2024-2025 Board of Directors
Meet the Board
Belinda Anderson
Community Volunteer
Shirley Ford
Past Interim President/CEO Leadership Memphis
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
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