IPL Advisory Board

The Institute for Professional Leadership advisory board is a group of committed alumni and friends who promote excellence in leadership. Members serve as advocates and advisors in support of the college’s students, faculty, staff, and administration and collaborate in support of leadership opportunities for legal students.

Kate Atchley
Professor and Director Executive MBA Program
UT Haslam College of Business

Ursula Bailey
Attorney
Law Office of Ursula Bailey

Leslie L. Beale
Executive and Developmental Coach
Profusion Strategies

Stuart Brotman
Professor, Media and Law
UT College of Communication and Information

Lee Bussart
TN General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judge
Marshall County

Keith Carver
Chancellor
UT Institute of Agriculture

Lisa Cole
President and Managing Shareholder
Lewis Thomason

James Cornelius
Shareholder
Egerton, McAfee, Armistead and Davis, P.C.

Joan Cronan
Women’s Athletics Director Emeritus
UT Knoxville

Laura S. Durbin
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
Eastman Chemical Company

Beth Ford
Federal Community Defender
Federal Defender Services of Eastern TN

Houston Gordon
Attorney
Law Office of Houston Gordon

William Harbison
Member
Sherrard Roe Voigt and Harbison, PLC

Rob Holland
Director, Center for Profitable Agriculture
UT Institute of Agriculture

Charlotte Houser
Program Manager
RUAG Space

T. Scott Jones
Attorney
Banks and Jones

George “Buck” Lewis
Shareholder
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, PC

Jack H. (Nick) McCall, Jr.
Attorney
Tennessee Valley Authority

Brad Morgan
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Interim Director, UT Pro Bono
UT College of Law

Candice Reed
Executive Vice President and Partner
Latitude

Bob Rider
Professor and Dean Emeritus
UT College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Steve Roth
Vice President and General Counsel
Jewelry Television

Paula Schaefer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
UT College of Law

Deborah Stevens
Tennessee Circuit Court Judge
Knox County

Kevin Thompson
Founding Member
Thompson Burton PLLC

John Weaver
Chancellor, Chancery Court, Part I
Knox County

Cindy Wyrick
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Eastern District of Tennessee

Kate Atchley
Professor and Executive Director
Executive MBA Program
UT Haslam College of Business