Mike Treadway
East District Director

Mike Treadway has served on the Blount County Board of Education since 2002, serving as vice-chairman 2005-2006 and chairman 2006-2007. He served as the a TLN representative from 2002-04. Mike has achieved Level III in the TSBA Boardsmanship Program. Mike is active in his community, having served on the Pellissippi State Education Foundation, the Blount Education Foundation, and the Blount County Task Force on Public Education.  A resident of Friendsville, Treadway served as a city council member from 1994-96 and as mayor from 1996-98. He is currently the vice president of operations for Community Tectonics Architects. Mike and his wife, Susan, are the parents of two children: a daughter, Michal, 19; and a son, Mark, 12.

Teresa Price
Delta District Director

Teresa Price has served on the Shelby County Board of Education since 2006. She is a business woman but also has a strong background in Special Education. After graduating from the University of Central Florida, she taught Special Education for emotionally disturbed children for five years. As a Certified Behavioral Specialist, she worked as a Placement Specialist/Behavioral Specialist for two years. She is currently the Assistant General Manager for Price Ford.  Teresa and her husband, Chris, have three children.

David Fox
Mid Cumberland District Director

David Fox has served on the Metro/Davidson County School Board since 2006, serving as Chairman since 2008. He received a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia and is a Hedge Fund Analyst.  He and his wife, Carrington, have three children.

Charles Fuller
Northeast District Director

Charles Fuller has been a member of the Hawkins County Board of Education since 1996, serving as its Vice-Chairman from 2000-2004. He has achieved Level 5 (Master School Board Member) in boardsmanship program and was named to the All Tennessee School Board in 2002. Charles is retired from the Eastman Chemical Company. He and his wife, Glenna, have two children.

Tara Jones
Northwest District Director

Tara Jones has served on the Humboldt Board of Education since 1997. She has served as vice chairman and chairman of the board and as a TLN representative. She has attained Level 4 in the boardsmanship program. Tara is the Branch Office Administrator for Edward Jones Investments. She is the parent of one daughter.

Shaw Daniels
South Central District Director

Shaw Daniels has served on the Maury County Board of Education since 1998 and currently serves as its chairman. Elected during South Central Fall District Meeting, he will begin his term as their District Director, January 2008 through December 2010. Shaw has achieved Level 4 in the TSBA Boardsmanship program. He is an engineer and a cattleman by trade. Shaw and his wife, Tracy, have two children.

Pat Chester
Southeast District Director

Pat Chester has been a member of the McMinn County Board of Education since 1999 and has served as chairman of the board since 2002. She served as her system’s Tennessee Legislative Network representative from 1999-2002 and has been the TSBA Southeast District Director for the Federal Relations Network since 2006. Pat was a member of the 2004 TSBA All Tennessee School Board and her board was named the 2006 TSBA School Board of the Year. In 2007, she earned TSBA Master Boardsmanship Distinction. Pat received a B.S. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and works part-time for BB&T Bank. She and her late husband, Frederic, are the parents of two children and she has one grandchild with another on the way.

Robert Helms
Southwest District Director

Helms has served on the Lexington City Board of Education since 1999, and he currently serves as its chairman. He is a Level III Board member. Active in his community and throughout Henderson County, Helms is the owner of Pafford Funeral Home, which has been a family-owned business for more than 100 years. A lifelong resident of Lexington, he is a graduate of Lexington High School. He received an Associate's Degree in Mortuary Science from John A. Gupton College in Nashville before earning a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Belmont University. Robert and his wife, Carol Britt Helms, have two children: Christin, 22, a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University who will be attending law school this fall in Washington DC, and Weston, 19, who will begin college at Southern Methodist University in Dallas this fall.  The family are members of First United Methodist Church.

Charles Robinson
Upper Cumberland District Director

Charles Robinson has served on the DeKalb County Board of Education since 2002. He has achieved level 3 in the Boardsmanship program and serves as a TLN representative. He currently works for the U.S. Postal Service but is retired from the Marion County ( Indiana) Sheriff¹s office. Charles and his wife, Rita, have two children.