Community Engagement 

Increase oral health programming and activities state-wide

Objective 1.1 

Create new and expand current programs to support organizations as well as individuals that align with TDAF mission

Strategy 

• Create updated grant criteria and application process
• Identify existing programs to support
• Develop a scholarship structure to align with TDAF mission

Objective 1.2

Increase awareness for general membership about the TDAF

Strategy 

• Create toolkit to promote TDAF
• Determine best ways to promote TDAF through TDA
• Create an annual report
• Create a volunteer acknowledgement program

Operational Sustainability 

Strengthen and grow organizational capacity, operations and funding

Objective 1.1 

Increase the foundation financial base

Strategies: 

• Review and update a donor acknowledgement strategy
• Create communication strategy to increase overall donors and individual
contributions
• Plan and implement specific fundraising events
• Develop an endowment structure

Objective 1.2 

Review governance structure and make recommendations for change

Strategies: 

• Conduct a full-scale bylaws review
• Develop a pathway to leadership to diversify the make-up of the Board

TDA Foundation Board of Directors (2023-2024)

President

G. Robert Hopper, D.D.S., Jackson, Tennessee

Vice President

William D. Powell, D.D.S., M. S., Knoxville, Tennessee

Secretary

Lee Wilson, D.D.S., Memphis, Tennessee 

Treasurer

Frank T. McMeen, Jr., Ph.D., Jackson, Tennessee

Directors

K. Mike Lamb, D.D.S., Kingsport, Tennessee 
G. Mitch Baldree, D.D.S., Chattanooga, Tennessee 
John Petty, D.M.D.,  Tullahoma, Tennessee
Brian West, D.M.D., Nashville, Tennessee 
Ernest DeWald, D.D.S., Clarksville, Tennessee 
Jeff Smith, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jerry Newman, Nashville, Tennessee 

President Emeritus

Stephen M. Sawrie, D.D.S., M.S., Chattanooga, Tennessee

Ex-Officio

George "Chip" Clayton, D.D.S., Brentwood, Tennessee
Stueart Hudsmith, D.D.S., Memphis, Tennessee