Leadership Memphis

Meet the Board

Valerie Morris Bearup

President and CEO
Morris Marketing Group

Williams Brack

Manager Business Development, CBIZ MHM, LLC

Rita Cowans

VP Internal Audie
FedEx

Jim Crone

Government and Corporate Relations
Trane

Christopher B. Davis

President
LeMoyne-Owen College

Amber Floyd

General Counsel
Memphis Airport Authority

Holly Ford

CEO
University of Memphis Foundation

Shirley Ford

AVP - Financial Accounting and Reporting & University Controller
University of Memphis

Edmund Ford, Jr.

Commissioner District 9
Shelby County Commission

Annette Green

Chief People Officer
ALSAC/St. Jude

Jason Handel

VP, Global Cellulose Sales
International Paper

Cassandra Howard

VP, Chief Medical
Officer Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare/Military

Marlinee Iverson

County Attorney
Shelby County Government

Vijay Kalaga

Commerical Banker
Bank of America

James Kirkwood

Executive Director
Memphis Christian Pastors Network

Ryan Liester

District Manager TN/KY/AL
Irby Utilities

Ken Moody

Director of Local Relations and Partnerships
University of Memphis

Patrice Robinson

Council Member District 3
Memphis City Council

Linda Sawyer

CAO/CFO
Memphis Tourism

Steve Swain

SVP, Community Lending Manager
Pinnacle Financial Partners

Sylvester Tate

Owner
Tate Computer Systems

Chuck Utterback

Vice President Network
Management CIGNA

Kimmie McNeil Vaulx

System Director of Corporate Communications
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

Our Mission

We prepare and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of the whole community.

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