2019-2020 TAPT Board & Advisory Committee

Melissa Garton

2019-2020 TAPT 
President

Melissa is the Director of

Pupil Transportation for Dickson County 13 Sylvis Road

Dickson, TN 37055

Office: 615-740-5970
Cell: 615-642-9027

 

Dickson  County is a school board owned
transportation system.

Dickson District Web Site

Michael D.  Lee
2019-2020  President-Elect

Michael is the Executive Director of

Transportation in Metro-Nashville

336 Woodycrest Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210

Office: 615-313-0404
Cell: 615-336-8347
michael.d.lee@ nmps.org

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Metro-Nashville  is a school board
owned transportation system.

Nashville District Web Site

Dawn Cox
Chairperson of the TAPT Board

TAPT Region 5 Director

Dawn is the Pupil Transportation Coordinator for Loudon County Schools

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100 River Road, Loudon, TN 37774

Office: 865-458-5411 ex 1014
Cell: 865-740-4818

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Loudon County Pupil Transportation service is outsourced to several private contractors.

Loudon District Web Site

Dewayne Ferrell

TAPT Director-at-Large
TAPT Trade Show Coordinator

Fleet Operations  Manager
Metro-Nashville Schools

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336 Woodycrest Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210

Mobile: 615-456-1719

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Metro-Nashville  is a school board
owned transportation system.

Nashville District Web Site

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Tim Maynard
TAPT Region 1 Director

Tim is the Transportation Supervisor
for Obion County Schools.

802 C. C. Gurien Drive Suite 1
Troy, TN 38260
Office: 731-536-4694
Cell: 731-225-7987

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Obion County is

a School Board owned
Transportation System.

Obion County Web Site
 

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Eric Watkins

TAPT Region 2 Director
Transportation Director 
Stewart County Schools

1031 Spring Street, Dover TN 37058
 

Office: 931-232-7342
Mobile: 931-249-4921

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Stewart  County is a school board owned transportation system.

Stewart District Web Site

Kim Bradford

TAPT Region 4 Director
Transportation Director 
Putnam County Schools

515 E. Veterans Dr.
Cookeville TN 38501

Office: 931-526-9342
Mobile: 931-252-4677

kbradford@pcsstn.com

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  Putnam County is a
school board owned

transportation system.
Putnam District Web site

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Clint Banes
TAPT Region 3 Director(Interim)

Clint is an Associate Director

of Schools or Trans in
Sumner County.

1500 Airport Rd.

Gallatin, TN 37066
Office: 615-452-1520
Cell: 615-566-0360

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Sumner County is a school board owned transportation system.

Sumner District Web Site

Lieutenant Ray Robinson
TAPT State Advisor
Director of Pupil
Transportation Services

TN Department of Safety
& Homeland Security

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1228 Foster Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243

Business: 615-743-4974
Mobile: 615-812-8435

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TN DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY-PUPIL TRANSPORTATION

Diane Elder

 Director of Schools 
Pickett County Schools

2141 Skyline Drive
Byrdstown, TN 38549

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Office: 931-864-3123
Mobile: 931-510-6510

diane.elder@pickettk12.net

Pickett County is a

school board owned

transportation system.

Pickett County Web Site

Ryan Dillingham

Director of Transportationr
Knox  County Schools

Andrew Johnson Building

4th Floor
912 Gay Street

Knoxville, TN 37902

Office: 865-594-1532
Cell: 865-385-2401
ryan.dillingham@knoxschools.org

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Knox  County is a
Private Contractor

Transportation System
Knox County
Web Site

Joseph Chilton, Director
 Student Transportation
Office of School Safety
and Transportation
Andrew Johnson Tower
 10th floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243

(615) 532-1699

TN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-STUDENT TRANSPORTATION