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Board

Ijams Board of Directors

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The Board of Directors of Ijams Nature Center exists to protect the public trust.

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The Board’s duties are governance, including financial- and mission-related oversight and fund development. Board composition includes appointed members from the City of Knoxville, Knox County, Knoxville Garden Club, and Knox County Council of Garden Clubs. Members at large serve two, three-year terms. The Board meets at Ijams bi-monthly.

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OFFICERS

  • President: Andy Oakes, UBS

  • Treasurer: Jodie Birdwell, TVA

 

EMERITUS MEMBER

  • Sherri Lee, Retired Chair of the Board, Southeast Service Corporation

 

APPOINTED MEMBERS

  • Rachel Butzler, Deputy Director, City of Knoxville Public Service Department

  • Sheryl Ely, Director, City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation

  • Nancy Howell, University of Tennessee, Representative, Knox County Council of Garden Clubs

  • Larsen Jay, Knox County Commissioner, At Large Seat 10

  • Matthew Kellogg, Appalachian Mountain Bike Club

  • Tiffany Siler, Representative, Knoxville Garden Club

  • Joseph Mack, Senior Director, Knox County Parks & Recreation

  • Tommy Smith, Vice-Mayor and City Council Commissioner, First District, City of Knoxville

 

MEMBERS AT LARGE

  • Grant Boyd, The Trust Company of Tennessee

  • Samma Bromley, Harper Auto Square

  • Ashley Capps, Big Ears Festival

  • Ramsey Cohen, Clayton

  • Oly Cumpian, Body Liberation with Oly

  • Mike Glover, M.D., Retired

  • Anna Kern, InsideTrack

  • Martha Kern, Strong Stock Farm

  • Anabel Lino, Apex Bank

  • Gary McCracken, UT College of Arts & Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

  • Brandon Pace, Sanders Pace Architecture

  • David Reynolds, Home Federal Bank of Tennessee

  • Doug Snover, Messer Construction

  • Andrew Spatz, Hedstrom Landscape Architecture

  • Carl Van Hoozier Jr., Retired, Vulcan Materials Company

  • Celia Winchester, Winchester Consulting

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