Meet the Board
Belinda Anderson
Community Volunteer
Valerie Morris Bearup
President/CEO Morris Marketing Group
Nikia Bell
VP of Operations
Regional One Health
Williams Brack
Manager Business Development CBIZ MHM, LLC
Shunji Brown-Woods
Vice President Integration Management Smith & Nephew
Rene Bustamante
EVP, COO, & CFO
The University of Memphis
Rocky Champagne
Vice President Operations Kroger
Sarah Colley
SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Rita Cowans
Vice President FedEx Corporation
Joanna Crangle
Market President/Publisher Memphis Business Journal
Jim Crone
Government & Corporate Relations Trane
Amber Floyd
General Counsel Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
Edmond Ford, Jr.
Commissioner, District 9 Shelby County Commission
Kimmie McNeil Vaulx
System Director of Corporate Communications
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Health Care Corporation
Annette Green
Chief People Officer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-ALSAC
Jason Handel
Vice President Sales, Global Cellulose Fibers International Paper
Paul Haught
Associate Provost for Graduate Academic Affairs and Professional Education, University of Dayton
Cassandra Howard, Brig Gen, MD
Vice President/Chief Medical Officer Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Marlinee Iverson
Attorney Shelby County Government
Vijay Kalaga
Vice President - Senior Relationship Manager Bank of America
James Kirkwood
Executive Director
Memphis Christian Pastor's Network
Ryan Leister
District Manager Irby Utilities
Bacarra Mauldin
Chief Executive Officer
Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA)
Ken Moody
Director of Local Relations & Partnerships
The University of Memphis
Jean Morton
Senior VP & Manager, Not For Profit and Government
Truist
Ginger Pilgrim
Principal Price Waterhouse Cooper
Patrice Robinson
Former Councilwoman, District 3
Memphis City Council
Linda Sawyer
Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Financial Officer Memphis Tourism
Vernon Stafford, Jr.
Sr. EVP/Chief Audit Executive First Horizon National Corporation
Kandace Stewart
Vice President, Business Operations & External Affairs Memphis Grizzlies
Steve Swain
SVP, Community Lending Manager Pinnacle Financial Partners
Sylvester Tate
Owner Tate Computer Systems, Inc.
Ted Townsend
President & Chief Executive Officer Greater Memphis Chamber
Chuck Utterback
Vice President, Network Management
CIGNA
Dan Weddle
President & Chief Executive Officer
ProTech Services Group, Inc.
Marvin White
Manager, FedEx.com Planning, Analysis, and Innovation
FedEx Services
Our Mission
We prepare and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of the whole community.