10/22/2025 at 10:00AM
Full committee hearing.
The Tennessee Valley Authority board has been reduced to three members, less than the quorum of five, following crippling firings by Trump. Trump fired board member Michelle Moore on March 27. Trump fired chair Joe Ritsch on April 1. On June 10, Trump fired Beth Geer, chief of staff to former Vice President Al Gore. No public explanation of the firings has been offered.
Nominees to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- Mitch Graves of Tennessee, to replace Brian Noland
- Jeff Hagood of Tennessee, to replace Beth Harwell
- Arthur Graham, of Florida, to replace Michelle Moore
Graves currently serves on Memphis Light, Gas & Water’s board of commissioners and as the CEO of West Cancer Center & Research Institute. Prior to joining WCCRI, he was the CEO of HealthChoice, LLC. Graves has previously served on the boards of Christian Brothers University (Chairman), United Methodist Neighborhood Centers (Chairman), Revenue Assurance, Precision Infusion, Alliance Health Service, Community Care Associates, First Eight Memphis, and Methodist Federal Credit Union. On a national level, he previously served as a member of United Healthcare’s Executive Advisory Council and Cigna’s National Health Care Advisory Council.
Jeff Hagood is a Knoxville lawyer, a former fundraiser for Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ Big Red PAC and a member of the Knoxville Sports Authority Board.
Arthur Graham has since 2010 served on the Florida Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in the state. Graham is the only one of Trump’s current nominees to live outside of TVA’s service region.