For immediate release
MEMPHIS, TN (January 2, 2015) – Bruce Hopkins, President of the West Tennessee Region of First Tennessee Bank, has been elected as the Board Chairman of ArtsMemphis, which provides communitywide funding for the arts community in Memphis. During 2014, ArtsMemphis distributed $3.3 million in grant funding to arts groups and individuals, bringing the five-year total of grant funding to $18.2 million.
Also serving on the ArtsMemphis Executive Committee will be: Trow Gillespie, Executive Committee Co-Chairman; Lucy Lee, Vice Chairman; Jimmie Williams, Secretary; Glenn Mitchell, Treasurer; Bob Craddock, Immediate Past Board Chairman, Gary Wunderlich, Endowment Chairman; Anne Stokes, Enhancement Chairman; Gretchen McLennon, Member at-Large; and Pat Danehy, Member at- Large.
Newly elected to a three-year term the ArtsMemphis Board of Directors is Jonathan Moorehead, Audit Partner with Deloitte & Touch LLP.