Board of Directors

Chair
Alana Shepherd, 1975

Vice President
James D. Thompson, 2000

Treasurer
Stephen B. Holleman, MBA, CPA

Recording Secretary
Juli J. Owens, 2017

Corporate Secretary
Sara Chapman, 1993

Founding Members
David F. Apple, Jr., M.D., 1975
Alana Shepherd, 1975
J. Harold Shepherd, Deceased, 1975
James H. Shepherd, Jr., Deceased, 1975

Members
Fred V. Alias, 1984, rejoined in 2008
Shaler Alias, 2020
Cyndae Arrendale, 2016
Bryant Coats, 2017
Robert L. Cunningham, 2021
Charles L. Davidson III, 2016
Clark H. Dean, 2010
John S. Dryman, 1987
Gen. Larry Ellis, 2017
William C. Fowler, 1993
Susan Hawkins, 2019
Justin Jones, 2020
Molly Y. Lanier, 2014
Donald Peck Leslie, M.D., 1992
Doug Lindauer, 2010
Charles T. Nunnally III, 1997
Sally D. Nunnally, 1991
Vincenzo Piscopo, 2021
John Rooker, 2014
James H. Shepherd III, 2014
William Clyde Shepherd III, 2005
K. Boynton Smith, 2017
James E. Stephenson, 2008
Jarrad Turner, 2021

Ex-Officio 
Sarah Morrison, PT, MBA, MHA, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Yochelson, M.D., MBA, Chief Medical Officer

Members Emeriti
C. Duncan Beard, 1979
Bernie Marcus, 1987
Emory A. Schwall, 1987

Senior Executive Team
Deborah Backus, PT, Ph.D., FACRM
Brian D. Barnette, CHCIO, CPHIMS, PMP
Sarah L. Batts, MBA
Wilma Bunch
Katherine Creek, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, GBA, CMS
John R. Hamilton III, J.D.
Joe Nowicki