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Committee confirms multiple board and commission appointees, defers one reappointment
Summary
The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee approved a slate of board and commission appointments including Heather Powell to the Health Board and Alice Hudson Hill to Parks & Recreation, and deferred the reappointment of Father Edward Steiner for one meeting because he was absent due to a medical issue.
The Rules, Confirmations & Public Elections Committee on May 20 approved a batch of board and commission appointments and reappointments, voting generally 6-0 on each item, and deferred one reappointment for one meeting.
The committee confirmed Heather Powell to the Health Board for a term expiring May 30, 2030. Powell told the committee she has nearly 20 years in health-adjacent nonprofit management and has been CEO of the Tennessee Kidney Foundation for nine years. “For the past almost 20 years, I've worked in health adjacent, nonprofit organizations and management. For the last 9, I've been the CEO of an organization called the Tennessee Kidney Foundation,” Powell said, describing prevention, screening and access-to-care work that serves a 42-county…
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