Our Leadership

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Thomas Sanders, Sewanee, Tennessee 
VICE-PRESIDENT: Open
SECRETARY: Deborah Dreves, Sewanee, Tennessee
TREASURER: Aaron Hendrickson, Nashville, Tennessee

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ned Murray, Sewanee, Tennessee

DIRECTORS
Jenny Barsotti, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bruce Blohm, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Chair, Land Conservation and Strategic Planning Committee)
John Collins, Fredonia, Tennessee (Chair, Trails Committee)
Deb Dreves, Sewanee (Secretary)
Joe Gray, Altamont, Tennessee
Gary Hawkins, Nashville, Tennessee (Director-at-Large)
Aaron Hendrickson, Nashville, Tennessee (Treasurer)
Raymond Nance, Sewanee, Tennessee (Development)
Dot Neale, Memphis, Tennessee (Director-at-Large)
Mary Priestley, Sewanee, Tennessee (Chair, Education)
John Reed, Coalmont, Tennessee
Iva Michelle Russell, Monteagle, Tennessee
​Andrea Sanders, Sewanee, Tennessee (Director-at-Large)
Thomas Sanders, Sewanee, Tennessee (President)
Sarah Sherwood, Sewanee, Tennessee
Deb Tucker, Sewanee, Tennessee
Lelie Watts, Murfreesbor, Tennessee

ADVISORS
Norm Feaster, Decherd, Tennessee (Legal Counsel & Liaison, State Friends Organization)
Trae Moore, Sewanee, Tennessee (Past President)

Staff 
Kimberly Kantack– Admin, Operations Coordinator


PARK MANAGERS
George Shinn (Manager, South Cumberland State Park), Tennessee State Parks division, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
Bill Knapp (Assistant Manager, South Cumberland State Park), Tennessee State Parks division, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
Aaron Reid (Manager, Savage Gulf State Park), Tennessee State Parks division, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation