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 & Communications

Colleen McCartney
Senior Director of Development

Briana Robinson
Development & Operations Coordinator

Jana Tayloe
Donor Relations & Sponsorship Coordinator

Tracy Lauritzen Wright
Chief Operating Officer

Julie Wiklund
Chief Financial Officer

Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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

Mary Hopkins Vice Chair
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, International Paper

Bo Allen Treasurer
West Tennessee, Arkansas, North Mississippi Region President, First Horizon

Kera Getter Secretary
Chief Financial Officer, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Jon Moorehead  Past Chair
Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte 

Calvin Biggers
Senior Counsel, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Kate Connell
Investment Manager, Gilliland Investments

Bruce B. Hopkins  
Retired Chairman, First Horizon

Kathy Gale Uhlhorn

MEMBERS

Oscar Adams
Director of Product Marketing – Fixed Income, Raymond James

John Bass
Director, Mike Curb Institute for Music at Rhodes College

Audsley Carr
Director, Husk Talent

Bob Craddock
Retired Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

Pat Danehy
Principal, NewSouth Capital Management

Jonathan C. Hancock
Shareholder, Baker Donelson

Rachel Jackson
President, Bloomin’ Blinds of Lakeland

Dianne Mall

Gretchen McLennon
P3 Advisors

Carl E. Moore
Visual Artist + Senior Graphic Designer, WREG-TV   

Bo White
Lead Tax Counsel, FedEx Corporation

Russ Wigginton
President, National Civil Rights Museum

Jazmin Wilson
Theatre artist, Lecturer, and Filmmaker

Gary Wunderlich
Head of Capital Markets, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.