The Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the American Red Cross leadership has approved its 2010 - 2011 Board of Directors. 

New board members include:  Hugh Arney, Tom Bumpus, Harry Gill & Ross Smith. 

Bill Shacklett, of Shacklett’s Photography, was elected to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Jan Beard, retired from Middle Tennessee Medical Center, will assume the Chairmanship in 2011.
 
Board Members for 2010 - 2011 are:
Chair:  Bill Shacklett– Shacklett’ s Photography
1st Vice Chair:  Jan Beard, Retired - Middle TN Medical Center
2nd Vice Chair: Deb Insell, State Farm Insurance Agent
Treasurer:  Lane Hargrove – First Tennessee Bank
Secretary: Roy Boyd – State Farm Insurance
Immediate Past Chair: Joseph A. Peay – Murfreesboro Medical Clinic   
Philanthropy Chair:  Dominick L. Jackson – GreenBank
Facility Chair:  Tommy Campbell – Black Box Network Services
Governance Chair:  Lisa Trail – Dempsey, Vantrease & Follis
Service Delivery Chair:  Tom Allard – Wal-Mart Distribution Center
 
Hugh Arney- MidSouth Bank
Elizabeth Bowling – Ascend Federal Credit Union
Debra Boyd- Ascend Federal Credit Union
Sally Bullock M.D. – Middle Tennessee Medical Center
Tom Bumpus – Bumpus Harley Davidson
James E. Calder Ed.D. – Middle Tennessee State University
Denise Flanagan – Murfreesboro Medical Clinic
Harry Gill – Rutherford County Schools
Regina Harvey – Dominion Financial Management
Chad Lane – SunTrust Bank
John Lines – NHC
Ron Malone - MTSU
Chris Massaro – Middle Tennessee State University, Athletic Director
Josh McCreary – Cope, Hudson, Scarlett, Reed & McCreary
Freda Morgan – First National Bank of Murfreesboro
Eric Parks – Regions Bank
Bill Rutley – Retired - ATK Microcraft
Ross Smith – New Vision Baptist Church
Krista Trail – First National Bank of Manchester
Bart Walker – WGNS Radio
Ray Wiley – MTSU Recreation Department
 
Lifetime Members:
Jean Coop—Retired
 
New Board Chairman Bill Shacklett, is a Murfreesboro and Rutherford County native. Shacklett served from 2002 until 2006 on the Murfreesboro City Council, and has been part of a family business for 40 years.

An MTSU graduate with a bachelor's in urban planning and political science, Shacklett feels equally at home coaching his Little League baseball team, working as a youth advisor or teaching Sunday School at his church, serving on the Uncle Dave Macon Days board, being involved with Read to Succeed, the American Red Cross, Main Street Revitalization Project or the Only Downtown Business Alliance among many other projects that better our community.
 
Shacklett’s business success has been recognized with awards from the Better Business Bureau, Main Street Project and Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce.

Shacklett also helped organize local businesses into an Alliance to promote and sustain the economic and aesthetic vitality of Downtown.
 
A First Presbyterian Church elder, Sunday school teacher and senior high youth adviser, Shacklett and his wife, Rita, who is director of Linebaugh Public Library, have two daughters, Emily and Katie.
 
These American Red Cross board members will lead efforts to ensure that the Heart of Tennessee Chapter continues to provide disaster relief in times of crisis, to train community members in life-saving CPR and First Aid Courses, to provide military members with emergency aid and to continue collecting blood from the community to help those in need. 

“The success of the Heart of Tennessee Chapter depends upon a strong and committed Chapter board. I believe that our leadership volunteers will uphold the standards of the American Red Cross and keep this Chapter a strong and viable resource in the midst of changing times and continued community growth,” CEO Greg King said.

The Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the American Red Cross provides vital emergency assistance to help victims of local disasters in Rutherford, Bedford, Cannon, Franklin, Coffee & Moore counties.

Over the past year the Chapter responded to 99 single family fires, trained nearly 11,625 people in CPR & First Aid, Babysitting and Aquatics training, and provided pre-deployment briefings and emergency communications for 284 families of active duty military personnel and their families.

More than 13,177 pints of life-saving blood were collected from the community last year.

All of these services are made possible by over 320 dedicated local Red Cross volunteers as well as through generous gifts from the local community.

To get more information call 893-4272 or log on to www.midtnredcross.org.