board of directorsOur 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)

board of directorsTCWPA’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

board of directorsExecutive 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

board of directorsOur 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)



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