Get to know our team.

Staff

	Ashley Ayikwei     Database Coordinator     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0405
	Josie Ballin     Director of Marketing and Donor Engagement     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0401
	Tracy Lauritzen Wright     Director of Grants & Initiatives     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0407
	Ellen Lester     Chief Financial Officer     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0404
	Kelsea Lewis     Development & Office Coordinator     [email protected]     direct: 901.578.2787
	Colleen McCartney     Grants & Initiatives Manager     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0403
	Elizabeth Rouse     President & Chief Executive Officer     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0410
	Sarah Watkins     Art By Design Event Coordinator     [email protected]     direct: 901.341.0409

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Lucy Lee  Chair

Pat Danehy  Vice Chair
Principal, NewSouth Capital Management

Gretchen McLennon  Secretary
DI Studio, Founder and President

Jon Moorehead  Treasurer
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Bruce B. Hopkins  Immediate Past Chair
Chairman, West Tennessee Region, First Tennessee Bank

Greg Baudoin
Owner, Greg Baudoin Interior Design

Greg Fletcher
Retired Attorney, Baker Donelson

Trow Gillespie
President, NewSouth Capital Management

Dr. Russ Wigginton
VP of Student Life & Dean of Students, Rhodes College

Gary Wunderlich
CEO, Wunderlich Securities, Inc.

Oscar Adams
SVP, Trading Strategies Group, Vining Sparks

Bo Allen
West Tennessee Region President, First Tennessee Bank

C. David Biggers, Jr.
Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office

Terri S. Browne
EVP, Chief People Officer Americans, Sedgwick

Bill Carkeet, Jr.
Principal/CEO, Oden & Associates

Kate Connell
Investment Manager, Gilliland Investments

Bob Craddock
Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Maysey Craddock
Artist

Michael Drake
CEO, masterIT

Jon Ernst
Retired Vice President/General Manager, International Paper

Martin Hand
Chief Donor Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Whitney Hardy
Founder & Executive Director, Young Arts Patrons | Young Collectors Contemporary

Wilton D. "Chick" Hill
WDH Holdings, LLC

Juanita Ortiz

Reginald R. Paige, Sr.
Associate General Counsel, Evergreen Packaging, LLC

Ashley Patterson
In-House Trial Counsel, FedEx

John Pettey
Managing Director, Raymond James & Associates

Kathy Gale Uhlhorn

Ron Walter
President & General Manager, WREG-TV Channel 3

Jimmie Williams
SVP & CFO, Belz Enterprises