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Bill Haslam, met for the first time Monday and elected its chairman.Haslam appointed advisory board members for four University of Tennessee system schools in December. His plan to reduce the size of the UT system's Board of Trustees, the UT Focus Act, was narrowly passed into law last year. UTC advisory board members › Board Chairman: Fred Decosimo, certified public accountant and shareholder in the Elliott Davis firm, member of the University of Chattanooga Foundation Board of Trustees, the University of Tennessee System Endowment Advisory Committee, and chairman of the audit committee of the UT System Foundation› William “Muecke” Barker, former Tennessee Supreme Court justice, former trustee of the UC Foundation, 2007 winner of the UTC Distinguished Alumnus award and former UTC adjunct professor› Serina Desai, businesswoman and community leader and co-founder of the real estate company, 3H Group; graduate of UTC› Carole Hoffman, vice president of human resources for Parkridge Health System, member of Tennessee Association of Healthcare Recruiters and the Chattanooga Area Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, graduate of UTC› Scott LeRoy, attorney and is vice president and chief operating officer with 2nds in Building Materials, Inc., corporate parent of SE Salvage and Home Emporium retail stores; graduate of UTC and the UT College of Law› Student member: Jujuan Lewis, UTC Student Government Association president› Faculty member: Gretchen Potts, UC Foundation professor of chemistry, director of the UTC Integrated Studies program, president of the UTC Alpha SocietyThe seven-member board, includes five members appointed by the governor from a range of professions and industries, university alumni, Chancellor Steve Angle and faculty and student representatives."This board will provide a prospective that is very UTC focused," Angle told the Times Free Press. "They'll understand more of the details that are going on with UTC becau...