Distinguished Professionals Education Institute

Board Members & Executive Director

L. Barry Goss
Chairman and CEO, Pro2Serve
Homer Fisher
Senior Vice President Emeritus and Director, Oak Ridge Operations for the University of Tennessee
Gordon Fee
Chair, Public School Forum of East Tennessee
Ed Hedgepeth
Executive Director of Secondary Instruction, Knox County Schools
Betty Sue Sparks
Cornerstone Principal in Residence, The University of Tennessee
Gary L. Nixon
Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Education
Robert M. Thomas
Executive Director, Distinguished Professionals Education Institute
Charlene Becker
Director, Distinguished Professionals Education Institute
Bobby Gratz
Director, Distinguished Professionals Education Institute

Partnering with educational organizations across Tennessee to address their unmet critical course needs with Distinguished Professionals who hold teaching licenses for those critical courses.