Volunteer Memphis and Leadership Memphis will engage volunteers to honor first responders on the 20th commemoration of the September 11 attacks. Police, Fire, EMT, and Military will participate in a parade, experience a moving tribute with a large event, followed by volunteers taking meals to each precinct and fire station. More details coming soon!
Author: Patrick Collins
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2021 Executive Program Graduates Virtually
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, the Executive Program 2021 virtually graduated! Congratulations to all of the participants!
Rachel Alkire, Regional One Health, Development Officer- Major Gifts
Jen Andrews, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, CEO
Andrea Baird, Moore Tech, Chief Administrative Officer
Ashil Bijou, Monogram Foods, Vice President & Head of Procurement
Robert Blackwell, AccredoHealth, Director Business Planning
T. Kevin Bruce, Bruce Turner, PLLC, Attorney
Anthony Jerome Buckner, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Captain/Public Information Officer
Austin Burress, Regions, Mortgage Production Manager
Cindy Cleveland, Diversified Trust, Principal & Chief Talent Officer
Bob Cole, First Horizon Advisors, Regional Director
Patrick Collins, Morris Marketing Group, Executive Vice President
Susan Cooper, Regional One Health, Chief Integration Officer, Senior Vice President
Lorelei Davis, Urban Strategies, Inc., Case Supervisor
Sabrina Dawson, The Collective Blueprint, Vice President, Programs
Marci Fisher, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Staff Attorney
Craig Gaffin, Smith & Nephew, Vice President & General Manager of Trauma & Extremities
Brad Gates, MLGW, Manager, Lighting & Street Services
Danielle Gore, Epicenter, Program Manager of ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator
Emily Graham, Pfizer, Director, Strategic Initiatives
Doreen Graves, Tennessee Housing Development Agency, West TN Liaison
Sherman Greer, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Executive Director of Government Relations & Executive Assistant to the President
Tiffanie Grier, Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc., Programs Officer
Lori Guy, Hutchison School, Strategic Communications Director
Alexis Gwin-Miller, Momentum Edge Coaching & Consulting, Executive Director
Kelley Henderson, Catholic Charities, Executive Director
Laurie Hodge, Church Health, Dental Director, Dentist
Eldon Holliday, III, Memphis Public Library, Central Library Regional Manager
Chuck Hudspeth, Hudspeth Benefits Group, Partner
Rev. Samuel Husband, New City Memphis, Church Planter
Andre Jackson, Caesars Entertainment-Horseshoe Tunica, Regional Vice President of Hospitality
Chet Jackson, The Works, Inc., Director Of Multi-Family Housing
Dr. Brodie Johnson, Dufresne Spencer Group, LLC, Director of Project Management & Corporate IT
Nicholas Kapphahn, FedEx Express, Managing Director
Rodney King, Core Spaces, Senior Vice President – Development
Dana Leake, Frontdoor, Sr. Director of Operations
Rhonda Logan, Memphis City Council, City Councilwoman
Anton Mack, Explore Bike Share, Executive Director
Sherry Mackey, Agape Child & Family Services, Director of Marketing & Communications
James McCraw, Avison Young, Vice President, Retail Brokerage Services
Justin Merrick, Community Transformation Center, Executive Director
Latasha Mister-Echols, Knowledge Quest, Director of Programs
Matt Mooney, University Clinical Care, Executive Director of Clinical Operations
Juliette Moore, Crye Leike Realtors, Realtor
Tina Moore, Director of Account Management, BCBST
Raushanah Morgan, Shelby County Government, Deputy Director for the Division of Community Services
Anna Mullins-Ellis, New Memphis Institute, President & CEO
Jared Myers, Heights Community Development, Executive Director
Tamara Nolen, MLGW, Manager, Corporate Communications
Robbin Page, FedEx Express, Vice President, Human Resources
Cecilia Palazola, Concord Academy, Executive Director
Terence Patterson, Memphis Education Fund, CEO
Jerica Phillips, Shelby County Schools, Chief of Communications
Cathy Pope, Mid-South Food Bank, CEO
Clark Province, Watkins Uiberall, PLLC, Certified Public Accountants
Malcom Rawls, Peer Power Foundation, COO
Dr. Lewis Reich, Southern College of Optometry, President
Derrick Reives, CareerQuo, Co-Founder & CEO
Teri Rhodes White, Ietal Communication and Design, Founder
Larry Robinson, Kudzukian, CEO
Chad Rounder, Pinnacle Financial Partners, SVP, Business Banking Area Manager
Terry Rush, U.S. Navy, Deputy, Total Force HR and Manpower
Eric Schmitt, Sedgwick, Global Chief Information Security Officer
Jenae’ Scott-Robinson, Gardenview Elementary School, Principal
David Simpson, HopeWorks, Inc., Chief Operating Officer
Bennie Smith, Smartsoft LLC, Owner
Rev. William Smith, III, Berean Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor
Dr. Charles Snyder, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Director of Health Disparities Education & Community Engagement
Dr. Ed Stephens, STAR Academy College Preparatory Charter School, Chief Strategy Officer
Kathleen Terry-Sharp, CBU, Associate Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Relations
Melissa Thompson, Crye Leike Realtors, Realtor
Joia Thornton, Southern Center for Human Rights, National Policy Strategist
Kyle Veazey, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – ALSAC, Senior Vice President, Executive Operations
Amy Ware, CBU, Director of Career Services
Toni Williams, Shelby County Schools, Chief Financial Officer
Camille Wright, Ampro Industries Inc., VP Brand Marketing & Communications
Sarah Katherine Wright, The Tennessee Law Center, PLLC, Attorney -
Education Panel
Join Leadership Memphis on Thursday, April 15, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. via Zoom as we hear from area professionals about what is and what is not working in our education system.
This discussion will be moderated by Terence Patterson, President and CEO of Memphis Education Fund, and will feature panelists Chelsea Crawford, Chief of Staff of Tennessee Department of Education, and Miska Clay Bibbs, Board Chair of Shelby County Board of Education.
REGISTER HERE!
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Engage Luncheon
Join us on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. as Demetria Frank, Associate Professor and Director of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Memphis School of Law, discusses Juvenile Justice in our city.
REGISTER HERE!
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Executive Class 2023
The Leadership Memphis Executive Program brings together the brightest and most experienced leaders, decision-makers, influencers, and connectors in the greater Memphis community, with the goals of learning more about our great city, celebrating our community’s assets, and digging deeper into complex issues and challenges facing the Greater Memphis area. Over a nine-month period, participants in the Executive Program are immersed in an intensive experience aimed at building on existing personal and professional leadership skills, developing relationships and networks that drive and accelerate positive change, and delivering an ever-expanding pool of knowledgeable community leaders who are increasingly capable of taking the Memphis-metro area to the next level and beyond.
Click here to apply for the Executive Class of 2023!
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FastTrack Spring 2021
Leadership Memphis’s mission is to prepare and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of the whole community. The FastTrack Program is designed for emerging leaders with high potential who are eager to make a difference in the Greater Memphis Area. Over a nine-week period, participants are introduced to challenging concepts, game-changing tools, and a network of opportunities to create positive change, personally and in the community.
Click here to apply for the Spring 2021 FastTrack Class!
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Leadership Memphis Announces 2021 Executive Class
Members of the 2021 Executive Class celebrated their Opening Retreat over Zoom, meeting their classmates and learning about Leadership Memphis’ virtual program. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 3, 2020 – Leadership Memphis is proud to announce the 83 local leaders that make up the 2021 Executive Class. This diverse group features executives from several professional sectors including business, nonprofit, government, faith, the arts, and more.
“We are thrilled to welcome the 2021 Executive Class,” said Reggie Crenshaw, Interim President/CEO of Leadership Memphis, “These executives have already shown a deep desire to impact Memphis in a positive way and continue the Leadership Memphis tradition of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion while working together for the good of the whole community.”
Over the next nine months, the 2021 Executive Class will complete an immersive virtual program aimed at connecting them to information about the developments and challenges facing Memphis while empowering them to work together for the good of the community.
Leadership Memphis has graduated more than 3,600 leaders through its programs over the last 41 years. Their alumni include executives of Fortune 500 companies, pastors of some of the oldest congregations in the Mid-South, innovators in the nonprofit world, patrons of the arts, and countless small business leaders that are the lifeblood of Memphis. Those interested in learning more about Leadership Memphis’ programs can go to their website at https://www.inovativewebsolutions.agency/leadership/.
2021 Executive Program Class:
First Name Last Name Company Title Rachel Alkire Regional One Health Foundation Director of Development Jen Andrews Shelby Farms Park Executive Director Andrea Baird Moore Tech Chief Administrative Officer Ashil Bijou Monogram Foods Vice President Procurement Robert Blackwell AccredoHealth Director Business Planning T Kevin Bruce Bruce Turner Law Attorney Anthony Jerome Buckner Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Captain/Public Information Officer Austin Burress Regions Mortgage Production Manager Cindy Cleveland Diversified Trust Chief Talent Officer James Robert (Bob) Cole First Horizon Advisors Regional Director Patrick Collins Morris Marketing Group Executive Vice President Broderick Connesero The Common Church Preaching Visionary Pastor Susan Cooper Regional One Health Chief Integration Officer, Senior Vice President Lorelei Davis Urban Strategies, Inc. Case Supervisor Sabrina Dawson The Collective Blueprint Vice President of Programs Marci Fisher Baptist Memorial Health Care Staff Attorney Craig Gaffin Smith & Nephew Vice President & General Manager of Trauma & Extremities Brad Gates MLGW Manager, Lighting and Street Services Danielle Gore Epicenter Program Manager of ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator Emily Graham Pfizer Director, Strategic Initiatives Doreen Graves Tennessee Housing Development Agency West TN Liaison Sherman Greer Southwest TN Community College Executive Director, External Affairs Tiffanie Grier Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc. Programs Officer Kyla Gutierrez-Guyette Workforce Investment Network WIN Executive Director Lori Guy Hutchison School Strategic Communications Director Alexis Gwin-Miller Momentum Edge Coaching and Consulting Agency Executive Director Kelley Henderson Catholic Charities Executive Director Laurie Hodge Church Health Dental Director, Dentist Eldon Eugene Holliday, III Memphis Public Library Central Library Regional Manager Chuck Hudspeth Hudspeth Benefits Group President Rev. Samuel Husband New City Memphis Church Pastor Andre Jackson Caesar’s Entertainment- Horseshoe Tunica Regional Vice President of Hospitality Chet Jackson The Works Director Of Multi-Family Housing Dr. Brodie Johnson Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church Senior Pastor Nicholas Kapphahn FedEx Express Managing Director Rodney King Core Spaces Senior Vice President – Development Dana Leake Frontdoor Sr. Director of Operations Rhonda Logan Memphis City Council City Councilwoman Anton Mack Explore Bike Share Executive Director Sherry Mackey Clark Agape Child & Family Services, Inc. Director of Marketing and Communications James McCraw Avison Young Vice President, Retail Brokerage Services Justin Merrick Community Transformation Center Executive Director Latasha Mister-Echols Knowledge Quest Director of Programs Matt Mooney University Clinical Care Executive Director of Clinical Operations Tina Moore Director of Account Management BCBST Juliette Moore Crye Leike Realtors Realtor Raushanah Morgan Shelby County Government Deputy Director for the Division of Community Services Anna Mullins-Ellis New Memphis Institute President & CEO Jared Myers Heights Community Development Executive Director Tamara Nolen MLGW Manager, Corporate Communications Robbin Page FedEx Express Vice President, Human Resources Cecilia Palazola Concord Academy Executive Director Terence Patterson Memphis Education Fund CEO Jerica Monique Phillips Shelby County Schools Chief of Communications Cathy Pope Mid-South Food Bank CEO Clark Province Watkins Uiberall, PLLC Certified Public Accountants Malcom Rawls Peer Power Foundation COO Dr. Lewis Reich Southern College of Optometry President Derrick Reives CareerQuo Co-Founder & CEO Teri Rhodes White Ietal Communication and Design Founder Larry Robinson Kudzukian CEO Chad Rounder Pinnacle Financial Partners SVP, Business Banking Area Manager Terry Rush U.S. Navy Deputy, Total Force HR and Manpower Michael Scarbrough Prospero-Health President/CEO John Paul Schaffer BLDG Memphis Executive Director Eric Schmitt Sedgwick Global Chief Information Security Officer William Scott The Money Spartans Financial Group President Jenae’ Scott-Robinson Gardenview Elementary School Principal David Simpson HopeWorks, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Bennie Smith Smartsoft LLC Owner Rev. William Smith, III Berean Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Charles Snyder University of Tennessee Health Science Center Director of Health Disparities Education and Community Engagement Dr. Ed Stephens STAR Academy College Preparatory Charter School Chief Operating Officer Kathleen Terry-Sharp CBU Associate Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Relations Melissa Thompson Crye Leike Realtors Realtor Joia Thornton Just City Program & Partnership Manager Jessie Tucker Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare President – Methodist South Hospital Kyle Veazey City of Memphis Deputy Chief Operating Officer Amy Ware CBU Director of Career Services Tutonial (Toni) Williams Shelby County Schools Chief Financial Officer Camille Wright Ampro Industries Inc. VP Brand Marketing & Communications Sarah Katherine Wright The Tennessee Law Center, PLLC Attorney -
Leadership Memphis Launching New Executive Search
Leadership Memphis’ board, led by Board Chair Reginald Porter Jr., is launching an executive search for their next top executive. MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 18, 2020 – Leadership Memphis has launched an executive search to find the organization’s next President/CEO. After serving for 16 years, current President/CEO David Williams is pursuing a new challenge outside of Leadership Memphis. Reggie Crenshaw, graduate of the Leadership Memphis Executive Class of 2011, will act as Interim President while the Board of Directors conducts the search. A complete job description and details for applying can be found on the Leadership Memphis website at this link: https://www.inovativewebsolutions.agency/leadership/careers/.
“Leadership Memphis has grown tremendously under the leadership of David Williams and we are forever thankful for his dedication and contributions to the organization and the leaders of Memphis,” said Reginald Porter Jr., Leadership Memphis Board Chair. “David ushered more than 2,000 of the total 3,600 alumni through Leadership Memphis programs, acquired Volunteer Memphis, and has led Leadership Memphis to many more successes during his tenure. As a Leadership Memphis Alum, David has already pledged his support of the organization and we look forward to his continued involvement as a member of the class of 2006.”
For more than 40 years, Leadership Memphis has been the premiere Mid-South organization for preparing civic-minded leaders to work together and improve their communities. Leadership Memphis boasts more than 3,600 alumni that are executives in Fortune 500 companies, pastors of some of the oldest congregations in the Mid-South, innovators in the nonprofit world, patrons of the arts, and countless small business leaders that are the lifeblood of Memphis.
“The board has chosen Leadership Memphis alumnus and long-time supporter and contributor to the organization, Reggie Crenshaw as the Interim President while the search is underway. We have the utmost confidence in Reggie’s ability to excel as Interim President to continue our 40+ year tradition of engaging leaders and impacting Memphis,” added Porter Jr.
Leadership Memphis is in its 42nd year of serving the Mid-South and welcomes its 2021 Executive Program class this month. You can read more about Leadership Memphis and its programs at their website leadershipmemphis.com.
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Leadership Memphis Announces 2021 Board Members
MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 10, 2020 – Leadership Memphis is proud to announce its Executive Committee and Board Members for the 2021 fiscal year. The board is comprised of a diverse group of community, business, government, faith, education, and non-profit leaders that are dedicated to preparing leaders to work together for the good of the whole community.
Since 1979, Leadership Memphis has continually developed new ways of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the Mid-South by connecting leaders to leaders, leaders to information, and leaders to the community.
“We are extremely fortunate to have assembled another outstanding board of directors for this year and will rely on their leadership to guide us forward,” said David Williams, Leadership Memphis President/CEO. “As a nonprofit organization committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are proud to have a majority-minority board for the seventh straight year, as well as a female-majority board for the second time in the past five years.”
Leadership Memphis is in its 42nd year of serving the Mid-South and welcomes its 2021 Executive Program class this month. You can read more about Leadership Memphis and its programs at their website leadershipmemphis.com.
2021 Leadership Memphis Executive Board Members:
Board Chair – Reginald Porter, Jr., SVP, Corporate Social Responsibility, Chief Diversity Officer, ALSAC/ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Vice Chair – Valerie Morris, President & CEO, Morris Marketing Group
Immediate Past Chair – Terry Lynch, President, The Southland Capital Corporation
Secretary – Rick Wagers, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, Regional One Health
Treasurer – Shirley Ford, CFO, City of Memphis
Program Chair – Shunji Brown-Woods, Director of Professional Affairs, Smith & Nephew
Alumni Chair – Vernon Stafford Jr., EVP/Chief Audit Executive, First Horizon National Corporation
Volunteer Memphis Chair – Ginger Pilgrim, Principal, Price Waterhouse Cooper
At Large – Belinda Anderson, Community Volunteer
At Large – Ted Townsend, Chief Economic Development and Government Relations Officer, University of Memphis
At Large – Percie Strong-Jenkins, SVP, Senior Treasury Officer, Bank of America
2021 New Board Members
Regina Ann Campbell, Chief Program Officer, Epicenter Memphis
Joanna Crangle, Market President/ Publisher, Memphis Business Journal
Gwyn Fisher, Regional Director, Department of Economic & Community Development, State of Tennessee
Paul Haught, Vice President for Academics, Christian Brothers University
Marlinee Iverson, County Attorney, Shelby County Government
Carol Johnson, President, Spaces Group, LLC
James Kirkwood, Executive Director, Memphis Christian Pastor’s Network
Kimmie McNeil Vaulx, System Director of Corporate Communications, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Dr. Albert Mosley, SVP, Chief Mission Integration Officer, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Kandace Stewart, Director, Business Operations & External Affairs, Memphis Grizzlies
Dan Weddle, President and CEO, ProTech Services Group, Inc.
2021 Returning Board Members:
Rene Bustamante, Staff Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, FedEx
Jim Crone, Government & Corporate Relations/Comprehensive Solutions, Trane U.S. Inc.
Blake Elliott, Senior Vice President, Regions Bank
Julie Ellis, Senior Counsel, Butler Snow
Edmund Ford Jr., Commissioner, District 9, Shelby County Commission
Jean Morton, SVP, Manager, Institutional & Government, SunTrust Bank/Truist
Patrice Robinson, Council Member, District 3, Chair, Memphis City Council
Linda Sawyer, CAO/CFO, Memphis Tourism
Sylvester Tate, Owner, Tate Computer Systems
Karren Todd, Empowerment Coach, Life Coach
Chuck Utterback, Assistant Vice President, Network Management, CIGNA
Marvin White, Manager, Desktop Planning & Innovation R&D, FedEx TechConnect
Laurie Whitney, Integrated Products Sr. Project Manager, Sedgwick
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Volunteer Memphis Awards
Our 4th Annual Volunteer Memphis Awards will celebrate excellence in volunteerism by individuals, civic groups, nonprofits, and businesses across the Mid-South. Volunteer Memphis will recognize finalists and winners during a virtual award ceremony June 24, 2021.
The Volunteer Memphis Awards is a “thank you” to the 300,000 volunteers who give so tirelessly of themselves each year, as well as an opportunity to put a spotlight on many of the most passionate, dedicated, and caring.
Learn More and Register Here!