Board of Directors
Under the direction of our Board, Committees, and Tennessee's three bishops, the Tennessee Catholic Public Policy Commission will:
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Review and analyze the content and implications of all proposed legislation,
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Take positions on public policies and programs affecting the common good of all Tennessee citizens,
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Speak for the Roman Catholic Church before all branches of our state government and before groups concerned with social policy,
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Identify needs in areas of morality, health, welfare, education, religious freedom, human and civil rights, and determine ways to meet those needs, and
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Foster public understanding of the Church's teaching on social issues.
The TNCPPC board and committees are made up of clergy and lay persons selected from through out the state
Chairmen and Director
Bishop David P. Talley, M.S.W., J.C.D.
Diocese of Memphis
margaret.scott@cc.cdom.org
901-373-1217
Bishop Richard Stika
Diocese of Knoxville
865-862-5723
Bishop Mark Spalding
Diocese of Nashville
bishop.mark.spalding@dioceseofnashville.com
615-383-6393
Julie Perrey
Deputy Director
julie.perrey@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0753
Rick Musacchio
Executive Director
rick.musacchio@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0768
Board Members
Diocese of Memphis
Alma Abuelouf
Director of Community Health
alma.abuelouf@cc.cdom.org
901-373-1224
Kelley Henderson
Executive Director, Catholic Charities of West TN
kelley.henderson@acc.cdom.org
901-335-5051
Robert Hutton
Legal Council of Memphis Diocese
Sondra Morris
Principal of St. Benedict, Auburndale and Acting Superintendent
Rick Ouellette
Director of Communications of Memphis Diocese
Diocese of Knoxville
Father David Boettner
Vicar General
865-862-5722
Edward Phillips
Attorney for Knoxville Diocese
856-525-5134
Sedonna Prater
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
865-584-3307
865-223-0244
Paul Simoneau
Vice Chancellor of Knoxville Diocese
psimoneau@dioknox.org
865-862-5753
Deacon Sean K. Smith
Chancellor of Knoxville Diocese
865-862-5729
Very Reverend Douglas Owens, VG
Moderator of the Curia
fatherdougowens@gmail.com
865-531-0770
Diocese of Nashville
Brian L. Cooper
Chief Administrative Officer and Vice Chancellor of Nashville Diocese
brian.cooper@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0759
Gia Riney
Chief Marketing Officer of Nashville Diocese
gia.riney@dioceseofnashville.com
615-760-2788
Rebecca Hammel
Superintendent of Nashville Catholic Diocese Schools
rebecca.hammel@dioceseofnashville.com
615-540-1256
Gino Marchetti
Attorney for Nashville Diocese
615-320-3225
Rick Musacchio
Executive Director of TNCPPC
Director of Communications of Nashville Diocese and Editor in Chief of Tennessee Register
rick.musacchio@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0768
Judy Orr, LMSW
Executive Director of Catholic Charities of TN
615-352-3087
Julie Perrey
Deputy Director of TNCPPC
Vice Chancellor and Chief Mission Integration Officer of Nashville Diocese
julie.perrey@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0753
Greg Pope
Chief Mission Integration Officer for St.Thomas Health | Ascension
gpope@ascension.org
615-284-7415
Deacon Hans Toecker
Chancellor of Nashville Diocese
hans.toecker@dioceseofnashville.com
615-783-0765
