Empowering Our Community to Step Up | Alumni Newsletter | Winter 2015
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Leadership Memphis
2015 - 2016 LEADERSHIP MEMPHIS
David Williams President / CEO
Brian Stephens Board Chair CEO Caissa Public Strategy
Lisa Droke Treasurer CFO Cotton Council
Mike Bowen Alumni Chair President and CEO T-Shirt Champions
Reggie Crenshaw Vice Chair Principal Crenshaw and Associates
Percie Strong-Jenkins Secretary SVP, Sr Treasury Sales Officer Bank of America
Bryan Ford Volunteer Chair Senior VP Regions Bank
Carol Gaudino Director of Volunteer Memphis
John Jackson Immediate Past Chair Vice President SPEI + CI FedEx Tech Connect
Nyrone Hawkins Programs Chair Executive Director First Tee of Memphis
Jaques Hamilton Programs Coordinator
Dr. Betty Sue McGarvey MTD/GM Chair President Baptist College of Health Sciences
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Shantile Franklin Operations Coordinator
Daryl Arbor Audit Director Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Channa Halmon Resource & Referral Specialist, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital
Sharon Barnett-Myers Memphis Region Commercial Manager UBC & Express Scripts
Jay Healy President Century Wealth Management
Charles Buffington Global Account Mgr Avaya
Ephie Johnson President & CEO Neighborhood Christian Center
STAFF
Latoria “Tori” Taylor Vice President Jared Bulluck Senior Director of Community and Alumni Engagement Jacqueline Oselen Director of Programs
Courtney Miller Development Coordinator Alton Cryer Memphis Talent Dividend Coordinator Sheena Boyce AmeriCorps VISTA Community Resource Coordinator Dominique Primer AmeriCorps VISTA Community Resource Coordinator Taylor Sherbine AmeriCorps VISTA Community Resource Coordinator
Graduate Memphis
STAFF
Renee McCreight Director of Memphis Talent Dividend and Graduate Memphis Nedra Bailey Education Advisor Vietta O’Bryant Education Advisor Kimberly Jordan-Fluker Education Advisor Julieanna Walker Outreach Coordinator Joya Smith Advising and Retention Coordinator
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Clarence Carr Plant Manager Cummins, Inc. Linda Carter HR Consultant Jason Farmer Shelby County 911 Desi Franklin Senior VP, Assistant General Counsel First Horizon National Corporation
2015 - 2016
Linda Lauer Managing Director CBIZ Vincent Lee President & CEO ServiceMaster Facilties Maintenance Deidre Malone President & CEO The Carter Malone Group, LLC
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Alexandra Matlock Owner Contigo Creative
Janet Shipman Assistant County Attorney Shelby County Government
Lauren McHughRobinson President / Huey’s Restaurants Lori Patton Owner Roadshow BMW/Mini Reginald Porter, Jr. Chief of Staff Shelby County Schools Kelly Rayne VP, Public Policy Greater Memphis Chamber
Herman Strickland Senior VP & Manager of Diversity Banking First Tennessee Bank Maura Sullivan Interim Executive Director Memphis Housing Authority City of Memphis Mary Tate-Smith VP of Sales Cigna Healthcare
Terri Riley Senior VP Sedgwick
Fred Towler VP of Supply Chain Operations International Paper
Jeff Rower VP/Senior Account Supervisor Retail First
Martha Wagley Pastor Emeritus First United Methodist Church
MEMBERS & AFFILIATIONS Greater Memphis Chamber CEOs For Cities People First National Talent Dividend ALP TACL Graduate Network TCASN Seeding Success Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence American Leadership Forum Drive to 55 Hands on Network Points of Light Foundation
A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT:
LEADERSHIP MEMPHIS HEADLINES FOR 2015 The year 2015 has been
• G raduate Memphis enters $150,000 workforce
one of many headlines
development partnership with Greater Memphis
and accomplishments
Alliance for a Competitive Workforce (GMACW)
for Leadership Memphis.
to increase vocational certificates for adults.
Here is a quick review
• M emphis Talent Dividend assumes responsibility
to save you the time of
for $100,000 grant from the Lumina Foundation
looking back through
to increase post-secondary attainment.
the news clippings,
• M emphis Talent Dividend leads community-wide
newsletters and emails.
Free Application for Financial Student Aid (FAFSA)
It is important to note
Campaign to unprecedented heights from 65% to
that none of this would be
88% completion rate.
possible without the LM staff, and the strong support
• E xecutive Program Success High School, service
of our alumni, corporate sponsors and funders who
learning project, lifts FAFSA completion rate +2%
invest in the work Leadership Memphis does to prepare
higher in 8 Success Schools than SCS district wide.
and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of
• E xecutive Program Success High School, service
the whole community. We do this through developing
learning project, delivers completion rate for
community leaders to build a more vibrant Memphis,
Tennessee Promise scholarship +7.5% higher in
increasing post-secondary attainment that results in
8 Success Schools that SCS district wide.
a stronger workforce, and expanding volunteerism to make a difference. • Leadership Memphis acquires Volunteer Mid-South
• Leadership Memphis crowdfunds $60,000 to provide 400 college and career tours for Success High School juniors and seniors.
and rebrands it Volunteer Memphis to become city’s volunteer center and affiliate of the global Points of
Let me add that as great as these headlines are, and they
Light/Hands on Network.
are great, recent conversations with a number of alumni
• Volunteer Memphis sets goal to stimulate 1,000,000 volunteer hours for community. • United Way of the Mid-South awards $100,000 catalyst grant to Volunteer Memphis to partner in the promotion, training and mobilization of volunteers. • Leadership Memphis launches new Criminal/Juvenile Justice Program in partnership with the American Leadership Forum (ALF) – graduates first class December 2015.
have been reaffirming as to why Leadership Memphis is relevant, and the many, many ways it makes a difference in individuals, our community and even beyond. I will be sharing many of those stories with you in 2016. Again, thanks for your continued support. And if you haven’t made your year-end commitment to Leadership Memphis yet, I hope you will consider doing so today. Happiest of holidays to you and your family,
• Anonymous funder donates $225,000 to support LM/ALF Criminal/Juvenile Justice Program.
Sincerely,
• Leadership Memphis surpasses 3,000 alumni mark with graduates of the Executive, FastTrack, Grassroots and Criminal/Juvenile Justice Program. • Leadership Memphis receives $250,000 grant from the KRESGE Foundation for the Memphis Talent
David Williams
Dividend and community-based efforts to increase
President/CEO
post-secondary attainment.
Leadership Memphis
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PROGRAMS UPDATE
NOMINATE TODAY! Leadership Memphis class participants are at different stages of their lives, personally and professionally. They have different educations, work and life experiences, interests and passions. They have different viewpoints and perspectives on everything from race to taxes, healthcare to poverty and transportation to early childhood development. They have a curiosity to learn more about themselves, and especially about others. And most of all to make a bigger difference for their community. Remember, to nominate an individual for any LM program send their name, title, company, email, phone, and reason for nomination to Tori Taylor, Vice president at ttaylor@leadershipmemphis.org or (901) 278-0016. Individuals can apply for LM programs at https://leadershipmemphis.org/ApplyNow
CRIMINAL/JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM The LM/ALF Criminal/Juvenile Justice Program is designed to join and strengthen leaders involved in all aspects of criminal justice in the Greater Memphis community. Criminal justice has gotten a EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
Our original (and ever-
lot of attention recently, and each day we read
evolving) Executive Program brings together the
about challenges that perhaps could be approached
best and brightest local executives so they can learn
more effectively if leaders in the various segments
more about themselves, each other and the greater
of the criminal justice community really knew and
community. This creates a powerful nine-month
trusted each other. To learn more visit: https://
forum for networking, learning, and doing in ways
leadershipmemphis.org/CriminalJusticeFellows
that maximize community impact. To learn more visit: https://leadershipmemphis.org/Executives GRASSROOTS PROGRAM
This six month
sequence offered on Saturdays is designed to FASTTRACK PROGRAM Emerging, high-potential
bolster the effectiveness of existing grassroots
leaders who are hungry to make a genuine differ-
leaders by focusing on ten basic leadership skills,
ence in the community are introduced to challenging
exploring leadership processes and techniques,
concepts, game-changing tools and inspirational
and demonstrating the “how to� capacities of
opportunities on two Saturdays and ten Tuesday nights
frontline leaders. The quality and depth of the
over four months. They want to take Memphis to the
curriculum are designed for both short and long
next level and we want to help them. To learn more
term benefits for Memphis. To learn more visit:
visit: https://leadershipmemphis.org/FastTrack
https://leadershipmemphis.org/Grassroots
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2015 SUCCESS HIGH SCHOOLS INDUCTION CEREMONIES The Leadership Memphis SUCCESS High Schools IInitiative has been implemented into eight high schools East, Fairley, George Washington Carver, Hamilton, Kingsbury, Kirby, Melrose and Trezevant - with the goal to increase the post-secondary continuation rate for these schools. In the 2014-2015 school year, SUCCESS impacted over 750 students and is designed to strengthen student success and guide their decision related to a post-secondary pursuit of enrollment in a 4-year or 2-year college, a career path accessed through technical training or enlistment in the military. Of those 750 students over 97% completed the FAFSA and or TN Promise applications. The 2016 Executives have not only taken on the challenge of educating and empowering our next generation. They have taken ownership of finding ways to bridge the gap between opportunities and resources for our SUCCESS students. Overall, SUCCESS encourages teens to pursue a certificate or degree beyond high school, providing guidance and resources for better jobs and brighter futures. This will help close the economic gap of unskilled workers within the City of Memphis. This year the 8 SUCCESS high schools saw a +2% higher FAFSA completion rate and a +7.5% higher TN Promise completion compared to SCS district wide.
Leadership Melrose had their Induction ceremony on October 1 with the Orange Mound Executive Class Community and Special Guest Speaker Elliot Perry
Riverview - Kansas Community hosts Leadership
Leadership Fairley elections were held October 5
Carver induction on September 16 at Carver High
at Fairley High School. Congratulations to the
School. Pictured from left to right are J. Daho, R.
Leadership Fairley Club for selecting their officers.
Peters, J. Jenkins, J. Jolly, R. Andrews, M. Houser, D. Primer, A. Stewart, E. Genco, A. Gibbs. 5
URBAN CHILD INSTITUTE & MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES FOUNDATION
Since 2011, Leadership Memphis has been a partner with both the Urban Child Institute and the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation. With the partnership, Leadership Memphis has been able to help expand the reach of the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation Team Up Mentoring program and the Urban Child Institute throughout the Memphis community. A portion of the deliverables for the Leadership Memphis FastTrack and Grassroots programs, program participants are asked to host community convening’s for both the Urban Child Institute and the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation’s Team Up Mentoring. Since the beginning of these partnerships that began over 4 years ago, participants have assisted with bringing over 1,000 Memphians together to promote and educate the importance of the Grizzlies mentoring program and early childhood education and development for the Urban Child Institute. These Memphians may not only partake in these initiatives, but become strong advocates for these great organizations. The Memphis Grizzlies Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to harnessing the power and promise of sport to transform lives, particularly those of children living at risk. As the philanthropic arm of the Grizzlies organization, the Foundation is focused on finding, funding and creating youth development programs in Memphis that help students discover and meet their potential. For more information about becoming a mentor in the Grizzles Foundation Team Up Mentoring Program visit: www.grizzliesfoundation.org The Urban Child Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and well-being of children from conception to age three in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. For more information about early childhood development and the Urban Child Institute visit: http://www. urbanchildinstitute.org/welcome
“OVER 1,000 MEMPHIANS COMING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING.” 6
2015-16 CORPORATE SPONSORS Leadership Memphis is deeply appreciative of the following corporate sponsors. Funding support from our corporate sponsors makes it possible for Leadership Memphis to deliver 4 community leadership programs (Executive, FastTrack, Grassroots, and Criminal/Juvenile Justice), 3 signature events (Multicultural Breakfast, Alumni Holiday Party, Leadership Awards Luncheon), numerous alumni activities, events and continuing education opportunities (2,800+ alumni), and 4 action initiatives (Memphis Talent Dividend, SUCCESS High Schools, Graduate Memphis, and Volunteer Memphis). These are our Corporate Sponsors as of October 1, 2015. If you are interested in having your company step up for Leadership Memphis, contact our Sr. Director of Community and Alumni Engagement, Jared Bulluck, at (901) 278-0016 or jbulluck@leadershipmemphis.org
L E A D E R ( $ 3 0,0 0 0 A N D A B OV E )
ENTREPRENEUR ($12,500 - $29,999)
TEAM BUILDER ($6,500 - $12,499)
I N N O VAT O R ( $ 3 , 0 0 0 - $ 6 , 4 9 9 ) AIL Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Bank of America Bellhaven University Buckman Central BBQ
Century Management Concorde Career Colleges Contigo Creative Cummins Huey’s Independent Bank MLGW
Orpheum Theatre Suntrust Bank T-Shirt Champions Trustmark Bank Whitehorn, Tankersley & Davis, PLLC
A D V O C AT E ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 - $ 2 , 9 9 9 ) HRO Partners Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau Memphis Flyer
Metropolitan Bank 1 Source Owen Brennan’s Pinnacle Financial Partners
Rhodes College Spikner, Inc Union University
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2015-16 ALUMNI SPONSORS & DONORS Leadership Memphis is fortunate to have corporate, alumni, and community sponsors as well as funders who recognize the value of developing a strong cross sector of community leaders from every corner of our metro area. We are deeply appreciative of the trust placed in Leadership Memphis and the commitment to help us fulfill our mission. Our listings are intended to thank and recognize those who have been so supportive between July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015. The names below have been listed as of November 30, 2015. Thank you! If your name is not listed and it should be, please notify Jared Bulluck at 901-278-0016.
STEP UP LEADER ($1,000+)
Jenny Kiesewetter, EP, 2013
Reverend Martha Wagley,
Joaquin Villarreal, EP, 2014
Darryl Arbor, EP, 1997
Linda Lauer, EP, 2014
EP, 2010
Michael & Robbie Weinberg,
Austin Baker, EP, 2008
Jerry Lee, EP, 2015
Regina Walker, EP, 1987
EP, 2008
Sharon Barnett-Myers, EP, 2010
Melvin Lee, EP, 2006
Sandra Walls, EP, 2012
Scott Wilson, EP, 2009
Shelley P. Baur, EP, 1991
Vincent Lee, EP, 2013
Trey Watkins, EP, 2005
Luke Yancy, EP, 1981
Stanley Blue, EP, 2012
Ruth Lentz, EP, 2011
Alonzo Weaver, EP, 2014
Sharon Younger, EP, 2012
Stephanie Boggins, EP, 2015
Jason Little, EP, 2009
Monica Wharton, EP, 2014
Mike Bowen, EP, 1997
Steve Lykins, EP, 1987
David Williams, EP, 2006
CONNECTOR ($250-499)
Gloria Boyland, EP, 2008
Terry Lynch, EP, 2009
Duncan Williams, EP, 1994
Donna Abney, EP, 1993
David Bradford, EP, 2015
Jill M. Madajczyk, EP, 2014
Scott Wilson, EP, 2013
Ben Adams, EP, 1990
Diane Brown, EP, 2011
Deidre Malone, EP, 1999
David Bulluck, FTF, 2012
Richard Marsh, EP, 2007
AMBASSADOR ($500 - 999)
EP, 2004
Jared Bulluck, FTF, 2010
Lauren McHugh-Robinson,
Calvin L. Anderson, EP, 1984
Nancy Averwater, EP, 2003
Chirag Chauhan, EP, 2006
EP, 2007
Pan Awsumb, EP, 1990
Greg Barnes, EP, 2013
Darrell T. Cobbins, EP, 1999
Valerie Morris, EP, 2014
Charles Buffington, FTS, 2015
Russell Bloodworth, EP, 1981
George H. Cogswell III, EP, 2014
Christine Munson, EP, 1991
Linda Carter, EP, 2011
Linda Brashear, EP, 1998
Reggie Crenshaw, EP, 2011
Sybille Noble, EP, 1984
Clarence Christian, EP, 1984
Ruby Bright, EP, 1996
Hughetta Dudley, EP, 2011
Lori Patton, EP, 2010
Daniel Conaway, EP, 1982
Scott Brockman, EP, 2013
Adrienne Evans, EP, 2015
Reginald Porter, Jr., EP, 2013
Deborah Cotney, EP, 1987
Suki Carson, EP, 2001
Jason Farmer, EP, 2015
Paul Posey Jr., EP, 2007
Lisa Droke, EP, 2009
Jeane Chapman, EP, 1982
Robert Fockler, EP, 2001
Lawrence Reddick, EP, 2014
Lynn Field, EP, 2011
Cynthia Childress, EP, 2003
Quran Folsom, EP, 2014
Terri Riley, EP, 2015
Bryan Ford, EP, 2009
Lisa Clark, EP, 2010
Lauren Lewis Rower, ,
Beverly & Howard Robertson,
Fabiola Francis, EP, 2012
Stephanie Cobb, FTS, 2015
Jennifer Gilbert, EP, 2010
EP, 1989
Desiree Franklin, EP, 1993
Larry Colbert, EP, 2012
Stephen Good, EP, 1995
Jeff Rower, EP, 2013
Brenda Gaines-Ollie, EP, 1988
Cindy Conner, EP, 2013
Sylvia Gray, EP, 2014
Michele Ryland, EP, 2015
Scott Gill, EP, 2011
Nancy Crawford, EP, 2010
Pat Halloran, EP, 1988
Joe Sanders, EP, 2015
Bradley Johnson, EP, 2011
Meg & Scott Crosby, EP, 2009
Channa Halmon, GR, 2013
Glenn & Linda Sessoms, EP, 1997
Ephie Johnson, EP, 2011
Gerre Currie, EP, 2013
Nyrone Hawkins, EP, 2014
Patricia (Patsy) Smith, GR, 2008
Ellen Klyce, EP, 2005
Celeste Davis, EP, 2012
Jay Healy, EP, 2008
Rufus Smith, EP, 2013
Keenon McCloy, EP, 2007
Elvernice & Cynthia Davis,
E. Florence Hervery, EP, 2014
Susan Springfield, EP, 2002
Mary McDaniel, EP, 2002
EP, 2001
Robert Holman
Vernon H. Stafford, Jr., EP, 2015
Betty Sue McGarvey, EP, 2012
Ann Duncan, EP, 1992
Bruce Hopkins, EP, 1984
Brian Stephens, EP, 2009
Eileen McGinley, EP, 1997
Robert E. Duncan, EP, 2006
Tony Hotchkiss, EP, 2013
Percie A. Strong-Jenkins,
Deborah Northcross, EP, 1986
Rafael Durand, EP, 2012
Charles Hyde II
EP, 2014
Kelly Rayne, EP, 2003
Jay Earheart-Brown, EP, 2013
John Jackson, EP, 2007
Mary Tate-Smith, EP, 2010
Janet Shipman, EP, 2008
Stephen Edge, EP, 2015
Karl Schledwitz, EP, 1982
Latoria Taylor, EP, 2013
Jeff Smith, EP, 2012
Julie Ellis, EP, 2013
Carol Johnson, EP, 2015
Fred & Ruth Towler, EP, 2011
Herman Strickland, EP, 1997
Karen Ellis, EP, 1996
Robert Johnson, EP, 2014
Gerre Craig & Fred Turverey,
Mary Sweebe, FTS, 2013
Joseph Evangelisti, EP, 1994
Beverly Jordan, EP, 2008
EP, 2010
Sylvester Tate, EP, 2012
Donald Fisher, EP, 1998
Chris & Lurene Kelley, EP, 2009
Michael Uiberall, EP, 1985
Stephen Tower, EP, 2005
Donna Fisher, EP, 1985
Edith Kelly-Green, EP, 1987
Chuck Utterback, EP, 2011
Dr. Michael O. Ugwueke,
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Flatt,
Marty Kelman, EP, 1997
Rob Varner, EP, 2007
EP, 2009
EP, 1998
Mr. and Mrs. Sudhir K. Agrawal,
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Edmund Ford, EP, 2010
Carolyn Bailey, EP, 1995
Teresa Dyann Jones, EP, 2014
Barry Schultz, FTS, 2015
Renee Frazier, EP, 2011
Dianne Berry, EP, 2001
Wesley Jones, EP, 1994
Nicole Seltzer, EP, 2014
Liz “Boo” & Gary Gardo, FTF, 2013
Barbara Biehner, EP, 2003
Michael Kaplan, EP, 1990
Rachel Shankman, EP, 1994
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jerry Gillis, EP, 2001
Karl Birkholz, EP, 1986
Nancy Kelso, EP, 1993
Pearl Shaw, EP, 2012
Mary Jo Greil, EP, 2003
Ceylon Blackwell, EP, 1984
William Kenley, EP, 2007
Hollye Shotwell, EP, 1994
Ronald Harkavy, EP, 1984
Patricia Bogan, GR, 2014
Barbara C. King, EP, 1997
Kathy Simonetti, EP, 2004
Sharon Harris, EP, 1998
Marcia Boyd, EP, 2008
Rosalva King, EP, 2005
Mark Stansbury, EP, 1979
Deborah Hester Harrison, EP, 1999
Tamala Boyd, EP, 2012
Curtis Kittrell, EP, 1989
Ed Stanton Jr., EP, 2014
Sam E. Hines Jr., EP, 2015
William Bullock, EP, 2003
David Krueger, EP, 1998
Peter Stark, EP, 2012
Randall Hutchinson, EP, 2006
Dana Burkett, EP, 2006
Aurelia Kyles, EP, 1993
Jill Stem, EP, 1998
Dorothy Johnson, EP, 1993
L. Hunt Campbell, EP, 2005
Michael LaBonia, EP, 1992
Joey Stem, EP, 2007
Carol Jones, EP, 2010
Tamika Carwell, EP, 2013
Mike Lawhead, EP, 1980
Ann McCormic Sullivan, EP, 1980
Christine Jones, EP, 2015
Eugene Cashman, EP, 1984
Scott Ledbetter, EP, 1982
Madeleine Taylor, EP, 2012
Mary Kavanagh Day, EP, 2004
Sidney Chism, EP, 1996
Susan Lee, EP, 2011
Carla Thomas, EP, 1989
Calvin King, EP, 2014
Shirley Cobbins, GR, 2008
Steven Levy, EP, 1991
Edwina Thomas, EP, 1987
Pierre Landaiche, EP, 2011
Viola Cole, EP, 1984
Sheri Lipman, EP, 1995
Jon K. Thompson, EP, 1981
Desiree Lyles Wallace, EP, 2013
Ronald Coleman, EP, 1990
Michael Lupfer, EP, 1980
Sherry Thornton, EP, 1989
Mary McCain, EP, 1991
Ulysses Cosby, EP, 1995
Shirley Lupfer, EP, 1985
Gloria Tuggle, EP, 1991
Chris McDermott, EP, 2003
Glynis Cox-Finnie, FTF, 2010
Mark Luttrell, EP, 2001
Melvyn Tuggle, EP, 1979
Jackson Moore, EP, 1990
Kathe Crane, EP, 1983
George Mabon, EP, 2005
Carolyn Turman, EP, 1993
Eva Mosby, EP, 2008
Jim Cross, EP, 2000
Karen Madlock, GR, 2015
Margaret Veeser, EP, 1990
Gary T. Mosley, EP, 2007
Pearson Crutcher, EP, 2008
B Lee Mallory, EP, 1979
Johnsie Wallace, EP, 2007
Veena Neelakantan, EP, 2013
Mark Dean, EP, 2001
Chris Marszalek, EP, 2012
Karen Ward, EP, 2001
James Overstreet, EP, 2011
Dean Deyo, EP, 1985
Rick Masson, EP, 1994
Carol Warren, EP, 1995
Larry Papasan, EP, 1984
Bettye Donahue, EP, 1985
Alexandra Matlock, EP, 2013
Dr. Willie Willett, EP, 1980
Carla Peacher-Ryan, EP, 2010
Virginia Dunaway, EP, 1990
Estella Mayhue-Greer, EP, 2012
Roby Williams, EP, 2008
Victor Perini, EP, 2006
Anne Edmiston, EP, 2008
Dr. Mary McDonald, EP, 1987
Page Williamson, EP, 1995
David Poteat, EP, 1995
Steve Ehrhart, EP, 1986
Harrison McIver III, EP, 2002
Cindy Wilson, FTS, 2009
Richard Ranta, EP, 1981
Maurice Elliott, EP, 1982
Mark Meadows, FTF, 2010
Paul Winter, EP, 1995
Denise Richardson Smith, ,
V. Lynn Evans, EP, 1981
Linda Miller, EP, 1994
Ron Wong, EP, 2003
Orr Rivero, EP, 2002
Phyllis Fickling, EP, 2010
Dr. James Mitchell, Jr., EP, 2000
Delilah R. Works, EP, 2000
Letitia “Tish” Robertson, EP, 2007
William Finney, EP, 1992
Kathy Moore Cowan, EP, 2009
Patrice Robinson, EP, 2006
John Flack, EP, 2007
Larry Moore, EP, 1980
ALUMNI DONOR (UP TO $100)
Marc Rubenstein, EP, 1998
Rose Flenorl, EP, 1987
Sutton Mora-Hayes, EP, 2009
Sherri Renee Anthony, FTS, 2014
Mona Sappenfield, EP, 2014
James J. Folz
Jacquelyn Nerren, EP, 1991
Melanie Blakeney, EP, 2015
Janet Scott, EP, 1989
Mary Nell Ford, EP, 1998
Elizabeth Nickelson, FTF, 2012
Warner Dickerson, EP, 1980
Jeanne Sebring, EP, 2014
Daniel Garrick, EP, 2008
Wendy Oliver, EP, 2004
Noemi (Nina) Grayer, GR, 2008
Gwendolyn Shields, FTF, 2010
Herbert Gerson, EP, 1994
James Perrin, EP, 1999
Tyler Hampton, EP, 2014
Robert Simpson, EP, 1992
Robert Gordon, EP, 1991
Gail Petty, EP, 1990
Dr. Alvin E. Harris, GR, 2015
Linda Sklar, EP, 2007
LaSonya Harris Hall, EP, 2015
Jean Phebus, EP, 2013
Laloma Harris, FT, 2015
Lewie Smith, EP, 2015
Shamichael Hallman, EP, 2013
Stuart Polly, EP, 1993
Andrea Charise Hill, FTS, 2015
W. Hamilton Smythe, EP, 1999
Odell and Marieta Harris, EP, 2002
E. Anthony Porter, EP, 2003
Angela Hill, FTS, 2015
Joyce Springfield-Collins, EP, 1990
Mary Ryan Harris, FTS, 2015
Mohammad Rafieetary, EP, 2008
Sheria Holmes, FTS, 2011
Jill Steinberg, EP, 1996
William Harrison, EP, 1991
Suzanne Ratliff, EP, 2008
Jane Hopkins, EP, 1997
Denise Burnett, EP, 2012
James Harvey, EP, 2015
Laurel Reisman, EP, 1998
Vicki Jerideau, EP, 2015
Theodis Thompson, EP, 1982
Carolyn Head, EP, 1996
Ann Rice, EP, 2001
Dusty Nelson, FTS, 2015
Janice Toshach, EP, 2009
Virginia Hill-Davenport, EP, 2007
Bud Richey, EP, 2012
Jacqueline Oleson, GR, 2006
Lashell Vaughn, EP, 2002
Earnest Hilliard, EP, 1989
Mike Ritz, EP, 1983
Nelle Pallme
Rick Wagers, EP, 2013
Gene Holcomb, EP, 1986
Kay Robilio, EP, 1986
Clifton Rockett, GR, 2014
Myra Whitney, EP, 1996
Janice Holder, EP, 1993
Jay Robinson, EP, 2012
Nicole Sandlin, FTF, 2014
Linda Williams, EP, 1996
Henry Hooper II, EP, 1989
Rober Togalski, EP, 1997
Sheronda Smith, EP, 2014
Myron Hughes, EP, 2004
Inetta Rodgers, EP, 1989
Maura Black Sullivan, EP, 2006
INNOVATOR ($100 - $249)
Allen Israel, EP, 1992
Julia Romine, EP, 2012
Tony Svarczkopf, FTS, 2011
Peter Abell, EP, 2015
Eric Janssen, EP, 2011
Elizabeth Rouse, EP, 2003
Yalaunda Taylor, GR, 2015
Howard Allenberg, EP, 1986
Whitney Jo, FTS, 2008
Sherry Samuels, EP, 1980
Jennifer Tiscia, FTS, 2015
William Andrews, EP, 2001
James Johnson, EP, 1993
Linda Sawyer, EP, 2008
Sandra Upchurch, GR, 2008
Jeanne Coors Arthur, EP, 1981
Karen Jolly, FTF, 2014
Stanley Sawyer, EP, 1987
Daniel Wilkinson, EP, 1979
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2015 HOLIDAY PARTY Over 500 community leaders met on December 3rd, 2015 at Teton Trek located in the Memphis Zoo to help support the Mid-South Food Bank by supplying over 849 lbs. of food. Thank you to all who attended and thank you to our co-chairs, Sharon Barnett Meyers and Lori Patton. Special Thanks to our presenting sponsors Tactical Magic, Prodigi Arts, and F&H Solutions.
Estella Mayhue-Greer, Joe Greer, and Linda Carter
Rose Ann Bradley and Georgia King
Cardell Orrin and David Cocke
Denise Bollheimer and Caron Byrd
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Cynthia Childress, Elise Frick and Ann Wagner
Jordan Huntz, Angela Hill, Andrea Hill, Yvonne Taylor, Ann Syc, Jeremy Mitchell, Deveney Perry and Charles Buffington
849 pounds CANNED FOOD DONATIONS BENEFITING THE MID-SOUTH FOOD BANK WERE COLLECTED AT THE PARTY. THAT’S EQUIVALENT TO
1012 meals Lori Patton, David Williams and Sharon Barnett-Meyers
SAVE THE DATE 12 TH ANNUAL
Community Leadership & Awards Luncheon March 2, 2016 | 11:30am to 1:00pm Registration Check–In begins at 11:00am
Hilton Memphis | 939 Ridge Lake Blvd
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STEP UP SPOTLIGHT:
COMMUNITY LEADERS IGNITE CHANGE IN MEMPHIS Through our 37 years of preparing and mobilizing leaders to work together for the good of the whole community, Leadership Memphis has fostered relationships and provided community leadership programs to over 3,000 alumni. Each year, we are blown away by the conversations and commitments made between classes, the conversations held before and after alumni engagement events, and the power of Leadership Memphis as the common thread. Ultimately, we will be known by the problems we solve and as Memphis continues to shine and prosper through its grinding community eager to make Memphis an even greater place. We want to highlight some alumni who’ve stepped up to advance both our organization and the community as a whole. We celebrate our alumni receiving distinguished honors, career changes, and stepping up in our community and encourage alumni to use the #StepUp4Memphis hashtag to share alumni accomplishments. If you would like to add your accomplishment or community involvement activity to our website, or are not currently receiving our weekly e-newsletter, The Weekly Leader, please email Senior Director of Community and Alumni Engagement, Jared Bulluck, at jbulluck@leadershipmemphis.org. You can view an entire list of Alumni In The News on our website at leadershipmemphis.org/alumni
LISA DROKE, EP 2009 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT THE COTTON BOARD
Lisa Droke is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Cotton Board. She received her BBA and her MBA at the University of Memphis and became a CPA in 1995. Ms. Droke was with Harrah’s Entertainment and its predecessor companies for twenty two years eventually rising to the position of Vice President and Controller, Corporate Group. In 2009, Ms. Droke joined the Cotton Board. She became the organization’s first Senior Vice President in 2014. In 2011, she was a finalist for the Memphis Business Journal’s CFO of the Year award. Lisa first got involved when she happily accepted a nomination from her former employer to the Leadership Memphis Executive Program in 2009. She knew very little about the organization at that time, so going through the program was a wonderful learning experience and she became a strong believer in Leadership Memphis and the City of Memphis. Mrs. Droke was asked to serve on the Board in 2013 and said “being part of a great organization and a great Board has been an honor and a privilege.” Lisa has taken on financial responsibilities for Leadership Memphis and is the Finance Chair for Leadership Memphis.
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EPHIE JOHNSON, EP 2011 ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS, INC.
Ephie Johnson is the Administrative Director of Neighborhood Christian Centers, Inc., a nonprofit Christian organization that employs over 60 staff members and provides many programs and assistance for 50,000 neighbors in need annually. After ten years as Administrative Director, Mrs. Johnson has spearheaded the creation of the Early Childhood Brain Development program- Operation Smart Child- in partnership with The Urban Childhood Institute, organized the First Ladies for Healthy Babies Network with the support of Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam. In addition to her work with NCC, Ephie works as a professional vocalist and songwriter, serves on the Advisory Council at Memphis Light Gas & Water, a Board Member of On the Grove Music, a SOUL Mentor, a member of the Faith Leaders Education Empowerment Team (FLEET), and a board member of Leadership Memphis and a Leadership Memphis 2011 Alumni, as well as a noted inspirational speaker, including TedxTalk Memphis. When asked, why does our community (Memphis) need Leadership Memphis, Ephie said “Memphis needs Leadership Memphis because change can only take place when all aspects and citizens of our community are involved. Leadership Memphis creates an “in their space” approach to introducing element and issues of Memphis that could be bypassed if they didn’t create opportunities for leaders from all walks of life to participate, therefore influencing change throughout our city in unique places that may typically go untouched.” Thank you Ephie, for your leadership in the Memphis community.
HERMAN STRICKLAND, EP 1997 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR CREDIT OFFICER FOR PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS
Herman Strickland is a senior vice president and senior credit officer for Pinnacle Financial Partners in Memphis. Prior to joining Pinnacle in 2015, Strickland spent 34 years at First Tennessee Bank, where he led the company’s Diversity Banking group. Prior roles at First Tennessee included serving as a corporate relationship manager, senior credit officer and manager of commercial banking. Strickland has been active in the Memphis community throughout his career and currently serves on the boards of the Memphis Urban League, Benjamin Hooks Institute and the Southwest Tennessee Community College and Arkansas State University foundations. He also serves on the boards of River City Capital, Communities Unlimited, Seedco, Olivet Sharing Corporation, the Rise Foundation and Leadership Memphis. Herman was approached by an individual who was interested in Leadership Memphis and he responded with the following, “Leadership Memphis is an organization with a tremendous history and an alumni base that is a virtual who’s who, but in order to remain relevant they understand that the current class always has to be the best class ever. For the sake of our community, we need talented leaders to continue being part of every “best class ever”. Mr. Strickland has displayed Leadership throughout his tenure in Memphis and is an example of what our great leaders in Memphis are doing to make our community a better place to live.
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MEMPHIS TALENT DIVIDEND
SHELBY COUNTY STUDENTS HELP TENNESSEE LEAD NATION IN FAFSA COMPLETION On November 11th, 2015 over 50 partners joined The Memphis Talent Dividend in its last quarterly meeting of the 2015 calendar year. During this quarterly meeting, the Memphis Talent Dividend hosted Caroline Altman Smith, Senior Program Officer for the Kresge Foundation to discuss the best ways to promote college access and success for minority and disadvantage students. Caroline also discussed different areas the Kresge Foundation has been funding in the Memphis community including the Memphis Talent Dividend, Community LIFT, and IOBY by contributing over $3 million the past few years. The Kresge foundation has looked at the needs for education and reported that by 2020, 65% of all jobs will require training & education beyond high school. Ms. Smith highlighted the work that the Memphis Talent Dividend and its partners are doing to increase post-secondary attainment in Shelby County by moving the needle each year. Following Ms. Smith from the Kresge Foundation, Mark Sturgis, Executive Director of Seeding Success, presented a report regarding the current percentages with our TN Promise and FAFSA completion rates. Mr. Sturgis announced that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) sky rocketed to an 88% completion rate of all high school seniors in Shelby County which is a 23% increase from the previous year’s completion rate. In addition to this milestone, over 7,000 seniors have completed the TN Promise, which is about 71% of Shelby County School seniors. Leadership Memphis and the Memphis Talent Dividend would like to thank all of the partners, colleges, and community members for taking a stance to increase postsecondary attainment in Shelby County. You can join the MTD partners as they gear up for the 2016 FAFSA Campaign. For more information visit www.fafsamemphis.com or www.memphistalentdividend.com. #Jointhemovement.
CREATING A CULTURE OF SERVICE A recent Community Involvement Study
corporate giving campaigns—to employee
The Corporate Volunteer Council of
conducted by the Boston College Center
engagement. All in an effort to create not
Memphis is the go-to resource for
for Corporate Citizenship, found that
only the world in which we do business,
community-minded companies looking
the majority of companies today report
but also the world in which we want to live.
to build and expand effective employee
community involvement contributes to
volunteer programs. Our 30+ member
key business goals, including improved
Volunteer Memphis knows that every
companies understand the need to
reputation and the attraction and
business has its own vision of commu-
mobilize the time and talent of businesses
retention of employees. It also illuminates
nity involvement. Let us help you build
to help solve critical social problems in our
the important relationship between
and expand your community involve-
communities and world. They also know
community involvement efforts—such
ment program – Join the Corporate
how employee volunteer programs bolster
as employee volunteer programs and
Volunteer Council (CVC).
employee recruitment, retention, leadership
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VOLUNTEER MEMPHIS
UNITED WAY INVESTS $100,000 IN VOLUNTEER MEMPHIS United Way of the Mid-South and Leadership Memphis announced a formal partnership and Catalyst Fund grant of $100,000 to strengthen Volunteer Memphis, a powerful mechanism for volunteerism and change makers in the Mid-South. Volunteer Memphis at www.volunteermemphis.org is working to increase volunteer engagement, make it easier for people to find opportunities to volunteer, and strengthen the ability of local nonprofits to recruit, manage, and retain volunteers. Powered by United Way of the Mid-South, Volunteer Memphis is working to engage volunteers for greater impact every day. “Transforming Memphis and the Mid-South to make it an even better place to live and work requires tremendous resources, and the power of volunteers is a critical resource in this effort. So often we think of community resources simply in terms of dollars, but when people are dedicating their time, energy, passions and expertise they make a huge impact on people’s lives and our quality of living. This partnership and the convenience of volunteermemphis.org help us increase public access to volunteer opportunities and track volunteer activity more effectively. It provides a valuable service to nonprofits, individuals, organizations, and companies wishing to engage the power of people to make a difference where help is truly needed,” said Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson, President/CEO of United Way of the Mid-South. Volunteer Memphis has committed to generating 1,000,000 volunteer hours this year. With the help of the Corporate Volunteer Council (see below) and you, we will reach our goal. To find volunteer opportunities of to list your volunteer opportunities, visit www.volunteermemphis.org.
training and professional development. And also know how employee volunteer programs strengthen a company’s bonds with its customers and communities, as well as its brand and reputation.
For information on how to get your company involved, please contact Carol Gaudino cgaudino@leadershipmemphis.org
CVC MEMBER LIST Archer/malmo AutoZone Baker Donelson Baptist Memorial Health Care BDO USA BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Buckman Cummins, Inc. FedEx First Tennessee
Georgia Pacific Cellulose Hilton Worldwide Huey’s inferno InSouth Bank International Paper Juice Plus+ Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance Medtronic Memphis Light Gas & Water Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Nike Pinnacle Financial Partners Regional One Health Regions Bank ServiceMaster Smith & Nephew, Inc. SunTrust Thomas & Betts Trustmark WMC-TV 1Source
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