The board of directors is the main leadership of the Foundation.

Alan Boeckmann, HSF Board Chair
Retired CEO and current Chairman of the Board, Fluor Corporation

Roma Renfro, HSF Board Treasurer
Retired teacher for the deaf

John Berry, HSF CEO and Co-Founder
Owner, Blount Hearing and Speech Services

Cathy Ackermann
President and CEO, Ackermann PR

Dr. Gerald Gibson
President Emeritus, Maryville College

Dr. Joseph Johnson
President Emeritus, University of Tennessee

Avis Phillips
President and CEO, AVISCO

Mike West
CEO, Northshore Management Company, LLC

In additional to our Board of Directors, we have a local fundraising board - the Foundation Advocacy Board - that is charged with organizing and executing all local fundraising efforts of the Foundation. Members of this board include the following:

Mike Anderson
Vice President of Corporate Procurement and Supply Manager, First TN Bank

John Berry
Owner, Blount Hearing and Speech Services

Kristi Burkhalter
Tennessee Therapy Solutions, Inc.

John Hinkle
Community Volunteer

Amanda Horn
Financial Center Leader and Assistant Vice-President, BB&T

Lolita Kressin
Retired speech pathologist, Knox County Schools

Michael Kull
Owner/Publisher of Chattanooga Parent Magazine

Marcia Malarkey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Self-Employed

Jeff Mitchell
President, Benefit Consulting Services, Inc.

Robert Morgan
Business Coach, AdviCoach

Roma Renfro
Retired teacher for the deaf

Lisa Hood Skinner
Senior Vice President, Ackermann PR

Carole Cavendar Witt, Ph.D.
Guidance Counselor, Union Grove Middle School