Board of Trustees

Executive Committee 2025-2026

President
Mr. Darrell K. Thomas
Chairman/CEO
Thomas Consultants, Inc.

Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. J. Thomas Deutsch
Senior Vice President, Investments, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Southwest President
Dr. Tracy D. Hall
President
Southwest Tennessee Community College

Ms. Jeanette Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Southwest Tennessee Community College

Marla Smith-Brown
Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Communications
Southwest Tennessee Community College

Suzanne W. Gibson
Director of Grants/Board Liaison
Southwest Tennessee Community College

Board of Trustees (In Alphabetical Order)

Steve Ballard
American Family Practice

Sam Chafetz
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz

Dr. Reginald Coopwood                                                                                              Regional One

John Farris
Farris Law Firm, P.L.C.

Jermain Fletcher
First Horizon

Captain Albert Glen
Project Aerospace/LWFA 
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, Inc. (OBAP)

Ann Langston
Community Volunteer

Jean Morton                                                                                                                Community Volunteer

Ed Lyons
Community Volunteer

Steve Swan
Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP)

Mary Ellen Sumrall                                                                                                      Baptist Memorial Health Care

Anthony Tate                                                                                                                Ashaun, LLC

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Contact Us

  • Marla Smith-Brown, Vice President, Advancement & Communications
  • Macon Cove Campus Farris Building Room 3006
  • 901-333-3468
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  • Suzanne Gibson, Director of Grants/Grants Management
  • Macon Cove Campus Farris Building, Room 3010
  • 901-333-4577