2019-2020 TAPT Board & Advisory Committee

Melissa Garton

2020-2021 TAPT President

Melissa is the Pupil Transportation Coordinator for Dickson County  Schools

113 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

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

Michael D.  Lee
2020-2021  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

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 for Transportation

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

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
 

KNOX  COUNTY 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

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