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Board of Directors

Kaitlyn Jones
Kaitlyn Jones, Chair
R.C. Mathews Contractor
N.Keefe
Nicole Sims, Vice Chair

Burr & Forman LLP

K.Alexandroni
Kfir Alexandroni, Treasurer

Aprio LLC

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Jacqueline Hayes, Secretary

Crayons & Marketers

Brittany Adams-Davis
Dollar General Corporation

Lamar Allen
LaMarvelous Balloons

Anupam Bhakta
Broadcast Music, Inc.

Liberty Berman
LP Building Solutions

Brent Binns
Elliott Davis

Lillian Blackshear
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Herbert Brown
Turner Construction

Elizabeth Garza Bumpas
Vanderbilt University

Patrick Carnell
Caterpillar Financial Services

Leslie Cowell
Lipscomb University

Kenneth Crapse
First Horizon Bank

Shohreh Daraei
Ascension National

Cory Dell
ServisFirst Bank

Josh DePriest
Rogers Group

Josh Derryberry
U.S. Bank

Kirsten Dodson
Lipscomb University

John Doerge
Deloitte

Christina Feagins
Deloitte

Jose Ferreira 
JLL, Inc.

Todd Figler
AllianceBernstein

Nicole Flynn
Ryman Hospitality Properties

Derrick Free
Gray Line Tennessee

Jessie Garcia Knowles
Clark Construction Group

Sharon Gentry
HCA Healthcare

Kia Goodwin
Brown-Forman Corporation

Jeff Gregg
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County

Taneisha Harvey
Nashville Municipal Auditorium

Brandon Hill
Nashville Soccer Club

Minh Le 
FINN Partners

Emmanuel LeGrair 
R.H. Boyd

Devin Lintzenich
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Johari Matthews
ONE Community Tennessee Titans

Blake McDaniel
Daps Landing Media

James McIntyre
Belmont University

Norman Merrifield
808 Education

Kelly Mitchell
EY

Hasina Mohyuddin
Vanderbilt University Peabody College

P. Danielle Nellis
Consultant/Strategist

Stephanie Nesbitt
Rehrig Pacific Company

Will Parrott
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Katlin Pendleton
KP Financial Consulting

Sam Reed
Jigsaw

Nicole Robinson-Hamilton Ingram Content Group

Yanet Rodriguez
JJJ Service

Karen Schillinger
Creative Artists Agency

Jennifer Wade
Davidson County Juvenile Court

Juan Williams
Tennessee Department of Human Resources

Robyn Williams, Immediate Past Chair
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management

EX OFFICIO

Sue Spickard
PENCIL Co-Founder

Adrienne Battle
MNPS Director of Schools

Mason Bellamy
MNPS Chief of Special Projects

Watechia Lawless-Mitchell
Office of Mayor Freddie O’Connell

John O. Akerele, Board Fellow
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management

Jennifer Tillotson, Board Fellow
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management

Emerging Leaders

Leadership:

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Shohreh Daraei

Ascension Saint Thomas

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Zach Opheim

Compass Nashville

Anupam
Anupam Bhakta

Broadcast Music, Inc.

Alex Abels
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Cyrus Bahrassa
Ashavan

Megan Behringer
Williamson County Schools

Shabir Bhegani
Bhegani Execution

Sophie Binenfeld
Fuchs Research Group

Alfred Brady
UpRise Nashville

Houston Brown
Alvarez & Marsal

Lindsey Bunt
Vanderbilt University

Amia’ Butler
Meharry Medical College

Cathy Carrillo
Metro Human Relations Commission

Benjamin Davis
Elliott Davis

Teia Davis
Youth Changes

Joya Dinwiddie
Regions Bank

Griselda Gaona
Turner Construction

Mariah Garner
KIPP Foundation

Ethan Goldish
Creative Artists Agency

Brandon Haskins
BranEdD Consulting

Vanessa Herbig-Johnson
YWCA Nashville

Ray Holloman
F5 Networks

Whitney Jenkins
Metro Nashville Public Schools

Ivy Johnson
Asurion

Sabrina Johnson
Martha O’Bryan Center

Emma Jordan
Stantec

Thomas Kelly
Creative Soulz Printing 

Rebecca Mejia
Gresham Smith

Kelly Mitchell
EY

Allan Moreno
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Devin Murphy
Omni Nashville Hotel

Frank Murphy
OMNIA Partners

Cleary Gray Plosser
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Meili Powell
The Education Trust – Tennessee

Heather Reid
Community Health Systems 

Erin Ritter
Ingram Industries

Jacolby Robinson
Fifth Third Bank

Teresa Vasquez
Repped in Tech 

Ashley Vega
Vega Designs

Nikki Walker
East Nashville Hope Exchange 

Cedric Walls
LP Building Solutions