This Council works with Frist Center staff to identify and solicit new Circle-level members and corporate partners, as well as serve as ambassadors on behalf of the Frist Center by bringing those who have not visited to Center-sponsored events and exhibitions.

Joe N. Steakley*, Chair

Dave Alexander

Jean Ann Banker

Paige Boston

Laura Chadwick*

Jana J. Davis

Michael Edwards, honorary member

Bard Ferguson

Trish Frist, honorary member

Bernice W. Gordon*

Matt Hamilton

Welling LaGrone

Matthew Largen

Kinney Littlejohn, Jr. **

Roy Jordan

Neil Krugman

Ellen Martin*

Kenneth J. Melkus*

Ronald Samuels, honorary member

W. Lucas Simons*

Joyce A. Vise

John Wade

Connie White


Ex-Officio:

Billy Frist*


Directors Emeritus:

Thomas F. Frist Jr., M.D.*

Kenneth L. Roberts*

Martha Rivers Ingram


*Member of the Board of Trustees
** Board Intern