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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) - 897 download(s)
ACWC__09242025_Meeting_Minutes(.pdf, 483.28 KB) - 1066 download(s)
Agenda_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 236.6 KB) - 873 download(s)
NCCI-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 340.4 KB) - 638 download(s)
Lewis-Ellis-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 330.1 KB) - 633 download(s)
ByNAC-Presentation_ACWC_11.05.2025(.pdf, 276.55 KB) - 777 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) - 873 download(s)
ACWC-Agenda-09242025(.pdf, 206.22 KB) - 877 download(s)
ACWC_Minutes_11.14.2024_meeting_REVISED(.pdf, 353.24 KB) - 869 download(s)
TN_WC_Residual_Market_Administration__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 789.45 KB) - 1196 download(s)
State_of_the_Line__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025_REVISED(.pdf, 309.95 KB) - 1921 download(s)
Elevate_Trends-In-Workers-Compensation_Data_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 871.67 KB) - 919 download(s)
Elevate_Trends-In-Workers-Compensation_Data_Report__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 3.67 MB) - 966 download(s)
TN_WC_VoluntaryLossCost_and_AssignedRiskRateFilings__NCCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 634.85 KB) - 1501 download(s)
WC_Product_and_Compliance_Review_TDCI_Presentation__ACWC_Meeting__09.24.2025(.pdf, 654.9 KB) - 906 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) - 1129 download(s)
ACWC-Agenda-11142024(.pdf, 156.1 KB) - 1102 download(s)
ACWC_Guidelines_for_the_Public(.pdf, 104.09 KB) - 794 download(s)
ACWC_Policy_for_Public_Comment_at_Meetings_of_Governing_Bodies(.pdf, 110.35 KB) - 1064 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_NOV_8_2023(.pdf, 317.71 KB) - 1049 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_OCT_10_2024(.pdf, 321.05 KB) - 1221 download(s)
BYNACReview-TNReport-NCCIFiling-03012025(.pdf, 3.63 MB) - 851 download(s)
LewisEllis-ACWCPresentation-11142024(.pdf, 338.18 KB) - 809 download(s)
ACWC_Lewis_Ellis_Review__TN_Report_NCCI_Filing__03.01.2025(.pdf, 1.48 MB) - 2654 download(s)
BYNAC__ACWC_Presentation__NOV_14_2024(.pdf, 246.62 KB) - 816 download(s)
NCCI__ACWC_Presentation__NOV_14_2024(.pdf, 206.04 KB) - 822 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) - 1135 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingAgenda_10.10.2024(.pdf, 156.57 KB) - 1127 download(s)
ACWC_MeetingMinutes_11-8-2023(.pdf, 317.71 KB) - 1128 download(s)
ACWC_GuidelinesForPublicCommentAtMeetings(.pdf, 105.53 KB) - 1074 download(s)
ACWC_PublicCommentPolicy(.pdf, 113.99 KB) - 825 download(s)
NCCI_Tennessee_Workers_Compensation_Voluntary_Loss_Cost_Assigned_Risk_Rate_Filings(.pdf, 800.53 KB) - 1238 download(s)
NCCI_Tennessee_Workers_Compensation_Residual_Market_Administration(.pdf, 715.06 KB) - 1193 download(s)
Elevate_Consulting_Statistical_Report(.pdf, 1.17 MB) - 1128 download(s)
Elevate_Consulting_Statistical_Report_Presentation(.pdf, 848.54 KB) - 869 download(s)
TN_DCI_Overview_of_TNs_Workers_Compensation_Market_Conditions_and_Environment(.pdf, 462.87 KB) - 935 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) - 1466 download(s)
Meeting_Agenda_ACWC_11.08.2023(.pdf, 189.35 KB) - 1424 download(s)
ACWC-September2023-Meeting-Minutes(.pdf, 330.68 KB) - 1556 download(s)
TBG_TN_Report_NCCI_Filing_03.01.2024(.pdf, 2.42 MB) - 1172 download(s)
BYNAC_TN_Report_NCCI_Filing_03.01.2024(.pdf, 3.63 MB) - 1220 download(s)
NCCI_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 402.86 KB) - 1176 download(s)
TBG_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 740.83 KB) - 1083 download(s)
BYNAC_Presentation_11.08.2023(.pdf, 245.42 KB) - 1168 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) - 1431 download(s)
ACWC-PublicMeetingNotice-09202023(.pdf, 152.08 KB) - 1392 download(s)
ElevateConsultingStatisticalReport-PresentationSeptember2023(.pdf, 843.32 KB) - 1148 download(s)
ElevateConsultingStatisticalReport-September2023(.pdf, 1.82 MB) - 1293 download(s)
NCCI-TN-WorkersCompVoluntaryLossCostAssignedRiskRateFilings-September2023(.pdf, 441.01 KB) - 1288 download(s)
NCC-TN-WorkersCompResidualMarketAdmin-September2023(.pdf, 1016.89 KB) - 1306 download(s)
TN-DCI-OverviewTNS-WorkersCompMarketConditionsEnvironment-September2023(.pdf, 1.59 MB) - 1359 download(s)
ACWC-November2022-Meeting-Minutes(.pdf, 306.97 KB) - 1387 download(s)