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

Event date: 6/7/2023 1:00 PM Export event
Cassidy Denton
/ Categories: Collateral Pool Board

Collateral Pool Board Meeting

The Collateral Pool Board will meet at 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

The Collateral Pool Board will meet at 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. This will be a virtual meeting that will take place via TEAMS application. This meeting will include members of the Collateral Pool Board who will be participating by electronic means of communication.

At the meeting, the Board will consider the items listed on the attached agenda. Individuals with disabilities who wish to participate in these proceedings and require an accommodation should contact Roger Henry no less than two (2) days prior to the scheduled meeting to allow time for the Treasury Department to arrange for an accommodation. Roger Henry may be contacted by mail at 502 Deaderick Street, Andrew Jackson Building, 13th Floor, Nashville, Tennessee 37243; by phone at (615) 532-8722; or by email at Roger.D.Henry@tn.gov.

You must email Roger Henry at Roger.D.Henry@tn.gov at least three (3) days in advance of the Collateral Pool Board meeting in order to submit a comment or request the opportunity to make a public comment at the meeting, if allowed. If you do not register three (3) days in advance of the meeting, you will not be allowed to make a public comment at the meeting.

If public comment is allowed, a registered individual will receive instruction during the meeting on how to make a public comment by either using the chat function or by unmuting yourself at the appropriate time.

At the discretion of the chair, the chair may read any submitted comments at the Board/Commission meeting, and may permit chat or voice comments. All comments must be related to items on the agenda for the meeting. Each individual will be given a maximum of three (3) minutes to make a public comment. To the extent that the chair allows public comment at the meeting, the chair may limit the number of individuals who may make a comment.

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Chairs of Excellence Trust Board Members

The Chairs of Excellence Trust is comprised of the State Treasurer who serves as Chair, and seven (7) ex officio members.


Ex-Officio Members

Member Title/Department Location
David H. Lillard, Jr. (Chairman)
State Treasurer Nashville, TN
Bill Lee Governor Nashville, TN
Jason Mumpower Comptroller of the Treasury Nashville, TN
Tre Hargett
Secretary of State
Nashville, TN
Jim Bryson Commissioner, Finance & Administration Nashville, TN
Randy Boyd President, University of Tennessee Nashville, TN
Dr. Steven Gentile Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission Nashville, TN

Audit Committee

Member Title/Department Location
Randy Boyd
President, University of Tennessee Nashville, TN
Jim Bryson Commissioner, Finance & Administration Nashville, TN
Tre Hargett
Secretary of State
Nashville, TN

Contact Us

Have questions about the Chairs of Excellence Trust?  We're here to help!

 (615) 253-2265

Jaye.Chavis@tn.gov

Mailing Address

State of Tennessee
Chairs of Excellence Trust
Andrew Jackson Building, 15th Floor
502 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243-0248