Our Board of Directors
lead our non-profit organization and are from across Tennessee
- President James W. Danley (Germantown)
- Vice President Joe Smyth (Franklin)
- Vice President Doug Jones (Nashville)
- Vice President Sam Huffman (Brentwood)
Other Board members
- Rex Brotherton (Hickory Valley)
- Kent Collier (Savannah)
- Sam Elliott (Chattanooga)
- Jack Fishman (Morristown)
- Joan Markel (Knoxville)
- Lee Millar (Collierville)
- Bob Notestine (Nashville)
- JT Thompson (Nashville)
- Phil Walker (Nashville)
TCWPA’s Advisory Board members
provide guidance for programs and help coordinate multi-agency statewide events and projects
- Ed Bearss , NPS Historian Emeritus
- Lee Curtis, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
- Mike Grainger, Civil War Preservation Trust
- Norm Hill, Tennessee Historical Commission
- Patrick McIntyre, Executive Director, Tennessee Historical Commission
- Wayne Moore, Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Fred Prouty, Program Director, Tennessee Wars Commission
- Ann Toplovich, Tennessee Historical Sociedty
- Carroll Van West, Director, Center for Historic Preservation, MTSU
- State Representative Steve McDaniel
- State Senator Douglas Henry
- State Senator Bill Ketron
Executive Advisory Board
serve on the Executive Committee guiding policy development and implementation
- Steve McDaniel, State Representative and Past President, TCWPA
- Fred Prouty, Program Director, Tennessee Wars Commission
- Woody Harrell, Shiloh National Military Park
Tennessee Battlefields Superintendents
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park , Cathleen Cook
- Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Steve McCoy
- Fort Pillow State Historic Site, Robby Tidwell
- Shiloh National Military Park, Woody Harrell
- Stones River National Battlefield, Stuart Johnson
Our Site Specialists
serve as primary contacts for information about sites in their region of the state
East Tennessee: Mike Beck (Morristown)
Middle Tennessee: Jim Lewis (Murfreesboro)
Our Staff
do the day-to-day operations and guide the Board in planning, fundraising, Board development and communications
Executive Director Mary Ann Peckham (Reliance)
Website Coordinator Rob Hartman (LaVergne)