Tennessee Tech University Foundation
Board of Directors
- Alfonzo Alexander
Mr. Alfonzo Alexander, Director
Chief Ethics & Diversity Officer of NASBA, and President of NASBA’s Center for the Public Trust
Nolensville, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Business Administration, B.S. ’91, MBA from Lipscomb ‘07 - Kevin H. Braswell
Dr. Kevin H. Braswell, Executive Director and Secretary
Vice President for University Advancement at Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee - Nathan Burton
Mr. Nathan Burton, Director
Director of Application Management, Pinnacle Financial Partners
Franklin, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Business Administration, B.S. ’93, MBA from Lipscomb ‘16 - David Cooley
Mr. David Cooley, Director and Former Chair
Principal of Cooley Public Strategies
Brentwood, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Education, B.S. '84 - Mary Graves
Dr. Mary Graves, Director
Former Executive Director of Hoffmann-La Roche
Nutley, New Jersey
Tech Alumna: Chemistry, B.S. '76 - Trudy Harper
Ms. Trudy Harper, Director
Founder and former President of Tenaska Power Services Company
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
Tech Alumna: Electrical Engineering, B.S. '83, M.S. '84 - Thomas Hudson
Mr. Thomas Hudson, Director and Former Chair
Former President of Matteson-Hudson Construction
Nashville, Tennessee
Alumnus: Georgia Tech '73 and Darden School University of Virginia '75 - Ashraf Islam
Mr. Ashraf Islam, Director
CEO of AIA Engineers, Ltd.
Katy, Texas
Tech Alumnus: Engineering, B.S. '68 - Tom Jones
Mr. Tom Jones, Director and Former Chair
President, Research Electronics International
Cookeville, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Electrical Engineering, B.S. '86 - Fred Lowery
Mr. Fred Lowery, Director
Senior Vice President and President of Life Sciences Solutions and Laboratory Products, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Boston, Massachusetts
Tech Alumnus: Mechanical Engineering, B.S. '94 - Allen McCampbell
Mr. Allen McCampbell, Director
Former Senior Vice President of American General Life & Accident Insurance
Erin, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Business Administration, B.S. '65 - M. Dianne Murphy
Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Vice-Chair
Vice President of the PICTOR Group
Former Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education at Columbia University
Cookeville, Tennessee
Tech Alumna: Health & Phys. Ed., B.S. '72, M.A. '73 - Amy New
Ms. Amy New, Director
President & CEO of the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
Cookeville, Tennessee
Tech Alumna: Business Administration, B.S. ’08, Master’s in Leadership and Public Policy from Lipscomb ‘21 - Philip Oldham
Dr. Philip Oldham, Co-Chair
President of Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee - Ottis Phillips
Mr. Ottis Phillips, Chair
Former President of Mid South Distributing, Inc.
Cookeville, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Mechanical Engineering, B.S. '74, M.B.A. '78 - Chris Privon
Mr. Chris Privon, Director
Former Vice President of Imaging and Printing Group Services
Boise, Idaho
Tech Alumnus: Mechanical Engineering, B.S. '79 - John Rose
Mr. John Rose, Director and Former Chair
U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District
President of Boson Software
Cookeville, Tennessee
Tech Alumnus: Agriculture, B.S. '88 - Claire Stinson
Dr. Claire Stinson, Treasurer
Vice President for Planning and Finance at Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee - Harry Stonecipher
Dr. Harry Stonecipher, Director and Former Chair
Former President & CEO of the Boeing Company
Asheville, North Carolina
Tech Alumnus: Physics, B.S. '60 - Nathan Tudor
Mr. Nathan Tudor, Director
CEO of El Campo Memorial Hospital
El Campo, Texas
Tech Alumnus: Political Science, B.S. '02