Governance
2009 Alignment Nashville Board of Directors
Alignment Nashville is governed by a Board of Directors that meets quarterly. The Board approves AN’s budget and works to secure long-term funding for AN. The Board of Directors includes the Mayor, the Director of Schools, the President/CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, university presidents, non-profit leaders, business leaders, philanthropists and other dedicated area leaders.
- Orrin Ingram – Board Chair, Ingram Industries, President and CEO
- Tom Cigarran – Healthways, Inc., Chairman
- Christine Bradley – Vanderbilt University, Assistant Vice Chancellor
- Colleen Conway-Welch – Vanderbilt University, Dean of Nursing
- Beth Curley – Nashville Public Television, President
- The Honorable Karl Dean – Metropolitan Nashville, Mayor
- Eric Dewey – United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, CEO
- Rodger Dinwiddie – Center for Youth Issues Nashville/STARS, Executive Director
- Rev. Sonnye Dixon – Hobson United Methodist Church, Pastor
- Margaret Dolan – Ingram Industries, Assistant Vice President
- Robert Fisher – Belmont University, President
- David Fox – Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education, Chair
- Howard Gentry – Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation, CEO
- Paul Haynes – Nashville Career Advancement Center, Executive Director
- Melvin Johnson – Tennessee State University, President
- Judy McConkey – America’s Promise Alliance Representative
- The Honorable Diane Neighbors – Metropolitan Nashville, Vice Mayor
- William Paul, MD – Metropolitan Public Health Department, Director
- Joanne Pulles – HCA Foundation, President
- Jesse Register – Metro Nashville Public Schools, Director of Schools
- Ron Samuels – Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board
- Ralph Schulz – Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, President
- Brian Shipp – Amerigroup Corporation, Regional CEO
- George Van Allen – Nashville State Community College, President
*Note: * Sydney Rogers – Alignment Nashville, Executive Director
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Alignment Nashville Operating Board as of 06-30-2009
Project implementation is directed by the Alignment Nashville Operating Board, which meets monthly to monitor and approve the progress of the working committees. The Operating Board consists of Chairs and Vice Chairs of committees involved in collaborative initiatives, MNPS administrators, and other prominent non-profit leaders supporting the educational community.
- Tom Cigarran, Chairman & CEO, Healthways – Operating Board Chair
- Sydney Rogers, Executive Director, Alignment Nashville – Operating Board Vice Chair
- Elizabeth Ballard, Vanderbilt University, 16-24 Year-olds Out of School/Work Vice Chair
- Lisa Beck, VP School Age Services, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, Healthy Practices Vice Chair
- Sam Braden, MNPS, Principal – John F. Kennedy Middle School, DCL Chair
- James Briggs, MNPS, Associate Superintendent High Schools, AHSI Chair
- Olivia Brown, MNPS, Interim Director Public Information Office, Parent University Chair
- Mary Bufwack, United Neighborhood Health Services, CEO, Specialty & Oral Care Chair
- Kathy Floyd-Buggs, District Office Manager, Congressman Jim Cooper’s Office
- Eileen Crane, Nashville State Community College, Pathways to Postsecondary Vice Chair
- Linda DePriest, MNPS, Asst. Supt. for Instructional Support, Adolescent Sexual Resp. Vice Chair
- Monica Dillard, MNPS, Exec. Dir. HS Curriculum & Inst., Pathways to Postsecondary Vice Chair
- Rodger Dinwiddie, Center for Youth Issues – STARS, Executive Director
- Marsha Edwards, Martha O’Bryan Center, Inc., Director, Middle School Vice Chair
- Kent Fourman, Vice President, Permanent General
- Cecilia Franklin, MNPS, Coordinator – Homebound Services, Healthy Starts Vice Chair
- Kimberly Golden, Community Relations Manager, AmeriGroup Community Care
- Debby Gould, PENCIL Foundation, Director, Pre-K Vice Chair
- Latissa Hall, MNPS, Coordinated School Health, Healthy Practices Vice Chair
- Tracye Henderson, McGruder Family Resource Center (FRC), Director, Representing area FRCs
- Starr Herrman, MNPS, Director, High School Small Learning Communities, SLC Chair
- Marc Hill, Chief Education Officer, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Francie Hunt, Stand for Children, Nashville Organizer, Parent University Vice Chair
- Wade Jones, MNPS – School Choice Coordinator, Middle School Chair
- Karen Lefkovitz, MNPS, Exec. Dir. High Schools, 16-24 Year-olds Out of School/Work Vice Chair
- Patrick Luther, Nashville Cares, DCL Vice Chair
- Susan Lyle, MNPS, Coordinated School Health, Healthy Practices Chair
- Candy Markman, Mayor’s Afterschool Initiatives, Planning Director
- Carol Martin-Osorio, Nashville State Community College, Dean of Students
- Darwin Mason, MNPS, Principal Community Adult School
- David McNeel, MNPS Educational Consultant
- Danielle Mezera, Mayor’s Office of Children & Youth, Director, SLC Vice Chair
- Oscar Miller, Tennessee State University, Professor of Social Work/Sociology
- Peter Millet, Tennessee State University, Dean of Education
- Mary Kate Mouser, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Healthy Practices Vice Chair
- Kelly Noser, MNPS, Program Evaluator
- Phil Orr, United Way, Senior Vice President
- Tywanna Peoples, MNPS, Kindergarten, Pre-K Chair
- Lisa Pote, Center for Non-Profit Management
- Marcy Rehse, Junior League of Nashville
- Bill Rochford, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, SLC Vice Chair
- Denise Rollins, MNPS, Director of SEL, Behavioral Health Vice Chair
- Judy Rye, Martha O’Bryan Center, Adult Ed., 16-24 Year-olds Out of School/Work Vice Chair
- Melissa Spradlin, Book ’Em, CEO, Elementary Oversight Vice Chair
- Tina Stenson, MNPS Research
- Dan Surface, Daniel Surface Consulting, Community Member
- Ralph Tagg, MNPS, Principal, Nashville Big Picture High School
- Mary Walker, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Vice President of Programs
- Michael Warren, MD, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Primary Care Chair
- Todd Wigginton, MNPS, Coordinator-Social Studies I, Elementary Oversight Chair
- Connie Williams, PENCIL Foundation, Executive Director, SLC Vice Chair
- Gail Carr Williams, VU Community, Neighborhood, & Government Relations, Assistant Director
- Rev. Neely Williams, IMF/Peniel Initiative, Director, Pathways to Postsecondary Vice Chair
- Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, Metro Public Health Dept., Director of Health, Healthy Starts Chair
- Ellen Zinkiewicz, NCAC, Manager Youth Council, AHSI Chair
- Glen Biggs, Associate Director, Alignment Nashville
- Sandra Harris, ITEST Program Manager, Alignment Nashville
- Melissa Jaggers, Associate Director, Alignment Nashville
- Diane Long, Grants Developer, Alignment Nashville
- Carol Nixon, Director of Special Projects, Alignment Nashville, Behavioral Health Vice Chair
- Harvey Sperling, Consultant, Alignment Nashville
- Bob Teague, Office Manager, Alignment Nashville
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