Department of Environment & Conservation
Robert Martineau, Commissioner

Board Characteristics:
The Board shall be attached to the Department of Environment and Conservation for administrative purposes but shall be independent of the department. Expenditures from the trust fund shall be made only upon authorization of the board. The Board shall consist of eleven (11) members appointed by the Governor for four-year terms. Persons appointed to the board shall include persons knowledgeable in the areas of land acquisition, management, conservation and protection. The membership of the board shall appropriately reflect the racial and geographic diversity of this state. At no time shall the membership of the board be composed of more than four (4) members who reside in any one of the grand divisions of the state as defined in Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 2. The Commissioner of Environment and Conservation, the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Executive Director of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, or their designees, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board. The Governor shall appoint a board chairperson from the membership of the Board. Other officers shall be selected as provided in the bylaws of the fund.

 

The Board is commissioned under TCA Title 11, Chapter 7.

 

The statute authorizing this board expires June 30, 2012 and the one-year wind-down period begins.

 

Trustee	Term Expires	Representation
Jeannine Alday	10-31-2014	East Tennessee
William (Buck) Clark, Jr.	10-31-2015	West Tennessee
Pete Claussen	10-31-2013	East Tennessee
Anne Davis	10-31-2014	Middle Tennessee
Bruce Dobie	10-31-2011	Middle Tennessee
Aaron D. Ellison	10-31-2015	West Tennessee
Elizabeth Estill	10-31-2015	East Tennessee
J. Andrew (Drew) Goddard	10-31-2013	Middle Tennessee
John W. Rose	10-31-2011	Middle Tennessee
B. Lee Mallory III	10-31-2013	West Tennessee
Earl Worsham	10-31-2014	East Tennessee