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.
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
Metro-Nashville is a school board
owned transportation system.
Dawn Cox
Chairperson of the TAPT Board
TAPT Region 5 Director
Dawn is the Pupil Transportation Coordinator for Loudon County Schools
100 River Road, Loudon, TN 37774
Office: 865-458-5411 ex 1014
Cell: 865-740-4818
Loudon County Pupil Transportation service is outsourced to several private contractors.
Dewayne Ferrell
TAPT Director-at-Large
TAPT Trade Show Coordinator
Fleet Operations Manager
Metro-Nashville Schools
336 Woodycrest Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210
Mobile: 615-456-1719
Metro-Nashville is a school board
owned transportation system.
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
Obion County is
a School Board owned
Transportation System.
Obion County Web Site
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
Stewart County is a school board owned transportation system.
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
Putnam County is a
school board owned
transportation system.
Putnam District Web site
Clint Banes
Immediate Past President
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
Sumner County is a school board owned transportation system.
Derek Henderson, CSPT
Transportation Supervisor
Roane County Schools
105 Bluff Road
Kingston TN 37763
Office: 865-590-0153
Mobile: 865-399-6051
Roane County is a
school board owned
transportation system
Roane County Schools
Web Site
Lieutenant Ray Robinson
TAPT State Advisor
Director of Pupil
Transportation Services
TN Department of Safety
& Homeland Security
1228 Foster Avenue
Nashville, TN 37243
Business: 615-743-4974
Mobile: 615-812-8435
Diane Elder
Director of Schools
Pickett County Schools
2141 Skyline Drive
Byrdstown, TN 38549
Office: 931-864-3123
Mobile: 931-510-6510
Pickett County is a
school board owned
transportation system.
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
Knox County is a
Private Contractor
Transportation System
Knox County
Web Site
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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