15th Judicial District CHild Advocacy Center
CAC board of directors
The 15th Judicial District Child Advocacy Center announced on July 12, 2022 at our annual meeting Board of Director’s Officers and members for 2022-2023. We are so grateful for all of our board members and thank them for their service.
Dr. Bill McKee, (Chair); District Attorney General Jason Lawson (Vice Chair); Nancy R. Willis (Secretary); Judy Jordan, (Treasurer). E. Marie Farley, (Past Chair); Deputy District Attorney General Tom Swink, (Past Vice Chair); Marilyn Bryant (Past Secretary), Anne Barger, Bob Black, Dr. Mary Bess Griffith, Brian Harbaugh;
Chief Deputy Lance Howell, and Julie Vantrease
Brian Harbaugh, M.A.
President
Signature Behavior Inc
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Tom Swink, J.D.
Past Vice Chair
Deputy District Attorney General
15th Judicial District
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Lance Howell
Chief Deputy
Wilson County Sheriff's Office
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Marilyn Bryant
Past Secretary
Community Leader
Wilson Co. Civic League
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Nancy Willis, M.S.
Secretary
​Civic Leader
Former CAC Executive Director
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C. William "Bill" McKee, Ed.D.
Chair
Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
and Professor
Cumberland University
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Judy Jordan, B.S., CPA
Treasurer
Vice President of Finance
Cumberland University
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Anne Barger, M.S.
Director of PreK, Parenting, and the Family Resource Center
Wilson County Schools
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Mary Bess Griffith, RN., Ph.D.
Dean of Dean - Rudy School of Nursing and Health Professions at Cumberland University
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E. Marie Farley, J.D.
Past Chair
Retired
Assistant Public Defender
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Bob Black, MBA
Owner
Capitol Theater
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Jason Lawson, J.D.
Vice Chair
15th Judicial District Attorney General
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Julie Vantrease, LMSW
Social Work Regional Manager
Monogram Health





Annual Meeting July 15, 2021
In the picture left to right (back row)
Dr. Bill McKee, Deputy District Attorney General Tom Swink, Brian Harbaugh, Asst. Chief Lance Howell, Bob Black, District Attorney General Jason Lawson, and Dr. Eric Cummings
In the picture left to right (front row)
Nancy R. Willis, Judy Jordan, Marilyn Bryant, Anne Barger and Julie Vantrease.
Not pictured, E. Marie Farley

Annual Meeting July 2018
In the picture left to right (back row)
Attorney General Jason Lawson, Brian Harbaugh, Dr. Eric Cummings, Dr. Bill McKee, Bob Black,
Assistant Chief Deputy Lance Howell, and Assistant General Tom Swink.
In the picture left to right (front row)
Anne Barger, F. Marie Farley, Nancy R. Willis, Judy Jordan, and Marilyn Bryant