Board of Reference
- Mrs. Cindi Bryant (Jackson, TN)
- Mr. Jerry Gist, Mayor, City of Jackson (Jackson, TN)
- Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor (Waco, TX)
- Mrs. Frances Jones, Vice President, First Tennessee (Jackson, TN)
- Mrs. Peg Jones, Board Chair, ACTS (Jackson, TN)
- Dr. D. Bruce Lockerbie, Chairman, PAIDEIA, Inc. (Long Island, NY)
- Mr. Frank McMeen, Jr., President, West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation (Jackson, TN)
- Dr. Dottie Myatt, Chair of School of Education, Union University (Jackson, TN)
- Mr. Dan Nichols, Vice President, T.L.M. Associates, Inc. (Jackson, TN)
- Dr. Laura Nord (Jackson, TN)
- Dr. Ralph Wood, Distinguished Professor of Literature and Theology, Baylor University (Waco, TX)