Department of Economics - Advisory Council Members

Council Member

UT Degree

Current Position

Darrell D. Akins

B.S. 1972

CEO, Akins Crisp Public Strategies
173 Mitchell Road
Oak Ridge, TN

Michael L. Brookshire

B.S. 1971
Ph.D. 1975

Professor of Economics
 Marshall University
Forensic Economist
Michael L. Brookshire & Associates
South Charleston, WV

A. Randy Burleson

B.A. 1988

Restaurant Entrepreneur
Aubrey’s Restaurants
Farragut, Maryville, Lenoir City, TN

Samuel R. Carter

Ph.D. 1984

Retired (2011)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Herndon, VA 20171

Stanley Chervin

Ph.D 1975

Tennessee Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations
Nashville, TN

Paula E. Dowell

Ph.D. 2000

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
730 Peachtree Street, Suite 1050
Atlanta, GA

Thomas M. Hale

MS/JD 1980

Attorney at Law
Kramer Rayson LLP
Knoxville, TN

Barbara Haskew

B.S. 1962
Ph.D. 1969

Distinguished Professor, Middle Tennessee State University Board Member, Board of Directors
Tennessee Valley Authority

Reuben Kyle

Ph.D.

Professor of Economics Emeritus
Middle Tennessee State University
Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Russell L. Lamb

B.A. 1987

Principal, Advanced Analytical Consulting Group
Washington, DC

John R. Moore

Professor Emeritus of Economics
Special Advisor, Construction Industry Research
and Policy Center
University of Tennessee

Peter Maynard

MA 1994
Ph.D.

Capitol One
VP Consumer Bank
Richmond, VA

Randy Nichols

B.A. 1970
J.D. 1973

District Attorney General of Knox County
Knoxville, TN

Christine T. Ragan

B.A. 1991

Chief Financial Office
Metro Nashville Police Department
Nashville, TN

Al Williams

B.A. 1987

Chief Financial Officer
Bush Brothers and Company
Knoxville, TN