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Advisory Council

Founding Chair Robert B. Carter

Rob Carter, Chair of the Advisory Committee

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is Executive Vice President, FedEx Information Services and Chief Information Officer of FedEx Corporation.  He is a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities.  Carter also serves as Co-President & Co-CEO of FedEx Services, the shared service entity responsible for Sales, Marketing, Information Technology and Customer Service.

Carter joined FedEx in 1993 and has over 35 years of systems development and implementation experience.  Carter is responsible for setting the technology direction of the FedEx applications, infrastructure, networks and data centers that provide around the clock and around the globe support for FedEx product offerings.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from the University of South Florida.

Carter has been awarded many industry accolades, including, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2014 and 2010, Fortune Magazine’s Executive Dream Team, Information Week’s Chief of the Year Award in 2000, 2001 and 2005, and a seven-time recipient of CIO Magazine’s 100 Award.  Carter is also a charter inductee into the publication’s CIO Hall of Fame.

Carter serves on the Board of Directors of New York Life and Pilot Flying J.

Advisory Committee Members

Advisory Council, 2019

MembershipNameRole/Organization
ChairMr. Rob CarterExecutive Vice President, FedEx
Vice-ChairMr. Matt FennelField Staff, Tennessee Farm Bureau
PermanentMr. John ButlerPresident, Agricenter International
PermanentMr. Gary RodgersExtension Agent/Director, University of Tennessee Extension
PermanentMr. Warner RossSuperintendent, Hardeman County Schools
PermanentMr. Charlie HatcherCommissioner, Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture
PermanentMr. Ed CarterExecutive Director, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
PermanentMr. Mark WilsonPresident, TN 4-H Foundation
RotatingMr. Jimmy ToshOwner, Tosh Farms
RotatingMr. Mike ButlerCEO, Tennessee Wildlife Federation
RotatingMr. Kendall McCarterCDO, Tennessee Wildlife Federation
RotatingMr. Kemmons Wilson Jr.President, Wilson Management Group
RotatingMr. Jim O'BrienExecutive Vice President, Wilson Management Group
RotatingMrs. Chris NorrisFarmer and community leader
RotatingMr. Jim CollinsExecutive Vice President, DuPont
RotatingDr. Lisa PierceyEVP, West Tennessee Healthcare
RotatingMr. Kevin WoodsMemphis Market President Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN
RotatingMrs. Polly RuhlandCEO, United Soybean Producers
Ex-officioMr. Ron BlairDirector of Lone Oaks Farm
Ex-officioDr. Ben WestUT Foundation
Ex-officioMr. Jerry LambRegional Director, UT Extension
Ex-officioDr. Dwight LovedayInterim Assistant Dean & 4-H Program Leader
Ex-officioMr. Ryan HensleyExecutive Director, 4-H Foundation
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