CONCLUSION

TRUE BLUE BOARD Conclusion

It was another historic year under our independent Board of Trustees. This governance allows the University to be more nimble and strategic. The board’s input and support is helping move us to the next level. This new level of independence for the former TBR universities is truly bold and potentially transformational for MTSU.

During this reporting period, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee appointed MTSU alumnus Tom Boyd of Lebanon to a six-year term on the University’s Board of Trustees. Boyd (’73), an investment adviser representative with Decker Wealth Management in Nashville, replaced Andy Adams, who decided to not seek a second term on the 10-member board. Boyd previously served as a senior vice president at Bank of America, where he handled areas ranging from treasury management to commercial banking to loan administration.

Other recent additions to the board include:

Mary B. Martin, faculty trustee, a professor of Mathematics in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences. Samantha Eisenberg, student trustee, who graduated from MTSU in May, 2019 with a B.S. in Psychology and is currently pursuing a master’s in Clinical Psychology, specializing in neuropsychology.

The governor also reappointed business owners J.B. Baker and Pam Wright to new six-year terms.

MTSU alum Stephen B. Smith (’11) was unanimously reelected to a second two-year term in September as chair of the institution’s Board of Trustees. Smith, who has held the top trustee role since the board was created in 2017, is chair of the board of Haury and Smith Contractors. The board also reelected fellow MTSU alum Darrell Freeman, Sr. (’87, ’90), former executive chair of Zycron Inc., who is also co-founder and chair of Pinnacle Construction Partners, to a second two-year term as vice chair. It was a historic first year under our independent Board of Trustees. “ 2018–19 47

TRUE SUCCESS

NEW FRESHMEN FALL ENROLLMENT