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Board of Directors
President
Larry A. Stanifer, MPH

Chief Executive Officer
Rural Medical Services, Inc.
3885 Hwy. 411, Suite 200
Dandridge, TN 37725
865-509-0055
ruralmedicalservices@gmail.com

Immediate Past President
Betti Wilson
, MS
BW Medical Associates
225 McDonald Road
Sweetwater, TN 37874
423-337-0217
bwilson11@bellsouth.net

Secretary
Jill Beason,
RN, BSN
Regional Director for Community Services
Mercy Health Partners
Baptist Riverside Tower
101 Blount Avenue, Suite 210
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-549-4518
jbeason@mercy.com

Treasurer
Frank Williams
, M.Ed.
Administrative Director
UT Dept. of Family Medicine
711 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 137
Memphis, TN 38105
901-448-5217
fwilliams@utmem.edu

President-elect
Deborah O. Murph, RN

Regional Vice President Operations
Cherokee Health Systems, Inc.
2018 Western Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921
423-714-2200
deb.murph@cherokeehealth.com

Directors
Michael R. Caudle, MD

Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Government Relations
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
62 South Dunlap
Memphis, TN 38163
901-448-4910
mcaudle@mc.utmck.edu

Joan Clayton-Davis
Program Manager
Academy for Educational Development
1225 Ninth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37208
615-254-4058
jclayton@aed.org

Bob Duncan
Deputy Commissioner
Governor's Office of Children's Care Coordination
27th floor, WRS Tennessee Tower
312 Rose Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-5346
bob.duncan@state.tn.us

Walter Fletcher, MD
Martin Medical Center
117 Kennedy Drive
Martin, TN 38237
731-587-9511
fritzlum68@yahoo.com

Sandy K. Halford, RN, BSN
2123 Bell Road
White Pine, TN 37890
865-674-2771
cdcsandyk@bellsouth.net

Sandy Hayes, MPH
Regional Administrator
Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department
804 N. Parkway
Jackson, TN 38305
731-927-8522
shayes1122@charter.net

Lisa A. Heaton, RN
Assistant Vice President
Johnson County Community Hospital
1901 S. Shady Street
Mountain City, TN 37683
423-727-1111
heatonla@msha.com

Bill Jolley, MPA
Vice President Rural Issues
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA)
500 Interstate Blvd. South
Nashville, TN 37210
615-256-8240
bjolley@tha.com

Patrick Lipford
Director, Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
TN Department of Health
425 5th Avenue North, 6th floor
Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37243
patrick.lipford@state.tn.us
Ex-Officio

Bill Moats
Chief Executive Officer
Ocoee Regional Health Corporation
PO Box 308
Benton, TN 37307
423-338-8995
bmoats@ocoeerhc.com

D. Shane Rasner, DDS
Fayette County Health Department
PO Box 188
Somerville, TN N38068
901-465-5243
david.rasner@state.tn.us

Donna Roddy, MSN, RN
Community Liaison
BlueCross BlueShield of TN
801 Pine Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-752-6458
donna_roddy@bcbst.com

Frank Shelton
Adjunct Professor
Lipscomb University
1117 Culpepper Circle
Franklin, TN 37064
615-591-2205
shelton7500@msn.com

Cindy Siler
Chief Executive Officer
The Rural Partnership
500 Interstate Blvd. South, Suite 203
Nashville, TN 37210
615-242-7872
cindy.siler@theruralpartnership.com
Ex-Officio

Lois Snow, M.Ed.
Coordinated School Health
Loudon County Schools
100 River Road
Loudon, TN 37774
865-986-2036 x 4608
snowl@loudoncounty.org

Ray Stowers, D.O.
Dean & Vice President
College of Osteopathic Medicine
DeBusk Lincoln Memorial University
6995 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, TN 37752
423-869-3611
ray.stowers@lmunet.edu

Darlene Swart, MS
Vice President/Director of the TN Center for Patient Safety
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA)
500 Interstate Blvd. South
Nashville, TN 37210
615-401-7460
dswart@tha.com

Patricia E. Totty, MA
Director of Compliance
Bureau of TennCare
310 Great Circle Road, Suite 400 East
Nashville, TN 37243
patricia.totty@state.tn.us