Board of Directors
PEF is guided by a volunteer board of directors who represent the corporate, higher education, foundation and civic communities of Chattanooga.
Officers and Executive Committee
Jim Hill
Board Chair
Chair, Tennessee Education Lottery Board
John F. Germ
Board Vice Chair
President/CEO, Campbell & Associates, Inc.
Roger Dickson
Board Secretary
Partner, Miller & Martin
H. Grant Law, Jr.
Board Treasurer
Community volunteer
Dr. Jane W. Harbaugh
Associate Provost for Undergraduate & Special Programs (retired)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Ellen Hays
Community volunteer
Ruth S. Holmberg
Immediate Past Chair
Publisher Emeritus, Chattanooga Times
Board Members
Domina Coleman Alford
Accounting Manager
Hamilton County General Government
Robert O. Best
Chief Operating Officer
Unum US
Kitty Caldwell
Community volunteer
Mary Jo Clark
Vice President, Tennessee PTA
Executive Board, Hamilton County Council of PTAs
Michael Cranford
President
Boys & Girls Club of Chattanooga, Inc.
Tom Kinser
CEO Emeritus
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Candy Kruesi
Community volunteer
Robert H. Siskin
President
R. H. Siskin and Associates
PEF is a local non-profit dedicated to improving student achievement in Hamilton County Schools
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“Due to the funds that were provided…
…for us by the Benwood Initiative, we’ve been able to provide some of the best research-based workshops for our teachers to implement reading strategies in the classroom, and we’ve established a literacy block which is two hours per day, every day, for all of our students.”
Marthel Young
Principal,
Orchard Knob Elementary