Tennessee Code Title 13. Public Planning and Housing § 13-30-105

(a) The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested. Such board shall consist of any number of directors, no fewer than five (5), all of whom shall be duly qualified electors of and taxpayers in the creating local government or local governments.

(b) The creating local government or local governments, if more than one (1) has jointly created a corporation, shall determine the qualifications, manner of selection or appointment, terms of office of members of the board, the number of directors, whether and to what extent the members of the local legislative bodies shall be appointed or elected to serve on the board of the corporation and the manner of filling vacancies.

(c) The term of each director on the corporation shall be as set by the creating local government or local governments; provided that any director shall continue to serve beyond the end of the director's term until the director's successor has been appointed. At the first organizational meeting of the corporation, the creating local government or local governments shall establish the terms of the initial directors so that the directors serve staggered terms and an approximately equal number of directors have terms that expire in each year.