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WestStar Leadership
554 University Street
Administration Building, Room 321
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7298
(731) 881-7019 fax

Virginia Grimes
vgrimes@utm.edu


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WestStar – Speakers by Topic

 

Leadership

 

Joe Barker
Executive Director
Southwest Tennessee Development District
27 Conrad Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 668-6402
jwbarker@swtdd.org
Motivational Leadership; Community Development Issues and Opportunities

 

Walter  Battle
County Director, Resource Development
UTK
P.O Box 192
Brownsville, TN 38012
(731) 772-2861
Walter.Battle@utk.edu
Developing Local Leadership; The Importance of Chambers of Commerce; Cultural Relations

 

David Belote
Executive Director, WestStar
UT Martin
206 Student Life Center
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7525
dbelote@utm.edu
Leadership & Team Building; Youth Leadership

 

Bob Duncan
Vice President
LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
50 N. Dunlap Street
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 572-3257
duncanb@lebonheur.org
Leadership; Healthcare

 

Randy Etheridge
Director, Hardin County Solid Waste
601 Main Street
Savannah, TN 38372
(731) 925-9943
hcsw@charter.net
Leadership; Environment

 

Barbara Gray
Albert Ross Tharpe Services (ARTS), LLC
105 Fentress street, P.O. Box1017
Paris,  TN 38242
(731) 644-3344
albertservices@bellsouth.net
Leadership; Developing New Small Business; Alternate Services for the Elderly & Disabled vs. Nursing Homes

 

Dolores  Gresham
Tennessee State Representative District 94
Somerville Livestock Sales, INC.
P.O. Box 382
Somerville, TN 38068
(901) 465-4257
drgresham@att.net
Leadership - WestStar; State Government; Agriculture; Social Security

 

Judy Renshaw
Sr. Vice President, Business & Community Services
Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce
197 Auditorium Street
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 423-2200, ext. 117
jrenshaw@jacksontn.com
Youth Leadership Development Program; Leadership Alumni Involvement; Importance of Leadership Development

 

 

 

Mary Kate  Ridgeway
UT Extension Agent
UT Extension Service
P.O. Box 188
Paris, TN 38242
(731) 642-2941
mkridge@utk.edu
Leadership and Lustre; Team Building; Engaging Brain Power; Community Volunteerism

 

Pat Riley
General Manager
Gibson County Utlility District
P.O. Box 350
Trenton, TN 38382
(731) 855-1441
gcudpr@bellsouth.net
Energy & Leadership

 

Mike Smith
Executive Director
Southwest Human Resource Agency
1527 White Avenue
Henderson, TN 38340
(731) 989-0533
msmith@swhra.org
Leadership in a Changing World; The WestStar Experience; If You Want Something, Ask For It!

 

Ruth Tackett
State Director
USDA Rural Development
3322 West End Avenue, Suite 300
Nashville , TN 37203
(615) 783-1300
ruth.tackett@tn.usda.gov
Leadership; TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More; Partnership, Critical to Success

 

William Taylor
General Manager, Customer Service
TVA
50 N. Front Street, Suite 700
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 577-2600
wltaylor@tva.org
Business; Leadership; Energy; Community/Economics

 

Jai Templeton
McNairy County Mayor   
Courthouse
Selmer, TN  38375
(731) 646-1083
coloneltwo@yahoo.com
Importance of Community Involvement; Importance of Local Government Service; Production Agriculture as it Relates to West Tennessee; Leadership Equates Service

 

Brad Thompson
Director of Special Projects
c/o U.S. Representative John Tanner
203 West Church Street
Union City, TN 38261
(731) 885-7070

brad.thompson@mail.house.gov
Government; Politics; Leadership; Fundraising; Grants; Economic Development Partnerships; Regionalism; Motivation

 

Jerry Woods
UT Martin, Jackson Center Ofiice of Extended Campus and Continuing Education
2468 Technology Center Drive
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 425-9277
ecce@utm.edu
Leadership; Education; Inspirational-Motivational