MD
Associate Dean for Rural and
Community Programs, ETSU


Rev. Sarah Wells
Bristol Lifestyle Recovery

 


Tina Pilgreen, MS (ex-officio)
Director, State Office of Rural Health   


Andrew Burnett, MBA, MHA (ex-officio)   
Vice President Workforce Strategies
Tennessee Center for Health
Workforce Development


Jacy Warrell, MPA (ex-officio)
Chief Executive Officer
Rural Health Association of Tennessee