The University of Tennessee Board of Trustee open positions where the student member, faculty member and citizen representative residing in the 5th Congressional District, which represents Nashville. The make up of the Board of Trustee has been set up by state law to create an equal makeup of Tennesseans. Carol White a student at the Knoxville Campus was named to the student position which rotates each year between the four campus. Miss White, 20 a Sophomore from McKenzie is a food and science major with a concentration in pre-pharmacy. She is a member of UT’s Student Alumni Association, Vice Chairman of the undergraduate Academic Council, Volunteer Ambassador and a Whittle Scholar. James Murphy the 3rd an Attorney from Nashville and former Law Director for Nashville/Davidson County Metro Government was select to fill the 5th District position. White, 48, received his under graduate degree from U.T.K. in political science degree and his law degree from the University Law School also in Knoxville. He is a board member of U.T. Alumni Association and is a member of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Association His term is for six years. Michael Combs a professor of Music at the Knoxville Campus will fill the Academic position for one year. A faculty member since 1968 is the current president of the U.T. Knoxville Faculty Senate. Combs, 60, received his degree in music from University of Illinois at urbana-Champaion and a master‘s degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia. He is the principal timpanist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

The Board of Regents governs 13 community colleges and 6 state universities and 23 technology centers across the state of comprising of 151,000 students. The open Regent seats are student member, faculty member and 5th district member. Matthew Chapman of Gallatin a student majoring in finance at Middle Tennessee University in Muffresboro is the student member for one year. Chapman, 21, a graduate of Volunteer Community College in Gallatin where he was President of the Student Government Association. He is also on the search committee for a new President at Volunteer State. Kathryn Bryd a associate professor of English at Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Knoxville was select for the one year Faculty member. Bryd, 48 serves as the President of the Faculty council at Pellissippi. Before joining Pellissippi she was a adjunct instructor at Maryville College and before there a journalism instructor at the University of Cincinnati. She’s a graduate of University of Tennessee at Knoxville where she received a bachelor’s degree in education and a master degree in English. Tom Jackson, President of the marketing and communication firm of Tom Jackson and associate is the 5th district member. Under Governors Blanton and Alexander he served as the first Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourism Development. Jackson, 67, will be serving his second , six year stint on the board of Regents after serving from 1993 to 1999. He was also the Chairman of the Nashville utility Nashville Electric Service. He was also a former board member of the Travel Industry of America, and former board member of the Nashville Cancer Association. He received his bachelor degree in economics from Middle Tennessee University in Mufreesboro.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission promotes and oversees all matters with state run faclities of higher education . Katie Winchester of Dyersburg, Vice Chairman of First Citizen National Bank is the Eighth District representative and will serve for four years. Winchester, 62, a banker with First Citizen since 1961 serving in many roles during that time has been the chief executive since 1996. She served as Chairman of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce and Vice Chairman of the Dyersburg State Community College Foundation Board. She also served as a member of the Federal Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1999 to 2001.