Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation is governed by a 28-member Board of Directors.

Eight directors are appointed by the Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation, which led efforts for TPAC and raised an endowment to support TPAC operations. Six directors are named by the Tennessee Arts Commission, five by the Governor of the State of Tennessee, one by the Tennessee Commissioner of Education, and eight by the TPAC Board. Directors serve for a term of three years.

The TPAC Board of Directors usually meets four times a year in Nashville.

View the 2025-26 TPAC Board Meetings Schedule

Martha Ingram, Emerita


2025-26 Board Officers

Melvin Malone

Chair

Jim Schmitz

Vice Chair

Reggie Hill

Treasurer

Sheila Gibson

Secretary

2025-26 Board of Directors

Dale Allen

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Victor Berrios

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Judith Bright

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2028

Michelle Gaskin Brown

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Rosalyn Carpenter

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Michael Carter

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Emanuel J. Eads

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Sheila Gibson

Appointing Authority: Governor

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Don Hardin

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Kevin Hartley

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Arts Commission

Term Expires: June 30, 2025

J. Reginald Hill

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Arts Commission

Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Debbie Hollenstein

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Lauren Jackson

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2028

Melvin Malone

Appointing Authority: Governor

Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Trish Munro

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Sam Pearcy

Appointing Authority: Commissioner of Education

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Alexia Poe

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Nathan Poss

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Arts Commission

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Cybele Raver

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Dr. Christopher Rehm

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Adam Sansiveri

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Jim Schmitz

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Arts Commission

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Andrew Tavi

Appointing Authority: Governor

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Rhonda Taylor

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Claire Tucker

Appointing Authority: Governor

Term Expires: June 30, 2027

Dr. Philip Wenk

Appointing Authority: Tennessee Arts Commission

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Jessica Wallace

Appointing Authority: Board Intern

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

2025-26 TPAC Foundation Board Members

J. Reginald Hill

Chair

Jennifer Turner

Secretary

Rob Hebert

Treasurer

Brad Bowlin

Steve Mason

Quin Evans Segall

Ansel Davis

Jeff Hopmayer

Emily Serck

Additional Board Members

Founding Board Members

Thomas B. Baker Jr.

William L. Barry

Marylyn Bullock

Sonya Butcher

Joseph Davenport Jr.

Sandra Fulton

Hank Hildebrand

Martha Ingram

Sam Ingram

David Pack

Brooks Parker

Athens C. Pullias

Kenneth Roberts

James W. Stewart

Lon Varnell

William F. Venable

Raymond Zimmerman

Past Board Members

Kathleen Airhart

Dale Allen

Tom Allen

Harry Allen

Carter Andrews

Thomas B. Baker Jr.

Eloise Barrett

William L. Barry

Emily Barton

E. Warner Bass

John S. Beasley II

Judith Bell

Kenny Blackburn

Molly Blair

E. Michael Blanton

Dennis Bottorff

Barbara T. Bovender

Jack Bovender

William H. Braddy III

Kathryn Brown

Marylyn Bullock

Sonya Butcher

Monroe Carell

Steven G. Cates

John Cody

Vernon Coffey

J. Chase Cole

Kate Collier

Deane Conley

Andrea Conte

Colleen Conway-Welch

Charles Cook Jr.

Ron Corbin

Bob Corker

Ed “Willie” Cox

Waverly Crenshaw

Jeanette Crosswhite

Joseph Davenport Jr.

Ansel Davis 

Mark Davison

Vicki Dimond

Donna G. Eskind

Rod Essig

Farzin Ferdowsi

John Ferguson

Robert Fogelman

Leslie Fram

Patricia C. Frist

Sandra Fulton

Eddie George

Joel C. Gordon

Kerry Graham

William B. Greene Jr.

Kathleen Guion

Chuck Hall

Aubrey Harwell

Rob Hebert

Joy Heinrichs 

Hank Hildebrand

Bruce Hinton

Ruth S. Holmberg

Tish Hooker-Schermerhorn

Samuel Howard

MaryAnne Howland

Sam Ingram

Tom Ingram

Martha Ingram

Martha Ivester

J. W. Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

Marcelite Johnson

Victor S. Johnson

Will Johnston

Tracy Kane

Beverly Keel

Walter G. Knestrick

William E. Knestrick

Howard Lamar III

Susan Lanigan

Richard A. Lewis

Judy Liff

Robert S. Lipman

Bill Lynch          

Steve    Mason

Jack C. Massey

Patricia Matthews-Juarez

Eilene Maupin

Mrs. Frank McCoy Jr.

Emmie McDonald

Robert McElrath

Bill McInnes

Marcus McKamey

Robert McNeilly

Michael R. McWherter

Beth Mooney

Sen. Carl Moore

Sherri Neal

Dr. Robert H. Ossoff

David Pack

Brooks Parker

Priscilla Partridge de Garcia

David Perdue

Jimmy Perkins

Roy Perry

Jere Phillips

Sandy Powell

Scott Probasco

Athens C. Pullias

Wayne Qualls

Mrs. Robert Quinn

Ben Rechter

Colin Reed

Lizzette Reynolds

Doyle Rippee

Kenneth Roberts

Joe M. Rodgers

Carolyn Rogers

Anne L. Russell

Harold Schaperkotter

Herbert Schulman

Verna Schwantes

Carroll Shanks

Bob Shell

Thomas Sherrard

Todd Shipley

Michael Shmerling

Charles Smith

Barbara Speyer

Larry Stessel

Morgan Stewart

James W. Stewart

Frances Tigrett-Jackson

Richard Tripper Jr.

James R. Tuerff

Lon Varnell

Tera Vazquez

William F. Venable

Jane Walters

Bernard Werthan

Gail Carr Williams

David K. Wilson

William M. Wilson

Uzi Yemin

Alan Yuspeh

Raymond Zimmerman

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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