Committee Members


The members of the search committee represent constituencies important to that position. The committee will make recommendations to President Petersen, and he will make his recommendations to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees for its approval. You can also view the search committee members categorized by the constituences represented.



  • Johnnie Amonette
    Search Committee Chair and longtime member of the UT Board of Trustees
  • Neal Beckford, MD
    Board member, Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED)
  • Phillip Burns, MD
    Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Chattanooga
  • George Cates
    Retired Chairman of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., longtime entrepreneur and community leader
  • Wisdom Coleman
    Associate Professor and Associate Dean, UTHSC College of Dentistry
  • William Evans, PharmD
    Director and CEO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • James (Chris) Fleming, MD
    UTHSC alumnus who is Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Health Science Center’s Department of Ophthalmology
  • Dick Gourley
    Dean, UTHSC College of Pharmacy
  • Margaret (Peg) Hartig, PhD
    Professor and Chair, Primary/Public Health Department, UTHSC College of Nursing, and President of the Faculty Senate
  • J. R. (Pitt) Hyde
    Memphis entrepreneur, philanthropist and CEO, Pittco Management LLC
  • James Neutens, PhD
    Dean, UTHSC College of Medicine, Knoxville
  • Stephen Reynolds
    President and CEO, Baptist Memorial Health Care
  • Steve J. Schwab, MD
    Executive Dean for all three UTHSC College of Medicine campuses (Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga) and Interim Dean for the College of Medicine in Memphis
  • Gary Shorb
    President and CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
  • Paul Tennant
    President of the UTHSC Student Government Association Executive Council
  • Stanley Tyler
    Senior Grounds Maintenance, UTHSC Mechanical Services Department
  • Philip Wenk, DDS
    President and CEO, Delta Dental of Tennessee
  • Diane Wyatt
    Associate Professor in the UTHSC College of Allied Health Sciences

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