The Board of Directors of the Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation gives ears, hands and ongoing prayer to the giving tradition that has, for generations, made a positive impact on the greater Chattanooga area.
They oversee all grant and scholarship requests and provide general financial guidance to ensure CCCF remains a sound, stewardship-based organization. The board represents a broad cross-section of professional, ministry, and civic leadership in Chattanooga. Board members also serve on one or more of the Foundation’s working committees, which recommend ideas and actions to the full Board for its approval. CCCF’s board members have wide-ranging expertise and insight regarding the needs of Chattanooga-area ministries. Each task, responsibility and issue set before them is prayerfully and wisely discussed and considered, before any action is taken.
Mr. Huffaker is the President of BB&T / Huffaker & Trimble's Employee Benefit Division. He is an elder of the Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church where he teaches an adult Sunday School class. He has been active in many non-profit organizations and clubs through the years in board positions as well as in fund raising. He and his wife, Natalie, live on Lookout Mountain and have 3 children.
Mr. Chapman is the President of Front Porch Alliance, a non-profit organization designed to bridge the gap between church or faith-based organizations and community needs. The alliance now brings together more than 50 local organizations - public, private, faith-based and community - to address a wide range of community issues. Mr. Chapman also serves the City of Chattanooga in the Mayor's Office, directing the Mayor's Faith-Based Initiatives. Prior to his service with Front Porch Alliance, he served as the Executive Director of Inner City Ministries in Chattanooga. He and his wife, Elvira, are the parents of three children.
Mr. Scearce is the Chief Financial Officer of Jones Management Services, LLC, in Cleveland, Tennessee. He held various positions with The Krystal Company from 1974 until the company was sold in 1997, including as a member of the board of directors, vice president, chief financial officer, secretary, and controller. Since leaving The Krystal Comapny, he has worked for several entrepreneurial companies including his current position at Jones Management. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, is a certified public accountant and is active in various civic and church activities. He is an active member of Brainerd Baptist Church where he is the church treasurer, a deacon, and a Sunday school teacher, and he has served in many other capacities since 1970 including chairman of the deacons. He is also a Gideon, a member of the Chattanooga Rotary Club, and a member of the United Way of Chattanooga finance committee. He and his wife, Becky, have two adult, married sons and three grandchildren.
Mr. Zeiser is President/CEO of Southern Champion Tray, LP, a third generation, family-owned packaging manufacturer. He has served on the boards of Bethany Christian Services, the Chattanooga Manufacturer's Association, and the Paperboard Packaging Council. He helps coordinate Riverbend's Faith and Family Night and attends Signal Mountain Bible Church, where he has served as an elder and treasurer. He and his wife, Anita, live on Signal Mountain and have four children.
Mr. Brown is an attorney with the firm of Spears, Moore, Rebman and Williams. He has practiced law in Chattanooga since 1970. He is a past President of the Chattanooga Bar Association, a past Chairman of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, and a member of the Christian Legal Society. He has served on the boards of Inner City Ministries, Bethel Bible Village, the Downtown YMCA, and the Bright School. He is also a past Chairman of CCCF. An Elder at First Presbyterian Church, he and his wife, Carla, have three children.
Mr. Smartt is retired from Kenco Group, Inc., where he served for 29 years, most recently as Vice Chairman. Kenco was founded by Mr. Smartt's father and uncle in 1950. He currently serves on a number of boards, teaches an after school Good News Club in his neighborhood public elementary school and volunteers at his church, Lookout Mountain Presbyterian, visiting the elderly and infirmed. He also serves as an Elder and teaches 3rd grade Sunday School. He and his wife, Donna, have four children and four grandchildren, who bring them great joy.
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