Solar Valley Coalition
TVA Directors
Chairman William B. Sansom of Knoxville, Tenn., is chairman and chief executive officer of The H.T. Hackney Co.
and has held that position since 1983. Hackney is a diversified company involved in wholesale grocery, gas and oil, and furniture
manufacturing. His term expires May 18, 2009.
Office:
HT Hackney Co.
502 S. Gay St.
Knoxville TN 37920
Dennis Bottorff of Nashville, Tenn., serves as chairman and partner of Council Ventures, a venture capital firm. He was
chairman of AmSouth Bancorporation in Nashville until his retirement in 2001 and previously was chief executive officer of First
American Bank. His term expires May 18, 2011.
1314 Chickering Rd.
Nashville TN 37215
Don DePriest of Columbus, Miss., is chairman of a venture capital firm headquartered in Alexandria, Va. The firm has
founded or invested in such companies as American Telecasting, now merged with Sprint; his Charisma Communications Corp. was
a pioneer in the cellular phone business. He previously chaired the Columbus, Mississippi, Utilities Commission. His term expires
May 18, 2009.
510 7th St. N
Columbus MS 39701
Mike Duncan of Inez, Ky., is chairman, chief executive officer, and director of Community Holding Co.; chairman, CEO, and
director of Inez Deposit Bank; and general counsel of the Republican National Committee. He is a director of the regional Center for
Rural Development. His term expires May 18, 2011.
Mike Duncan is the current chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was elected on January 19, 2007, to replace Ken
Mehlman.
From Wikapedia: A civic capitalist, Mike Duncan is active in numerous professional and nonprofit organizations. He served as
chairman of a state university and a private college. He has served as Chairman for the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, a
$30 million state-of-the-art regional center emphasizing telecommunications, training, and development. President Bush appointed
him to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in 2001. Duncan is a Trustee of the Christian Appalachian Project, the
fifteenth largest private social services agency in America. Mr. Duncan is a former chairman and current director of the Kentucky
Governor’s Scholars Program, a unique educational experience for rising high school juniors. His student-mentoring program, in its
twenty-sixth year, was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in the Los Angeles Times.
Professionally, Duncan was President of the Kentucky Bankers Association and a Director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Cincinnati Branch. In 1989-90, during a sabbatical, he worked in the Bush White House as Assistant Director of Public Liaison. His
public service has been recognized with several distinctions including honorary degrees from Cumberland College and the College of
the Ozarks.
He has served as General Counsel of the Republican National Committee (RNC) since July 2002. He previously was elected
Treasurer of the RNC in January of 2001. Duncan, in his third term as National Committeeman from Kentucky, has served the party at
every level from precinct captain, county chairman, state chairman, and national officer. He has been a delegate to the 1972, 1976,
1992, 1996, and 2000 Republican National Conventions and is one of the few persons ever to serve on the four standing convention
committees. Mike Duncan and his wife Joanne are 1974 graduates of the University of Kentucky College of Law. They live in Inez,
Kentucky, and have one child, Rob, a recent University of Kentucky College of Law graduate. The Duncans are the principal owners of
two community banks with five offices in eastern Kentucky.
Mike Duncan, Chair and CEO
Inez Deposit Bank
PO Box 365
Inez KY 41224
Thomas Gilliand of Blairsville, Ga., is executive vice president, secretary and general counsel for United Community Banks
Inc., the third-largest bank holding company in Georgia. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and a law degree
from Emory University.
TVA Board Gets First Georgia Member. Chattanooga Times-FreePress. March 15, 2008.
Ga. banker sails through TVA confirmation hearing: Knoxville News Sentinel. October 3, 2007
William Graves of Memphis is presiding Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He was previously pastor of
the Phillips Temple CME Church of Los Angeles, Calif. He is the immediate Past President of the Board of the National Congress of
Black Churches and a former member of the board of Memphis Light, Gas & Water. His term expires on May 18, 2007.
First Episcopal District
CME Church
PO Box 161545
Memphis TN 38186
Howard Thrailkill of Huntsville, Ala., recently retired as president and chief operating officer of Adtran, Inc., in
Huntsville, which supplies equipment for telecommunications service providers and corporate end-users. Previously, he was
president and chief executive officer of the firm Floating Point Systems. His term expires May 18, 2010.
no address yet available
and has held that position since 1983. Hackney is a diversified company involved in wholesale grocery, gas and oil, and furniture
manufacturing. His term expires May 18, 2009.
Office:
HT Hackney Co.
502 S. Gay St.
Knoxville TN 37920
Dennis Bottorff of Nashville, Tenn., serves as chairman and partner of Council Ventures, a venture capital firm. He was
chairman of AmSouth Bancorporation in Nashville until his retirement in 2001 and previously was chief executive officer of First
American Bank. His term expires May 18, 2011.
1314 Chickering Rd.
Nashville TN 37215
Don DePriest of Columbus, Miss., is chairman of a venture capital firm headquartered in Alexandria, Va. The firm has
founded or invested in such companies as American Telecasting, now merged with Sprint; his Charisma Communications Corp. was
a pioneer in the cellular phone business. He previously chaired the Columbus, Mississippi, Utilities Commission. His term expires
May 18, 2009.
510 7th St. N
Columbus MS 39701
Mike Duncan of Inez, Ky., is chairman, chief executive officer, and director of Community Holding Co.; chairman, CEO, and
director of Inez Deposit Bank; and general counsel of the Republican National Committee. He is a director of the regional Center for
Rural Development. His term expires May 18, 2011.
Mike Duncan is the current chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was elected on January 19, 2007, to replace Ken
Mehlman.
From Wikapedia: A civic capitalist, Mike Duncan is active in numerous professional and nonprofit organizations. He served as
chairman of a state university and a private college. He has served as Chairman for the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, a
$30 million state-of-the-art regional center emphasizing telecommunications, training, and development. President Bush appointed
him to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in 2001. Duncan is a Trustee of the Christian Appalachian Project, the
fifteenth largest private social services agency in America. Mr. Duncan is a former chairman and current director of the Kentucky
Governor’s Scholars Program, a unique educational experience for rising high school juniors. His student-mentoring program, in its
twenty-sixth year, was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in the Los Angeles Times.
Professionally, Duncan was President of the Kentucky Bankers Association and a Director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Cincinnati Branch. In 1989-90, during a sabbatical, he worked in the Bush White House as Assistant Director of Public Liaison. His
public service has been recognized with several distinctions including honorary degrees from Cumberland College and the College of
the Ozarks.
He has served as General Counsel of the Republican National Committee (RNC) since July 2002. He previously was elected
Treasurer of the RNC in January of 2001. Duncan, in his third term as National Committeeman from Kentucky, has served the party at
every level from precinct captain, county chairman, state chairman, and national officer. He has been a delegate to the 1972, 1976,
1992, 1996, and 2000 Republican National Conventions and is one of the few persons ever to serve on the four standing convention
committees. Mike Duncan and his wife Joanne are 1974 graduates of the University of Kentucky College of Law. They live in Inez,
Kentucky, and have one child, Rob, a recent University of Kentucky College of Law graduate. The Duncans are the principal owners of
two community banks with five offices in eastern Kentucky.
Mike Duncan, Chair and CEO
Inez Deposit Bank
PO Box 365
Inez KY 41224
Thomas Gilliand of Blairsville, Ga., is executive vice president, secretary and general counsel for United Community Banks
Inc., the third-largest bank holding company in Georgia. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and a law degree
from Emory University.
TVA Board Gets First Georgia Member. Chattanooga Times-FreePress. March 15, 2008.
Ga. banker sails through TVA confirmation hearing: Knoxville News Sentinel. October 3, 2007
William Graves of Memphis is presiding Bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He was previously pastor of
the Phillips Temple CME Church of Los Angeles, Calif. He is the immediate Past President of the Board of the National Congress of
Black Churches and a former member of the board of Memphis Light, Gas & Water. His term expires on May 18, 2007.
First Episcopal District
CME Church
PO Box 161545
Memphis TN 38186
Howard Thrailkill of Huntsville, Ala., recently retired as president and chief operating officer of Adtran, Inc., in
Huntsville, which supplies equipment for telecommunications service providers and corporate end-users. Previously, he was
president and chief executive officer of the firm Floating Point Systems. His term expires May 18, 2010.
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TVA board nominee named Mississippian, formerly of Memphis chosen by Bush.
Knoxville News Sentinel. 5/23/08.
Knoxville News Sentinel. 5/23/08.