Corporate Overview

Board of Directors

Frank M. Addicks

Frank M. Addicks is a Certified Public Accountant who has been in public practice since 1962 and is a partner in Addicks CPA Firm, LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Frank is a past president of Cherokee Country Club, the Rotary Club of Knoxville, and is a member of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church where he has served as a deacon and an elder. Frank has served as treasurer of the Helen Ross McNabb Mental Health Center, the Beta Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Chi House Corporation, the Tennessee Valley Fair and of the Sequoyah Hills Preservation Society. He has served as a director of Southeast Service Corporation (SSC Service Solutions) since 1970, the East Tennessee Foundation and the American Red Cross. Frank, and his wife Peggy, reside in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Samuel E. Beall, III

Samuel E. ‘Sandy’ Beall is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (RI), and has over 900 company-owned and operated and franchised restaurants worldwide.

In 1971, while attending the University of Tennessee, Beall and college friends founded the Ruby Tuesday concept. Over the next 10 years, Beall and his team grew Ruby Tuesday to 16 units and, in 1982, opened the first L&N Seafood Grill at the World’s Fair in Knoxville.

On May 1, 1982, Morrison Incorporated acquired the Ruby Tuesday and L&N Seafood Grill concepts and named Beall President of the Specialty Division. The Silver Spoon Cafe (formerly changed to Mozzarella's Cafe, now known as American Cafe) concept was added in 1984 and the Tia’s concept in 1995.

Beall was named Executive Vice President of Morrison in 1985, and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer in 1987. He assumed the title of Chief Executive Officer in 1992 and Chairman of the Board in May, 1995. In March, 1996, the Board of Directors, at Beall’s recommendation, approved spinning off the two smaller operating divisions and Ruby Tuesday, Inc. became a separate, publicly held corporation with Beall as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

In 1994, MUFSO (Multi-Unit Food Service Operators) honored Beall as Operator of the Year and presented him with the Golden Chain Award. This also marked the year Beall was named Executive of the Year by Restaurants and Institutions Magazine.

In June of 1998, Ruby Tuesday, Inc. relocated its corporate headquarters to Maryville, Tennessee.

In November, 2000, the Company sold American Cafe and Tia’s Tex-Mex restaurants to the president and partner of the American Cafe concept and his management team.

Beall serves on the Board of Directors for Windstream Corporation, Pilot Corporation, Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, and SSC Service Solutions. He is a member of the Chief Executives Organization. He, and his wife Kreis, reside in Maryville, Tennessee.

Jim Derham

Jim has spent over 40 years in leadership roles in the Facilities Support Services industry. He is one of the most experienced people still active in the industry.

He has built companies to national prominence and market leadership in the United States, Canada and England. These companies served a full spectrum of clients including Education, Health Care, Industry and Commercial, and a full spectrum of services including Cleaning, Mechanical Plant Maintenance and Engineering, Grounds keeping, Laundry and Food Service.

Jim was the last President of Marriott's Facilities Management before they exited the business by selling the Division to Sodexho. In this position he managed over 30,000 employees and revenues that would be in excess of One Billion Dollars in present day money.

In addition to serving on Service Solutions Board, Jim is a ready "been there, done that" resource to the management team and assists with monitoring quality of service and client satisfaction.

Sherri Parker Lee

As the wife of SSC founder Baxter Lee III, Sherri Parker Lee has always taken an active role in the company. Her role broadened in 1999 when Baxter passed away and Mrs. Lee assumed Baxter’s seat on the SSC Service Solutions board of directors. Today she serves as the Chairman of SSC’s Board and works diligently to lead the employee owned company to greater growth while maintaining the high standards and ideals set by her late husband.

In addition to her responsibilities on SSC’s Board of Directors, Mrs. Lee is an extremely active member in her community as well as associated professional societies. Her business memberships and activities include the Society of International Business Fellows, the International Women's Forum, the Public Trust PAC and The Committee of 200.

In addition to her professional memberships, Mrs. Lee takes an active leadership role in her community. Her most recent activities include The Churchill Archives Advisory Board for Churchill College at Cambridge University, the Maryville College Board of Directors, and the Chancellor's Advisory Council for Texas Christian University. She also is active with The East Tennessee Foundation Board of Directors, and the Tennessee Women's Forum. In addition, she serves on the University of Tennessee Women's Alliance Philanthropist and Executive Board.

Among her many honors, Mrs. Lee is a Knoxville Junior League Outstanding Sustainer. She received the Garden Club of American Conservation award in 1997 and the Smoky Mountain Chapter of NSFREE in 1998 for National Philanthropy Day. She was the YWCA Tribute to Women Honoree in 2006 for outstanding Volunteer Community Service and she is routinely cited as an outstanding civic leader.

Robert A. McCabe, Jr.

Mr. McCabe began his banking career with the former Park National Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee, as an officer trainee in 1976. From 1976 to 1984, Mr. McCabe held various positions with Park National Bank in Knoxville, including senior vice president, until the acquisition of Park National by First American National Bank in 1985. Mr. McCabe joined First American as an executive vice president of the retail bank of First American National Bank of Nashville, a position he held until 1987 when First American promoted him to president and chief operating officer of the First American Bank of Knoxville. In 1989, Mr. McCabe was given added responsibility by being named president and chief operating officer for First American's east Tennessee region. Mr. McCabe continued in that position until 1991, when First American selected him as president of First American's Corporate Banking division, and shortly thereafter, as president of its General Banking division. In 1994, First American appointed Mr. McCabe as a vice chairman of First American Corporation.

In March 1999, Mr. McCabe was appointed by First American to manage all banking and non-banking operations, a position he held until First American's merger with AmSouth Bancorporation in October 1999. In addition to his banking experience with First American, Mr. McCabe serves as a director of SSC Service Solutions of Knoxville, National Health Investors of Murfreesboro and is Chairman of Goldleaf Financial of Nashville.

Mr. McCabe has been active in various civic organizations within his community. He is a member of the World President's Organization, Chief Executives Organization and serves as a trustee for the Ensworth School. He is Chairman of Cheekwood, the Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts Council and the Nashville Downtown Partnership.

Ted Welch

Ted Welch graduated in 1955 from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received the Outstanding Sophomore Award, was Junior Class President, Captain of the football team, and member of the boxing, track and tennis teams. He then attended Indiana University Graduate School of Management. In 1989, Welch received the Outstanding Alumni Award at the University of Tennessee at Martin, and in 1998 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from Freed-Hardeman University.

Welch worked at the Southwestern Publishing Company as a student salesman and manager from 1953 until 1957. In 1958, he became a full-time employee and remained with the company until 1971. During his tenure with Southwestern Publishing, he served as Executive Vice President, a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Executive Committee and became a major stockholder in the company.

He served as Commissioner of Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer for the State of Tennessee from 1971 to 1974 under the first Republican Governor in the 20th Century. In 1974, Welch served as State Finance Chairman for Lamar Alexander’s first bid for Governor of Tennessee. The following two years, he was Finance Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. From 1977 through 1978, he served as Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee and established the Eagles Program, which today raises approximately $10.5 million annually for the RNC.

For the 1980 Presidential Election, Welch was asked by Presidential Candidates Ronald Reagan, George Bush, John Connally, Bob Dole and Howard Baker to be their National Finance Chairman. He was the National Finance Chairman for the Howard Baker Campaign for the Presidency and raised the soft money for President Reagan’s General Election Campaign. From 1981 through 1986, Welch and Baker co-founded the Republican Majority Fund that primarily supported U.S. Senate and House candidates, and grew into the second largest Political Action Committee in the country. He was very active in the 1984 re-election effort for President Reagan. In 1985, he chaired the President’s Dinner in Washington and broke the all-time record by raising more than $6 million to support U.S. Senate and House candidates.

Welch served as Chairman of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in 1986, which drew more than 1,500 people and was twice the size of the largest conference at that point. He was chosen as the Tennessee Republican Statesman of the Year in 1987, and was presented the award by Henry Kissinger and Howard Baker. In 1988, he served as a National Regional Finance Chairman for Bush/Quayle. Welch had the privilege of serving as the Honorary Chairman of the Young Republican National Convention in 1990. In 1992, he served as Regional Finance Chairman for Bush/Quayle, and was elevated to National Finance Chairman for the Primary and served as National Chairman for Victory ’92 for the General Election.

Welch was described in the April 16, 1995 issue of the New York Times Magazine as “perhaps the best political fundraiser ever.” In the same article, Howard Baker was quoted as saying, “Ted Welch is the number one fundraiser in all history.”

He served as the Finance Chairman for Lamar Alexander’s 1996 and 2000 Presidential Campaigns, as well as for Alexander’s victorious Senatorial Campaign in 2002. In 1997, Welch was General Chairman of the Republican National Committee’s annual fund-raising gala that raised more than $11.3 million – a record amount. In 2000 he served on the Executive Committee of the Bush for President Finance Committee. In 2002, Ted Welch was the Finance Chairman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and was very instrumental in regaining Republican control of the United States Senate. Ted is currently finance chairman of Alexander for Senate Committee 2008 and Chairman of TENNPAC, which was founded by
U. S. Senator Alexander and Welch.

Welch recently served as Senior Fellow for Public Policy and Politics at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Board of Directors. His Corporate Boards of Directors’ seats include FirstBank, National Health Investors Corporation, American Constructors, Inc., and SSC Service Solutions. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Forum.

He and his wife, Colleen Conway-Welch, reside in Nashville, Tennessee. He has three married daughters and five grandchildren. He is a member of the Vine Street Christian Church where he served as a Deacon for six years and an Elder for three years. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Vine Street Christian Church and a former board member of the Lexington Theological Seminary.

Since 1975, Welch has been a self-employed investor in real estate and developer of office buildings. He became Chairman and CEO of Eagle Communications, Inc. in 1993 and served in that capacity until selling the company in July 2001.

Welch has never accepted compensation for fund-raising or political activities.