Tusculum College President Nancy B. Moody has been invited to participate in the second class of Leadership Tennessee. The class was announced this week through the Lipscomb University Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership.
The program is designed to cultivate a network of business, nonprofit, education and government leaders who are committed to addressing the state’s challenges and opportunities. The class includes 31 members from across Tennessee.
“By bringing together top leaders in the business, education, health care and the nonprofit arenas, Leadership Tennessee introduces participants to different perspectives while also helping them understand the collaborative nature of conversation and action that will continue to move our state ahead,” said Cathy Cate, executive director of Leadership Tennessee and director of community leadership programs for the Andrews Institute.
Leadership Tennessee is a 10-month program that provides collaborative learning and dialogue spanning the state’s three grand divisions, issue-specific education for demonstrated leaders, a diverse representation of participants and opportunities to affect change. It will meet several times as a group in addition to participating in other activities, research and projects throughout the program. The program was launched in August 2013.
Dr. Nancy B. Moody
The inaugural class focused on three main issues—education, government efficiency and health and wellness. During the course of the program, the group produced a plan of action designed to impact the entire state, as well as each region. The program took participants to Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville among other locations in Tennessee. The 2014-15 Leadership Tennessee class will also meet throughout the state and examine important issues facing Tennessee. The class will begin the program with a retreat in August.
Members of this year’s class, in addition to Dr. Moody, include Sarah Morgan,president of Benwood Foundation; Carolyn Chism Hardy, chief executive officer of Chism Hardy Investments LLC; Doug Banister, pastor of All Souls Church; Joan Cronan, women’s athletic director emeritus at the University of Tennessee; Joe DiPietro, president of the University of Tennessee; Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks Foundation; Jim McIntyre, superintendent of Knox County Schools; Madeline Rogero, mayor of the City of Knoxville;
Calvin Anderson, senior vice president of corporate affairs for BlueCross BlueShield Tennessee; Darrell Cobbins, president/principal broker for Universal Commercial Real Estate; Dorothy Gunther Pugh, CEO and founding artistic director for Ballet Memphis; Teresa Sloyan, executive director for Hyde Family Foundations; Michael Ugwueke, president and chief operating officer for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare;
A.C. Wharton, mayor of the City of Memphis; Charles Robert Bone of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC; Bo Campbell, attorney with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP; Mark Cate, chief of staff to the governor of the State of Tennessee; Jen Cole, executive director for the Metro Nashville Arts Commission;
Jaynee Day, president and chief executive officer for Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee; Jose Gonzalez, finance director and instructor of management and entrepreneurship for Conexion Americas/Belmont University; Tre Hargett, secretary of state for the State of Tennessee; Beth Harwell, speaker of the House for the Tennessee General Assembly;
Henry Hicks, president and chief executive officer at the Nashville Museum of African American Music; Bob Higgins, president and chief executive officer for Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon; John Lowry, vice president of external affairs for Lipscomb University; Robert J. Martineau Jr., commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Joelle Phillips, president of AT&T Tennessee; Michael Skipper, executive director for the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; Remziya Suleyman, director of policy and administration for the American Center for Outreach, and Ted Brown, president of Martin Methodist College.
For more information about Leadership Tennessee visit www.leadershiptennessee.org or contact Cate at 615.966.5180 or catherine.cate@lipscomb.edu.