Diocesan Council
The Diocesan Council is the governing board for the diocese and is empowered to act on behalf of the diocesan convention while it is not in session. The Council collaborates with the Bishop in developing and executing the diocese’s missional strategies, presenting a diocesan budget to the convention, and authorizing diocesan expenditures.
Members:
- The Rt. Rev. Dr. Glenda Curry
- The Rt. Rev. Brian Prior
- Susan Griffith (2025)
- The Rev. Danielle Thompson (2025)
- Rusty Boylan (2025)
- Lamar Auman (2025)
- The Rev. Thomas Joyner (2025)
- Lori Smith
- Ed Snell (2026)
- Marisa Mitchell (2026)
- Bill Gamble, Esq. (2026)
- The Rev. Callie Plunket-Brewton (2027)
- The Rev. Richard Ahlquist (2027)
- The Rev. Jayne Pool (2025)
- The Rev. Drew Brislin (2027)
- George Elliott (Seat and voice)
- Youth Representative (Rotates)
Officers:
- Dara Miller
- Rip Britton, Esq.
- Phyllis Hall (Treasurer)
- The Rev. Rob Fowler (Secretary)
Standing Committee
The Standing Committee serves as a council of advice to the bishop; approves various stages for people in the process toward ordination; considers requests from parishes to sell or encumber property; in the absence of a bishop, serves as ecclesiastical authority. Members are elected by the Diocesan Convention.
- The Rev. Rich Webster (2025)
- Miriam Clark (2025)
- The Rev. Chris Hartley (2026)
- Jim Jolly (2026)
- The Rev. Sally Herring (2027)
- Maibeth Porter, Esq. (2027)
- John Drew (2028)
- The Rev. Jennifer Riddle (2028)
Diocesan Disciplinary Board
The Disciplinary Board carries out Title IV functions — the clerical discipline canons of The Episcopal Church. The committee has four clergy and three lay members appointed by the bishop with the consent of the Convention. The term length is three years.
- Todd Hollifield, Esq. (2025)
- The Rev. Rosa Lindhal (2025)
- Nancy Ball (2026)
- The Rev. Susan Oakes (2026)
- Jeff Akamatsu (2027)
- The Rev. Shari Harrison (2027)
- The Rev. Charles Youngson (2027)
Trustee for the University of the South
- Joseph Mays, Jr.
- The Rev. Robert Fowler
- Susan Griffith
Department of Finance
The Finance Committee is responsible for preparing and monitoring the annual operating budget of the diocese. It makes recommendations to the Bishop and Standing Committee concerning requests for sales or encumbrances of real property of parishes and separate congregations. Appointments are made by the Bishop and Diocesan Council.
- Phyllis Hall, Chair
- Adam Campbell
- David Cicero, Ph.D.
- Lee Handley
- Hays Latimer
- Philip Passafiume
- Jason Portney
- Caroline Yielding
Trustees of the Trust Funds
- Phyllis Hall, Chair
- David Cicero, Ph.D.
- Hays Latimer
- Philip Passafiume
- Caroline Yielding
Commission on Ministry
- The Rev. Polly Robb, Chair
- Katherine Ballard
- Keehn Berry
- Richard Cook
- The Rev. Rebecca DeBow
- Dave Dresher
- Isabel Evans
- The Rev. José Fernandez
- Linda Foster
- The Rev. Mike Harber
- The Rev. Marti Holmes, Deacon
- The Rev. Duncan Johnston
- The Rev. Stephen McWhorter
- Jay Murrill
- The Rev. Bob Serio, Deacon
- The Rev. Sarah DiCarlo-Watts
General Convention Deputation
The diocese elects four clergy and four lay deputies to represent the diocese at the General Convention every three years as members of the House of Deputies. They are elected at the Diocesan Convention that takes place in the year preceding the General Convention.
The diocese also elects four clergy and four lay alternate deputies to represent the diocese at the General Convention every three years to serve as alternate members of the House of Deputies. They are elected at the Diocesan Convention that takes place in the year preceding the General Convention.
Northern District
- The Rev. Shari Harrison
- Patty Whitaker
- Lamar Auman -1st Alt
- Ricky Browning – 2nd Alt
- Dared Dovers – 3rd Alt
- The Rev. Bob Serio – 1st Alt
- The Rev. Dillon Green – 2nd Alt
Middle:
- Bob Boylan
- The Rev. Carolyn Foster
- Brian Denton – 1st Alt
- Emily Pucker – 2nd Alt
- Harrison Yelverton, III – 3rd Alt
- The Rev. John Kennedy, Jr. – 1st Alt
- The Rev. Susan Southwick – 2nd Alt
- The Rev. C. J. van Slyke – 3rd Alt
Southern:
- The Rev. Michael Harber
- Anne Kimzey
- Miriam Clark – 1st Alt
- Karen Smith – 2nd Alt
- Kathleen Franklin – 3rd Alt
- The Rev. Evan Thayer – 1st Alt
- The Rev. Drew Brislin – 2nd Alt
At Large:
- The Rev. Seth Olson
- Richard Norris
- Gaige Tittle – 1st Alt
- Harrison Yelverton, III – 2nd Alt
- Jay Barrett – 3rd Alt
- The Rev. Jeff Evans – 1st Alt
