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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Office of the Governor
Bill Haslam, Governor
615.741.2001
Tennessee Department of
Education (TDOE)
Dr. Candice McQueen,
Commissioner
615.741.5158
Stephen Smith, Assistant Commissioner for Policy and Legislation
[email protected]
615.741.1111
Tennessee State Board of
Education (SBOE)
Dr. Sara Heyburn, Executive Director
[email protected]
615.741.2966
Tennessee Higher Education
Commission (THEC)
Betty Dandridge-Johnson, Associate
Executive Director for Academic
Affairs
betty.dandridge.johnson@
tn.gov
615.741.7573
Jessica Gibson, Assistant Executive Director of Policy, Planning, &
Research
[email protected]
615.741.7572
Drive to 55/Tennessee Promise
Mike Krause, Executive Director
[email protected]
615.741.1727
Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)
John G. Morgan, Chancellor
[email protected]
615.366.4403
David Gregory, Vice Chancellor of
Administration
[email protected]
615.366.4435
Dr. Joe DiPietro, President
[email protected]
865.974.2241
Anthony Haynes, Vice President for
Government Relations & Advocacy
[email protected]
615.741.8220
Tennessee Comptroller’s Office
of Research and Education
Accountability (OREA)
Dr. Phillip Doss, Director
[email protected]
615.401.7869
Centers of Regional Excellence
(CORE)
Ken Green, Chief District Support
Officer
[email protected]
865.228.5922
Jamie Woodson, President and Chief
Executive Officer
[email protected]
615.727.1545
Jennie Verner, Director of Advocacy
[email protected]
615.727.1545
Dr. Jared Bigham, Director of College
and Career Readiness
[email protected]
615.727.1545
Association of Independent and
Municipal Schools (AIMS)
Marilyn Mathis, Executive Director
marilyn.mathis@hotmail.
com
615.330.0799
Ayers Institute for Teacher
Learning and Innovation
Dr. Candice McQueen, Founding
Director
[email protected]
615.966.1031
The Center for Enhancing
Education in Mathematics and
Sciences (CEEMS)
Dr. Susan Benner, Co-Director
[email protected]
865.974.9598
Dr. Susan Riechert, Co-Director
[email protected]
865.974.6187
Governor’s Books from Birth
Foundation (GBBF)
Theresa Carl, President
[email protected]
615.253.3600
Professional Educators of
Tennessee (PET)
Dr. J. C. Bowman, Executive Director
[email protected]
615.778.0803
Tennessee Charter School Center
Greg Thompson, Chief Executive
Officer
[email protected]
615.401.7222
Emily Lilley, Director of Policy
[email protected]
615.401.7222
University of Tennessee (UT)
System
INDEPENDENT TENNESSEE EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS
State Collaborative on Reforming
Education (SCORE)
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