Operating Board & Davidson County P-16 Council
& America’s Promise Alliance Convener &
Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL) Hub
The Alignment Nashville Operating Board, which meets monthly, is composed of AN committee chairs and vice chairs, as well as selected Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) administrators and community members.
Phil Orr, with the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville,
speaks with Kent Fourman, Chair of the Operating Board.
The Operating Board is designed to support Alignment Nashville committees and ensure connections to other committees and resources in the community. It also serves as a peer accountability network for the operations of AN committees by reviewing and approving new committee chair and vice-chair appointments as well as Invitations to Participate (ITPs).
The Operating Board is a community of practice for committee leaders, as they share information about their work and lessons learned through the process. “The energy, creativity, and grit of Alignment leadership are a powerful combination and inspiration,” said Judy Rye, Chair of the Alignment Nashville 16-24-Year-Old Committee and member of the Operating Board. “The committee chairs and co-chairs will listen and respond honestly and boldly, and bring a fresh perspective when the floor opens for feedback on ideas and ITPs, keeping the focus on the Alignment process. The stories of the process in action are part of each Operating Board meeting, and we are made stronger for the work by sharing and celebrating these stories.”
The collaborative environment was evident to a recent Operating Board visitor. “I was impressed with the combination of structure and flexibility,” he said. “The committees are not at all boxed in by the Alignment process, but there is a clear structure for guidance and accountability. The structure is obviously not hampering creativity.”
“The stories of the process in action are part of each Operating Board meeting, and we are made stronger for the work by sharing and celebrating these stories.”
- Judy Rye, Chair of the Alignment Nashville 16-24-Year-Old Committee and member of the Operating Board.
Alignment Nashville Operating Board as of 03-01-2012
Project implementation is directed by the Alignment Nashville Operating Board & Davidson County P-16 Council, 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 and community leaders supporting public education and promoting children’s health.
Members:
- Kent Fourman – CIO, Permanent General Companies, Operating Board Chair
- Lisa Beck, VP School Age Services, YMCA of Middle Tennessee, HEAL Co-Chair
- Olivia Brown, MNPS, Interim Director Public Information Office, Parent University Chair
- Reba Bryant, MNPS, Coordinator of Student Health and 504, Primary Care Vice Chair
- Mary Bufwack, United Neighborhood Health Services, CEO
- Kathy Floyd Buggs, District Office Manager, Congressman Jim Cooper’s Office
- Nicole Chaput-Guizani, MNPS, Refugee & Immigrant Support Services Vice Chair
- Stephanie Coleman, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Ann Cumbie, MNPS, Director of School Counseling Services, MNPS Representative
- Linda DePriest, MNPS, Asst. Supt. for Instructional Support, ASR Vice Chair
- Rodger Dinwiddie, Center for Youth Issues – STARS, Executive Director
- Amy Downey, MNPS Middle School Chair
- Kathy Edson, NPT – Nashville Public Television, Parent University Vice Chair
- Jennifer Escue, Catholic Charities, Program Coordinator, Refugee & Immigrant Support Svcs Chair
- Kim Wyche-Etheridge, MD, Metro Public Health Dept., Director of Health, Healthy Starts Chair
- Cecilia Franklin, MNPS, Coordinator – Homebound Services, Healthy Starts Vice Chair
- Kimberly Golden, Community Relations Manager, AmeriGroup Community Care
- Kathy Gracey, Vanderbilt University, Behavioral Health Vice Chair
- Lora Hall, MNPS
- Laura Hansen, MNPS
- Kim Harrell, Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital, HEAL Co-Chair
- Anne Henderson, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Middle School Vice Chair
- Kelly Henderson, MNPS, Executive Director of Instruction for High Schools, DCL Chair
- Tracye Henderson, McGruder Family Resource Center (FRC), Director, Representing Area FRCs
- Starr Herrman, MNPS, Director, High School Small Learning Communities, HS Academies Chair
- Florence Kidd, MNPS, Pre-Kindergarten Co-Chair
- Erica Lanier, Director’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Liaison
- Dee Gee Lester, Metro Parks, DCL Vice Chair
- Katherine Louw, Junior League of Nashville
- Kenyatta Lovett, Volunteer State Community College
- Patrick Luther, Nashville Cares, DCL Vice Chair
- Susan Lyle, MNPS, Coordinated School Health, HEAL Vice Chair
- John Mann, MNPS EL Department
- Candy Markman, Mayor’s Afterschool Initiatives, Planning Director
- Darwin Mason, MNPS, Principal Community Adult School
- Mamie McKenzie, Tennessee Voices for Children, Pre-Kindergarten Vice Chair
- Lilly Massa-McKinley, Vanderbilt University – Office of Active Citizenship & Service
- David McNeel, MNPS Educational Consultant
- Marcy Melvin, Centerstone, Behavioral Health Vice Chair
- Oscar Miller, Tennessee State University, Professor of Social Work/Sociology
- Peter Millet, Tennessee State University, Dean of Education
- Erica Mitchell, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
- Megan Morton, Community Food Advocates, School Nutrition Vice Chair
- Jay Nelson, MNPS, School Nutrition Chair
- John Norris, MNPS, GST Consulting, Culture Re-Tooling and Training
- Kelly Noser, Kelly Noser Consulting, Program Evaluator
- Phil Orr, United Way, Senior Vice President
- Carol Martin-Osorio, Nashville State Community College, Dean of Students
- Phyllis Phillips, MNPS, Pre-Kindergarten Co-Chair
- Gini Pupo-Walker, MNPS, Director of Parent Involvement & Community Services
- Bill Rochford, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, SLC Vice Chair
- Denise Rollins, MNPS, Director of SEL, Behavioral Health Chair
- Judy Rye, Martha O’Bryan Center, Adult Ed., 16-24 Year-olds Out of School/Work Chair
- Jackie Shrago, MNPS, Middle School Chair
- Melissa Spradlin, Book ’Em, CEO, Elementary Oversight Vice Chair
- Jay Steele, MNPS, Associate Superintendent, High School Committee Chair
- Tina Stenson, MNPS Research
- Verda Stewart, MNPS, Special Projects
- Sally Underwood, Junior League of Nashville
- Betsy Walkup, Community Foundation of Middle TN, Childcare Taskforce Chair
- Whitney Weeks, Vanderbilt University Center for Nashville Studies
- Todd Wigginton, MNPS, Coordinator-Social Studies I, Elementary Oversight Chair
- Michelle Wilcox, MNPS, High School Options and Pathways to Postsecondary Chair
- Connie Williams, PENCIL Foundation, Executive Director, SLC Vice Chair
- Gail Carr Williams, VU Community, Neighborhood, & Government Relations, Assistant Director
- Neely Williams, Community Partners Network, Director, Pathways to Postsecondary Vice Chair
- Ellen Zinkiewicz, NCAC, Manager Youth Council, High School Options Vice Chair
Staff:
- Glen L. Biggs, Associate Director, Alignment Nashville
- Healther Chalos, Committee Coordinator, Alignment Nashville
- Sandra Harris, Art2STEM Program Manager, Alignment Nashville
- Melissa Jaggers, Associate Executive Director, Alignment Nashville
- Anthony Johnson, America’s Promise Collaborative Coordinator, Alignment Nashville
- Diane Long, Grants Developer, Alignment Nashville
- Sydney Rogers, Executive Director, Alignment Nashville
- Bob Teague, Office Manager, Alignment Nashville
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