Baker School Board
Mr. Jim Haslam II
Chairman, Founder, Pilot Corporation
Dr. Donde Lee Plowman
Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Marianne Wanamaker
Dean, The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Ms. Cynthia Baker
Daughter of Senator Baker
Mr. Darek Baker
Son of Senator Baker
Mr. Patrick Butler
Retired president and CEO, America’s Public Television Stations; Former senior vice president, The Washington Post; Former special assistant to Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr; Former speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford
Dr. Jimmy Cheek
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ambassador AB Culvahouse
Former US Ambassador to Australia, White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan alongside then Chief-of-Staff Howard H. Baker Jr.
Dr. Stephen Mangum
Professor & Dean, Haslam College of Business and Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair
Mr. David Golden
Chief Executive Officer, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Research Corporation
Mr. Thomas Griscom
Retired Executive Editor, Chattanooga Times Free Press, former Director of Communications, President Ronald Reagan
Dr. Susan S. Hubbard
Deputy for Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Matthew Mench
Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, Condra Chair, and Chancellor’s Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mr. Don C. Stansberry, Jr.
Attorney (retired), Stansberry, Petroff, Marcum & Blakley; business advisor and real estate developer; UT Board of Trustees, Huntsville, TN
Mr. John Tolsma
Founder, Knowledge Launch
Board Emeritus
The school would also like to acknowledge the contributions of previous members of the Board, including:
The Honorable Philip Bredesen Jr.
Former Governor of Tennessee and Mayor of Nashville, TN
Sarah Keeton Campbell
Attorney, Special Assistant to the Solicitor General and the Attorney General
Dr. Wayne Davis
Former Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Honorable Albert Gore Jr.
Former Vice President of The United States and US Senator for Tennessee
Dr. Joseph E. Johnson
Former President, University of Tennessee
Mr. William Johnson
Former President and CEO, Tennessee Valley Authority
Dr. Theresa Lee
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Mr. Fred Marcum
Former Senior Advisor to Senator Baker
Dr. Joe Mazer
Dean, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ambassador George Cranwell Montgomery
Former US Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman
Ms. Regina Murray
Real Estate Specialist, One in Four
Dr. Lee Riedinger
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Director of The Bredesen Center
The Honorable Don Sundquist
Former Governor of Tennessee and US Congressman, Townsend, TN
Dr. Robert Waller
Former President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Thomas Zacharia
Former Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Michael Adams
President Emeritus, University of Georgia
Mr. Patrick Butler
Retired president and CEO, America’s Public Television Stations; Former senior vice president, The Washington Post; Former special assistant to Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr; Former speechwriter for President Gerald R. Ford