Leadership

Board Listing

  • Kent Oliver - Chair
    Eric Higgs, Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle TN - Vice Chair
  • Chris Schlueter, First Bank - Secretary/Treasurer
  • Dr. Adrienne Battle, MNPS Superintendent
  • Mary Beard, HCA
  • Kim Blazek, Ingram Library Services
  • Alfred Degrafinried II, Leadership Tennessee
  • Beth Fernandes, Harpeth Hall/MNPS parent
  • Angela Goddard, Joe C. Davis Foundation
  • Dr. James McIntyre, Belmont University

    Dr. Carol Osorio, Nashville State Community College
  • Melissa Jaggers, Alignment Nashville
  • Brian Moyer, Retired
  • Scott Perry, Memorial Foundation
  • Philip Simpson, KPMG

Chair Emeritus Members

  • Dr. Bob Fisher
  • Kent Fourman
  • Orrin Ingram
  • Katherine McElroy
  • Tom Ward

Partners

  • ACE Mentors of Middle Tennessee
  • Advent
  • Adventure Science Center
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, TN Chapter
  • American Lung Association
  • Arts Alive Tennessee/Trash to Treasure Development Corporation
  • Aspire
  • Asthma, Allergy and Sinus Center
  • Austin ISD Department of Social and Emotional Learning
  • Austin Peay State University
  • Autism Tennessee
  • AVID Center
  • AYES
  • Backfield in Motion
  • Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon
  • Belcourt Theatre
  • Belmont University
  • Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • bKYND Company
  • Blacks in Technology
  • Book 'Em
  • Boys and Girls Club Middle TN
  • Bringing Books to Life
  • Bullying & School Foundation
  • Cafe Momentum
  • Capstone Pediatrics
  • Case de la Cultura Latino Americana
  • Catholic Charities
  • Center for Refugees and Immigrants of TN
  • Center for Safe & Supportive Schools at Vanderbilt
  • Center on Great Teachers and Leaders
  • Centering Pregnancy at Meharry
  • Centerstone
  • Cheekwood
  • Cheryl Mayes
  • Children's Kindness Network
  • Civic Design Center
  • Committee for Children (Second Step)
  • Conexion Americas
  • Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation
  • Corner to Corner
  • Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Creative Genius In You
  • CWJC Middle TN
  • DAHeMe Solutions
  • Delek Fund for Hope
  • Department of Music Trevecca
  • Discovery Center
  • DYMON
  • East Nashville Hope Exchange
  • Elephant Sanctuary
  • Elijah’s Heart
  • Emma, Inc.
  • EmpowerU
  • End Slavery Tennessee
  • EOA Architects
  • ESL To Go
  • Evolution Event Solutions, LLC
  • The Excellence Team
  • Exchange Club Family Center
  • Experimental Tools
  • The Family Center
  • Fannie Battle Day Home
  • The F.I.N.D. Design
  • FocusWorks Consulting Group
  • Ford Motor Credit Company
  • Franklin Special School District
  • Freeman Webb
  • Frist Center for the Visual Arts
  • Girls Write Nashville
  • GLSEN Tennessee
  • Golden Rule Schools
  • GoNoodle
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Governor’s Children’s Cabinet
  • Green Door Gourmet
  • Hands On Nashville
  • Tristar Skyline Madison Campus
  • HCA
  • Healthways
  • Healthy Beginnings
  • Healthy Start of Nashville
  • Holiday Inn - Vanderbilt
  • Homework Hotline
  • Hope Clinic for Women
  • Hope Community Development Corporation
  • HST Interior Elements
  • HUGS Program
  • Inglewood Elementary PTO
  • Inquiry Adventures
  • IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service
  • Isha Foundation
  • Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
  • Juvenile Court of Metropolitan Nashville
  • KidCentral TN
  • Larry Keeton Theatre & The Senior Center for the Arts
  • Learner’s Edge Consulting
  • Lions Quest Lions Clubs International Foundation
  • Lipscomb University
  • Lipscomb University School of Nursing
  • Love Helps
  • Love in a Big World
  • Loving Life Foundation
  • Mano.amiga
  • Martha O’Bryan Center
  • Mayor’s Office-Metro Nashville/Davidson County
  • McNeilly Center
  • Meharry Medical College
  • Mental Health America
  • Mental Health Cooperative
  • Mercy Ministries of America
  • Metro Action Commission
  • Metro Arts (Metro Nashville Arts Commission)
  • Metro Nashville Public Schools
  • Metro Nashville Public Health Department
  • Mid Cumberland Child Care Resource and Referral
  • Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America
  • Middle Tennessee State University
  • Midtown Fellowship
  • Mindfulness in Nashville Education
  • MNEA
  • MNPS Support Services/Community Achieves
  • Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
  • Moves and Grooves
  • Mt Carmel MBC
  • MPHD Fetal Infant Mortality Review
  • Music City Birthing Project
  • NABA Inc. Nashville
  • Nashville Adult Literacy Council
  • Nashville Ballet
  • Nashville Career Advancement Center
  • Nashville CARES
  • Nashville Farmers’ Market
  • Nashville Financial Empowerment Center
  • Nashville International Center for Empowerment
  • Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
  • Nashville Public Education Foundation
  • Nashville Public Library
  • Nashville Public Library/T.O.T.A.L.
  • Nashville Public Television
  • Nashville Salutes
  • Nashville Shakespeare Festival
  • Nashville Sports Council/Music City Bowl Inc.
  • Nashville State Community College
  • Nashville Symphony
  • Nashville Technology Council
  • Nashville Zoo
  • National Hook Up of Black Women, Inc.
  • National Museum of African American Music
  • Nations Ministry
  • NAZA
  • Neighborhood Health
  • New Directions Counseling and Consulting
  • New Transitions, Inc.
  • Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee
  • Nurture the Next
  • Oasis Center
  • Park Avenue Church ESL
  • Park Center
  • The Parthenon
  • PFLAG Nashville
  • Preston Taylor Ministries
  • Project BRAIN
  • Project Transformation Tennessee
  • Project Safe Center
  • Pure Edge, Inc.
  • Purposeful Leadership
  • Quaver Ed
  • Rager Adolescent Health
  • Responsive Classroom
  • Rocketown
  • Room in the Inn
  • SAC3
  • Safe Haven
  • Salama Urban Ministries
  • Salvation Army
  • Sexual Assault Center
  • Shade Tree Early Pregnancy Program
  • Share a Book
  • Social and Emotional Learning Broadcast
  • Soles4Souls
  • STARS Nashville
  • Street Theatre Company
  • Stronger Than My Father, Inc.
  • TAADAS
  • Teach for America
  • Technology Council
  • Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville
  • Tennessee Credit Union
  • Tennessee Early Intervention Systems
  • Tennessee Electronic Library
  • Tennessee Justice for our Neighbors
  • Tennessee State University
  • Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
  • Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network
  • Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition
  • Tennessee Voices for Children
  • Thomas Miller and Partners
  • Thrive Education
  • TN Department of Education
  • TN Voices
  • Tomorrow’s Leaders for Change
  • Touchstone Youth Resources
  • Trash to Treasure Development Corporation
  • Tullahoma City Schools
  • Turnip Truck
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
  • United4Hope
  • Universal Robotics, Inc.
  • University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
  • University of the South
  • University of Virginia Social Development Lab
  • University School Nashville
  • Urban Green Lab
  • Urban League
  • UT/TSU Agriculture Extension Davidson County
  • Vanderbilt Behavioral Health
  • Vanderbilt Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vanderbilt University Pediatric Community Health Rotation
  • Vanderbilt School of Engineering
  • Vanderbilt School of Medicine
  • Vanderbilt School of Nursing
  • We Do it for the Culture
  • We Impact Now, LLC
  • WIC Program
  • Willis North America, Inc.
  • WINGS for Kids
  • Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
  • Y-Build
  • YMCA of Middle TN
  • You Have the Power
  • Your Self Series
  • Youth Encouragement Services
  • Youth Villages
  • YWCA
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