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Boards and Commissions

Chairs of Excellence Trust

Chairs of Excellence Trust is chaired by
Tennessee State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr.

University Professor and Student

The Chairs of Excellence Trust is a permanent trust fund authorized in 1984 to further the cause of higher education in Tennessee. The funding of the program is provided through contributions made by a private donor and a matching amount by the state, thus creating a chair.

Income from the chair is used to offset the cost of retaining a nationally or regionally recognized

scholar
at a state college or university who teaches in a specified academic area. The program is open to all state four-year colleges and universities, and the UT Space Institute.

A chair is authorized to spend 4% of the 3-year average market value of the chair. However, the corpus cannot be spent. Accordingly, only dividends, interests, and accumulated gains may be spent. Since 1984, a total of one hundred (100) chairs have been created.

The Treasury Investments Division is responsible for managing the assets of the Chairs of Excellence Trust.

Board Meetings and Materials

Upcoming Meetings

Recent Meetings

5Nov2025

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Meeting

11/5/2025 2:00 PM

Meeting Date and Time
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CT

Location
Cordell Hull Office Building
House Hearing Room II
425 Rep. John Lewis Way North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Documents to download

Public_Meeting_Notice_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 213.03 KB) - 512 download(s)
ACWC__09242025_Meeting_Minutes(.pdf, 483.28 KB) - 635 download(s)
Agenda_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 236.6 KB) - 471 download(s)
NCCI-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 340.4 KB) - 362 download(s)
Lewis-Ellis-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 330.1 KB) - 331 download(s)
ByNAC-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 276.55 KB) - 434 download(s)

24Sep2025

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Meeting

9/24/2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Meeting Date and Time
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. CT

Location
Cordell Hull Office Building
House Hearing Room III, 1st floor
425 Rep. John Lewis Way North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Documents to download

ACWC-PublicMeetingNotice-09242025(.pdf, 192.28 KB) - 489 download(s)
ACWC-Agenda-09242025(.pdf, 206.22 KB) - 498 download(s)
ACWC_Minutes_11.14.2024_meeting_REVISED(.pdf, 353.24 KB) - 489 download(s)
TN_WC_Residual_Market_Administration__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 789.45 KB) - 623 download(s)
State_of_the_Line__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025_REVISED(.pdf, 309.95 KB) - 893 download(s)
Elevate_Trends-In-Workers-Compensation_Data_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 871.67 KB) - 481 download(s)
Elevate_Trends-In-Workers-Compensation_Data_Report__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 3.67 MB) - 518 download(s)
TN_WC_VoluntaryLossCost_and_AssignedRiskRateFilings__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 634.85 KB) - 820 download(s)
WC_Product_and_Compliance_Review_TDCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 654.9 KB) - 485 download(s)

14Nov2024

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Meeting

11/14/2024 1:00 PM

Meeting Date and Time
Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. CT

Location
Cordell Hull Building
Senate Hearing Room I
425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Documents to download

ACWC-PublicMeetingNotice-11142024(.pdf, 150 KB) - 763 download(s)
ACWC-Agenda-11142024(.pdf, 156.1 KB) - 742 download(s)
ACWC_Guidelines_for_the_Public(.pdf, 104.09 KB) - 570 download(s)
ACWC_Policy_for_Public_Comment_at_Meetings_of_Governing_Bodies(.pdf, 110.35 KB) - 720 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_NOV_8_2023(.pdf, 317.71 KB) - 683 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_OCT_10_2024(.pdf, 321.05 KB) - 819 download(s)
BYNACReview-TNReport-NCCIFiling-03012025(.pdf, 3.63 MB) - 621 download(s)
LewisEllis-ACWCPresentation-11142024(.pdf, 338.18 KB) - 590 download(s)
ACWC_Lewis_Ellis_Review__TN_Report_NCCI_Filing__03.01.2025(.pdf, 1.48 MB) - 1789 download(s)
BYNAC__ACWC_Presentation__NOV_14_2024(.pdf, 246.62 KB) - 580 download(s)
NCCI__ACWC_Presentation__NOV_14_2024(.pdf, 206.04 KB) - 593 download(s)

10Oct2024

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Meeting

10/10/2024 1:00 PM

Meeting Date and Time
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. CT

Location
William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower
Nashville Room, 3rd Floor
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Documents to download

ACWC-PublicMeetingNotice-10102024_Revised(.pdf, 149.15 KB) - 780 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingAgenda_10.10.2024(.pdf, 156.57 KB) - 783 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_11-8-2023(.pdf, 317.71 KB) - 774 download(s)
ACWC_GuidelinesForPublicCommentAtMeetings(.pdf, 105.53 KB) - 726 download(s)
ACWC_PublicCommentPolicy(.pdf, 113.99 KB) - 608 download(s)
NCCI_Tennessee_Workers_Compensation_Voluntary_Loss_Cost_Assigned_Risk_Rate_Filings(.pdf, 800.53 KB) - 984 download(s)
NCCI_Tennessee_Workers_Compensation_Residual_Market_Administration(.pdf, 715.06 KB) - 921 download(s)
Elevate_Consulting_Statistical_Report(.pdf, 1.17 MB) - 774 download(s)
Elevate_Consulting_Statistical_Report_Presentation(.pdf, 848.54 KB) - 616 download(s)
TN_DCI_Overview_of_TNs_Workers_Compensation_Market_Conditions_and_Environment(.pdf, 462.87 KB) - 670 download(s)

8Nov2023

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation

11/8/2023 1:00 PM

Meeting Date and Time
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 1:00 PM CT

Location
Cordell Hull Building
Senate Hearing Room I
425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Individuals with disabilities who wish to participate in these proceedings and require an accommodation should contact the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation no less than two (2) days prior to the scheduled meeting date to allow time for the Department of Treasury to arrange for an accommodation. You may contact the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Staff by phone at (615) 347-3791 or by email to the Administrator, Kevin McNelis, at Kevin.M.McNelis@tn.gov.

Documents to download

Public_Meeting_Notice__ACWC_11.08.2023(.pdf, 152.55 KB) - 1106 download(s)
Meeting_Agenda_ACWC_11.08.2023(.pdf, 189.35 KB) - 1081 download(s)
ACWC-September2023-Meeting-Minutes(.pdf, 330.68 KB) - 1175 download(s)
TBG_TN_Report_NCCI_Filing_03.01.2024(.pdf, 2.42 MB) - 899 download(s)
BYNAC_TN_Report_NCCI_Filing_03.01.2024(.pdf, 3.63 MB) - 990 download(s)
NCCI_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 402.86 KB) - 960 download(s)
TBG_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 740.83 KB) - 871 download(s)
BYNAC_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 245.42 KB) - 947 download(s)

20Sep2023

Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation Meeting

9/20/2023 9:00 AM

The Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will convene on September 20, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time in the Cordell Hull Building Senate Hearing Room I located at 425 Rep. John Lewis Way N., Nashville, Tennessee 37243.

Documents to download

ACWC-Agenda-09202023(.pdf, 189.43 KB) - 1087 download(s)
ACWC-PublicMeetingNotice-09202023(.pdf, 152.08 KB) - 1045 download(s)
ElevateConsultingStatisticalReport-PresentationSeptember2023(.pdf, 843.32 KB) - 889 download(s)
ElevateConsultingStatisticalReport-September2023(.pdf, 1.82 MB) - 1049 download(s)
NCCI-TN-WorkersCompVoluntaryLossCostAssignedRiskRateFilings-September2023(.pdf, 441.01 KB) - 1086 download(s)
NCC-TN-WorkersCompResidualMarketAdmin-September2023(.pdf, 1016.89 KB) - 1105 download(s)
TN-DCI-OverviewTNS-WorkersCompMarketConditionsEnvironment-September2023(.pdf, 1.59 MB) - 1117 download(s)
ACWC-November2022-Meeting-Minutes(.pdf, 306.97 KB) - 1047 download(s)