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Board of Directors

Harding's Board of Directors assembles in full session in scheduled quarterly meetings. The Board also meets for an annual planning retreat during the summer, and other full session meetings that may be called as necessary. Board committees convene at various times throughout the year.

The Board views Harding Academy in a continuous self-improvement process to maintain its Christian educational leadership position in the Memphis area by providing a high-quality, affordable, Christ-centered education, to a broad spectrum of students with diverse abilities, needs, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The Academy's focus is on fostering each student's intellectual, spiritual, social, and physical development through a balanced, integrated program in a secure Christian environment.

As the guardian of the Academy's mission, the Board of Directors ensures that the mission, faculty, staff, facilities, and resources are appropriate, relevant, and vital to the community we serve. In so doing, the Board is committed to providing an environment that develops strong ethical and moral values in our students. We believe it is essential to provide a program to help each student develop his/her own personal value system rooted in an active faith in God.

Current Members

• Gerald Jerkins Board Chairman
  Pediatric Urologist, Physician
• Jim Burns, Class of 65
  Burns Engineering, Owner
• Lelon "Bubba" Edwards
  Managing Director, Pediatrics East, Inc., Physician
• Randy Frederick
  Memphis Gastroenterology Group, Physician
• Katina Gaines, Class of 84
  Gaines & Associates PLLC, Attorney
• Charles "Chuck" Hanson,
  Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Vice President of Environment Health and Safety
• Tom Henderson
  Lewis, Fisher, Henderson, Claxton & Mulroy, LLP; Attorney
• David LaVelle, Class of 71
  The Campbell Clinic, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Mildred Long
  J. Strickland & Co., Executive
• Don Nickleson
  Comprehensive Pharmacy Services; Owner, President and CEO
  
• Jay Shappley, Class of 70
  Holland Studio of Photography, Inc., Owner
• Jerry Sisson
  TESCO Properties, Inc., President
  Sisson and Sisson Law Firm, Partner
• Dale Sharp, Class of 84
  Crawford, Smith, and Sharp, LLC and
  Engineered Medical Systems, LLC; Partner and General Contractor

• Diana Tepe
  The University of Memphis, Educator
• Jennifer Webber, Class of 85
  United States Attorney's Office, Federal Prosecutor

Members Emeritus

• Mike Clement
  Marsh U.S.A.
• Jack Goode
  City Management, (Retired)
• Ralph Lawrence
  The Associated Agency, Principle Owner (Retired)
• Jewel Sisson