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SRPOA Board Members, 2022 - 2023
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Janet Kolarik, President
Board Member since 2017
865-805-0348
​jamkolarik@gmail.com

When our daughter, Annie, graduated from Maryville High School in 2004, Michael began looking for his perfect mountain home. It took a while to find it, but in April 2007, we moved to Saddle Ridge, and we’ve loved being here ever since. I retired from my career in non-profit management after moving here, and Michael is still enjoying his optometry practice in Maryville. Annie is now a family medicine physician with Cherokee Health Systems, and she and her husband Sam live in Knoxville. Michael and I share our home with our Welsh terrier Harper.
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Sally Whelan, Treasurer
Board Member since 2020
508-847-9140
​sapwhelan@gmail.com

​Tom, my husband, and I have always loved the mountains. After retiring from the accounting business that I had started when our first child was born, Tom and I were both ready for a change. Moving to Saddle Ridge was one of the best decisions we have made. Our adult children think so too.


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Betsy Smith, Secretary
Board Member since 2021
​615-631-1173

tennsmith@gmail.com
​We always knew we would return to East Tennessee. Smitty grew up in Maryville. We bought our Saddle Ridge home in 2010 and moved in fulltime in 2014. I retired as an English professor teaching technical communication. Walking our dogs in the woods with family and friends fill our days in the mountains. I do go down the mountain to volunteer for the Blount County Friends of the Library.

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Larry Clapp
Board Member since 2021

813-765-5537
larry@theclapp.org
My wife Roxanne and I started vacationing in the Smokies in the mid-2000's. We found Townsend and eventually Saddle Ridge, bought a lot in 2009, and build a cabin in 2011. We've been here on and off since then, and moved here permanently in the spring of 2021. We love every minute we spend here. We have two cats and no other children. I am a software engineer and work from home. I look forward to getting to know of my neighbors a lot better.




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​Michael Gass
Board Member since 2022

253-651-9943
cmichaelgass@gmail.com
​Beth Rushing and I moved to Saddle Ridge in 2021 to move closer to friends and family in East Tennessee.  Beth is the President of the Appalachian College Association, and travels regularly to visit member institutions in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia throughout the year.  I work from home as an IT and data management consultant for higher education.  We love daily rambles in the neighborhood with our dogs Ricky and Bobby.  We have two grown daughters and four grandchildren.


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Joan Jackson
Board Member since 2020

865-304-2267
​autumnchamp@yahoo.com
I moved to Saddle Ridge in 2019 after retiring. I am a South Carolina native. I worked as a Speedh-Language Pathologist for 30 years specifically with deaf, blind, and deaf-blind children. My hobbies and interests include mountain hiking, walking, cycling on my Ebike, camping, reading, and antiquing. My husband, John, and I share our home with our pets which include dogs, a cat, and a blue and gold macaw.



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Beth Koella
Board Member since 2019

865-705-0455
​bethkoella@gmail.com
My husband, Carl, and I are from this area. We both have always loved the mountains. We looked at property in Saddle Ridge for years before having the opportunity to buy. We both work in Knoxville. I work at 21st Mortgage and Carl works at FirstBank. With our jobs, the timing isn't right for us to live in Saddle Ridge, but we love to visit our property and the people are wonderful.


Judy Pearson
Board Member since 2018

865-982-5729
jrpearson@1942@att.net
Hugh and I moved to Saddle Ridge February 2005 from the corner of Kingston Pike and Peters Road in Knoxville.

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Keith Shuster
Board Member since 2022

609-320-3983
keith08088@yahoo.com
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My wife Lisa and I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and have always had a love for the mountains, national parks, wildlife, and photography. Upon retiring, we made Saddle Ridge our permanent home and couldn't be happier. We look foward to spending the rest of our years in this wonderful spot.



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​Saddle Ridge Property Owners Association
PO Box 353
Walland, TN   37886
saddleridgepoa@gmail.com