2025 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Board of Directors

President Anna M. Hurt, MPH District Coordinator Anderson County Schools	Past President Barry Cooper, MS Executive Director JACOA	President Elect/Secretary Beth Fox, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAFP Associate Dean/Chief of Staff East TN State University	Treasurer Cynthia Chafin, M.Ed, MCHES® Director, MTSU Center for Health and Human Services
Desireè Kelly, DrPH Associate Director Campus Behavioral Initiatives; Vanderbilt	Erica Johnson-Lockett, DNP Travel Nurse	Leslie Brasfield, RN Coordinated School Health Manchester City Schools	Thomas Kincer, MD Associate Dean for Rural and Community Programs, ETSU
Sherry Scruggs, RN, BSN Milan General Hospital Admin. Gibson County Facility Director	Walter Fletcher, MD Hinds Clinic	Rev. Sarah Wells Bristol Lifestyle Recovery	Douglas Wong, MBA Administrator NHC Healthcare
Morgan McDonald, MD National Director of Public Health Milbank Memorial Fund	Audrey Gilliam Outreach Specialist Project Transition	Lisa Beasley, DNP, APRN, FNP-C Assistant Professor, Community Health & Population Health, UTHSC	Linda Nelms, PhD, MPH Coordinator for Workforce Training Walters State Community College
Ruby Kirby, MBA, ASN Chief Executive Officer Bolivar and Camden Hospitals	Kacey Edwards, RN Director of Rural Health Dickson Medical Associates	Andrew Burnett, MBA, MHA Executive Director, Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development