Get to know our team.
We are here to support the arts to strengthen our community. If you have questions regarding donations, grants, or anything related to arts in Memphis, please contact us.
LEADERSHIP
Elizabeth Rouse
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nur Abdalla
Community Impact Manager
Josie Ballin
Director of Donor Engagement
Colleen McCartney
Senior Director of Development
Briana Robinson
Development & Operations Coordinator
Tracy Lauritzen Wright
Chief Operating Officer
Julie Wiklund
Chief Financial Officer
Board of Directors
MEMBERS
Oscar Adams
Director of Product Marketing – Fixed Income, Raymond James
Bo Allen
West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Mississippi Region President, First Horizon
John Bass
Director, Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College
Michael Campanaro
VP, IT, AutoZone
Kate Connell
Investment Manager, Gilliland Investments
Bob Craddock
Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Pat Danehy
Principal, NewSouth Capital Management
Michael Drake
President, JM Drake Enterprises
Lowry Howell
Senior Analyst, Principal, Southeastern Asset Management
Rachel Jackson
President, Bloomin’ Blinds of Lakeland
Dianne Mall
Carl E. Moore
Visual Artist | Senior Graphic Designer, WREG-TV
Juanita Ortiz
Organizational Development Manager, Consilience Group, LLC
Reginald R. Paige, Sr.
Attorney
Bo White
Lead Tax Counsel, FedEx Corporation
Kera Wright
Chief Financial Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jon Moorehead Chair
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte
Martin Hand Vice Chair
Chief Donor Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Dr. Russ Wigginton Secretary
President, National Civil Rights Museum
Mary Hopkins Treasurer
Finance Sr. Director – Strategic Projects, International Paper
Kathy Gale Uhlhorn Past Chair
C. David Biggers, Jr.
Senior Counsel, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Trow Gillespie Ex Officio
President, NewSouth Capital Management
Bruce B. Hopkins
Retired Chairman, First Horizon
Gary Wunderlich
Head of Capital Markets, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
