Get to know our team.

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LEADERSHIP

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Elizabeth Rouse
President & Chief Executive Officer

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Nur Abdalla
Community Impact Manager

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Sarah Leach
Director of External Affairs & Communications

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Colleen McCartney
Senior Director of Development

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Briana Robinson
Development & Operations Coordinator

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Jana Tayloe
Donor Relations & Sponsorship Coordinator

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Tracy Lauritzen Wright
Chief Operating Officer

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Julie Wiklund
Chief Financial Officer

Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Martin Hand Chair
Chief Development 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 

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

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

Joy Bowen
Treasury Management Advisory, Pinnacle Financial Partners

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

Nicole Lauchaire
Chief Marketing Officer & Head, Retail/D2C, Varsity Spirit

Gretchen McLennon
P3 Advisors

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

Nathan Ollie
Financial Advisory, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Rebecca Givens Rice
Vice President, Human Resources, Customer Satisfaction, AutoZone

Mary Trotz

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.