Vicky B. Gregg is the first woman to serve as EPB Board Chair. She’s a recognized leader in the American healthcare industry, known for her ability to bridge clinical expertise with strategic business insight. She served as CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, where she played a pivotal role in expanding access and innovation in healthcare delivery. Gregg is currently a cofounder and partner at Guidon Partners, a firm focused on investing in and guiding healthcare services companies. She serves on the boards of Quest Diagnostics and Acadia Healthcare, both publicly traded healthcare companies, and MyEyeDr, a Goldman Sachs portfolio company. Locally, she serves on the board of Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga’s Level 1 trauma center, where she was instrumental in its successful conversion from a public hospital to a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Among her many honors, Ms. Gregg was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare (2009), is a member of the Tennessee Healthcare Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Bessie Smith Legacy Award. She also chairs the Vicky B. Gregg Chair of Gerontology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Mina Sartipi, PhD
Vice Chair
Dr. Mina Sartipi is the Founding Director of the Center for Urban Informatics & Progress at UTC. Her research focuses on data-driven approaches to tackle real-world challenges in smart city applications. Sartipi has received the UTC Outstanding Faculty Research & Creative Achievement award, UC Foundation Professorship and the 2020 Smart 50 Award in Digital Transformation. She’s delivered keynotes to the U.S. Congressional Caucus on Smart Cities, Smart Cities Connect & National Transportation Training Directors. Sartipi serves on the Enterprise Center, Thrive Regional Partnership, Variable, Inc. & Muhuman boards. She received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech.
James D. Brown, II
Member
James D. Brown, II, is Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor at Pinnacle Financial Partners. Brown has more than two decades of expertise developed in the banking industry. Prior to joining Pinnacle, he was Vice President and Commercial Banker for Synovus Financial Corporation and Business Banker and Branch Manager for Regions Financial Corporation. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He also served on the boards of the Cherokee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Hamilton Family YMCA. He is an alumnus of Leadership Chattanooga and continues to be involved with its alumni association.
John Foy
Member
John Foy is Chairman, CEO and owner of Noon, LLC and Chairman of Noon Management. Foy served as Vice Chairman of the Board and Treasurer of CBL & Associates Properties. He also served as Director and Chief Financial Officer of CBL from the completion of its initial public offering. Foy served as Executive Vice President–Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at CBL as well as on the board executive committee. After retiring from CBL, Foy formed a group of companies specializing in business strategy and consulting, wealth management, capital investing, real estate development, restaurants, beverage businesses and healthcare. Foy is a member of the University of Chattanooga Foundation. He received his bachelor’s from Austin Peay and his doctorate from the University of Tennessee.
Jon Kinsey
Member
Jon Kinsey is president of KPH. He previously served as treasurer for Johnston Southern, a holding company for Coca-Cola Bottling franchises that eventually merged with Coca-Cola Enterprise. In 1984, he co-founded Leonard Kinsey Company. He has served as co-developer on four convention hotels in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville. Kinsey served as Mayor of Chattanooga from 1997-2001. During his term, the city embarked on $150 million worth of new downtown projects. He serves on the boards of the Tennessee Aquarium, RiverCity Company, Baylor School, Siskin Hospital, United Way of Greater Chattanooga and is past chairman of the Chattanooga Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Kinsey studied at Boston University and at Schiller College at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.
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