Allan is responsible to members for management of the staff, as well as enabling the Board of Governors, House of Delegates, committees and sections to develop and implement policy. He represents the association before the General Assembly, agencies and related organizations.

Allan has a bachelor of arts in political science from Lambuth University and a law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He was with the Tennessee Association of Legal Services for seven years and was executive director of the Nashville Bar Association for 12 years.

Sharon is the voice of the TBA. When you call the general number, you usually will be greeted by Sharon’s kind and helpful voice. In addition to answering the phones, she greets visitors, orders office supplies, sorts the mail and tries to keep up with where the rest of the staff is — not an easy job, she will tell you. She answers hundreds of questions every day from callers. She also helps the Journal staff with the Bulletin Board section of the magazine by checking memberships, and she fulfills requests for back articles. She also tallies incoming money and updates membership information in the database.

Anjanette is the staff liaison to the Access to Justice Committee. She works to facilitate cooperation between the private bar, the courts, the legal services community, and other nonprofit service providers to promote greater access to the courts and to legal services. She also encourages and supports statewide pro bono and community education and outreach initiatives.

Anjanette holds degrees in international relations and public relations from Middle Tennessee State University. Prior to becoming Access to Justice Coordinator, Anjanette worked with the Tennessee Legal Community Foundation to establish local youth court programs across the state. She has also worked in programs and community development at the First Amendment Center in Nashville.

If you have a financial question, invoice or need reimbursement from the TBA, you’ll want to call Pam. She performs all accounting functions for the TBA. She also is the coordinator for the Administrative Circle, the group of employees who support the administration of the TBA.

Before coming to the TBA, Pam worked for the Bank of America for 16 years. The Nashville native held a number of different positions with the bank during that time, including stints in the credit card division, the home equity division and the installment loan division.

Barry assists in management of the TBA staff and serves as coordinator for the Communications Circle. He also oversees TBALink, the TBA's web site, and TBA Today, the association's daily electronic newsletter.

Barry has journalism and political science degrees from Baylor University and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has spent most of his career working in journalism, most recently at The Charlotte Observer.

The TBA has 27 sections and somebody has to keep up with them all! Lynn works with Sarah Hayman to do just that. She also assists about 12 committees, coordinating and attending section and committee meetings, assisting with section newsletters and distributing materials. As a circle leader, Lynn also supervises all TBA staff members involved in program planning and presentation.

Lynn has a bachelor of arts in management and human resources from Trevecca University. She is a former financial administrator in the Metro Public Defenders Office.