2023 Board of Directors
The Sevier County Partners in Progress Education Foundation is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of Tennessee in April 2016. The purpose of the organization is to establish a scholarship fund to be used to assist area high school students with tuition for dual enrollment classes at Walters State Community College and tuition assistance for students pursuing a four-year degree at East Tennessee State University in Sevierville.
Linda Ogle
Pigeon Forge Businesswoman
Jim Rule
CEO, World Choice Investments, LLC
Emily Kile
Sevierville Businesswoman
David Ogle
President, Five Oaks Development
Board Members
Kevin Blalock, President, Blalock Companies
Bill Carroll, Vice Chairman of the Board, SmartBank
Amanda Caton, General Manager, Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies
Robbie Fox, Mayor, City of Sevierville
Jerry Huskey, Mayor, Town of Pittman Center
Allen Newton, Executive Director, Sevier County Economic Development
Doug Swaggerty, President, Swaggerty’s Farm
Elizabeth Urquhart, Retired, Ameriprise Financial Advisor
Larry Waters, Mayor, Sevier County
David Wear, Mayor, City of Pigeon Forge
Mike Werner, Mayor, City of Gatlinburg