in Community in the Future in Leadership Memphis
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Leadership Memphis is about connecting leaders to leaders, leaders to information, and leaders to the community. Based on what we heard from a number of our alumni, we are connecting the dots between members of our classes, our program goals, and desired program outcomes.
Leadership Memphis has three program goals: Advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
Increase individual and collective impact
— Promote civic engagement that makes a difference
Leadership Memphis has four desired program outcomes:
— CIVIC UNDERSTANDING. Learning the history, critical issues, and current assets of our community and considering implications for the future.
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. Creating opportunities to connect across a continuum of leaders, within each class and our 4,000+ alumni network.
COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP. Enhancing skills, knowledge, and personal awareness to build networks and effect positive community change.
— CIVIC READINESS. Fostering individual attitudes, knowledge and behaviors that spark informed and sustained activity in the civic realm.
Leadership Memphis believes that by advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, we empower leaders to address issues of racial, social, and economic justice. What people are learning through Leadership Memphis today adheres to the same vision Leadership Memphis has been working towards for more than four decades.
For the past 44 years, Leadership Memphis has focused on engaging the best leaders in the Mid-South and empowering them to move Memphis forward. There’s no doubt about it, you were part of “The Best Class Ever,” but that is because you understand that a city is only as strong as its leaders.
Leaders cannot lead alone. We must invest in our community to create the changes we want to see. We must invest in the future by recruiting the next generation of leaders to our cause. We must invest in Leadership Memphis to continue making a difference.
Year in and year out, people ask us, “What does Leadership Memphis do?” Our mission statement says, “we prepare and mobilize leaders to work together for the good of the whole community.” Those words don’t fully encompass Leadership Memphis’ impact on our city. Simply put, Leadership Memphis inspires leaders to step up to the plate.
Our alumni take Leadership Memphis’ vision and put it to work making Memphis better. Your community impact is felt through establishing business opportunities for diverse innovators, creating new events to boost nonprofit efforts, and committing resources toward helping those that need it most. Leadership Memphis impacts Memphis through our alumni – and your impact is much more than a mission statement.
We spoke with our board members to ask them their thoughts about Leadership Memphis, the difference it’s made in them, and how they have used what they learned to make our community better. We believe their thoughts make a great argument for investing in Leadership Memphis and have included some of them here.
Would you make a commitment this year to:
“Since I graduated, there are so many accomplishments and impacts that Leadership Memphis has had in the community, most notably since the start of the pandemic. They were immediately able to adjust how they delivered course content to a virtual and hybrid model. They incorporated into their portfolio a commitment to bringing down the positivity rates and increasing COVID-19 vaccine awareness. We understand times may be uncertain, but please know your support will enable Leadership Memphis to continue to be resilient and further its work in the community.”
- Dan Weddle (EP2017) President/CEO Protech Services Group Inc.“I believe the strength of Memphis is its diversity and the strength of Leadership Memphis is the ability to bring our diverse population together to interact in meaningful activity both individually and in group dynamics. My involvement has enabled me to recruit others and to involve alumni in worthwhile causes that benefit our community.”
“Through Leadership Memphis, I’m connected to my city in an incredible way as an alumnus of the Best Class Ever & current Board Member. Being connected to such a diverse group of leaders and benefiting from their experiences has been remarkable! It’s humbling to be part of such an esteemed organization that has continuously made positive contributions to the Memphis community for almost 45 years - truly inspiring!”
- Marvin White
(EP2019)
Manager, Business Automation & Quality FedEx Services
“Leadership Memphis helped bring us together in a safe space and helped break down some of these walls before putting us into these conversations about social inequities. Leadership Memphis understands how to build that rapport, build that trust, and then step away and follow where the conversation goes.”
- Joanna Crangle (EP2019)
Memphis Market President Memphis Business Journal
Stephanie Alexander
Executive Director
Memphis Area Minority Contractors Association
Jennifer Bates
Chief Administrative Officer For the Kingdom
Anna Bishop Realtor Crye-Leike Realtors
Dr. Tiffany Boykins Glover
Chief Executive Officer Global Mobile Care
Jason Brock
Vice President, Performance Marketing
ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Tamara Brown
Board President Project Management InstituteMemphis
Marilyn Burress Chief Executive Officer Memphis Health Center
Sarah Butts
Director of Sales
Memphis Business Journal
Shone Bynum President & CEO SKB Facilities & Maintenance
John Carmichael
Sr. Manager, Communications International Paper
Rodney Cleek Manager of Budget, Plant and Rates
Memphis Light, Gas and Water
Dwayne Coleman Consumer Banking Manager Regions Bank
Lydia O’Neal Crivens
Director of Interagency Partnerships
Memphis Child Advocacy Center
Jennifer Culotta Chief Revenue Officer Lokion
Sonja Fields Director Georgia-Pacific Cellulose
Annette Figueroa-Green
Chief People Officer
ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Amber
Fatondra
Amanda Maness Hamilton
Vice President of Membership Project Management Institute
Wendy Harris
Information Technology Director
City of Memphis
Teresa Hartnett
Sr. Associate Dean, Finance & Administration
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Jana Haynes
Chief Financial Officer Monogram Foods
Cheryl Hearn
Deputy City Attorney City of Memphis
Scotty Hendricks
Managing Partner - Memphis New York Life
Angela Hewlett
Manager of Human Performance and People Development Memphis Light, Gas and Water
Dr. Cassandra Howard Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Margaret Jackson
Sr. Quality Assurance Manager
City of Mephis Housing and Community Development
Chief Financial Officer
William R. Moore College of Technology
Jacqueline Jones
Vice President, Chief People Officer
Memphis Light, Gas and Water
James
Partner Kelly Green Enterprises, LLC
Tito Langston
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Samantha Larson Vice President Sedgwick
Wendy Lawhead
Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Ryan Leister Director, Customer Relations Tennessee Valley Authority
Alyssa Macon-Moore
Major Memphis Police Department
Tatorie Marion
Director of Alumni Relations Christian Brothers University
Jennie Verner Marshall
Government Relations Advisor Butler Snow
Chief of Human Resources
Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Bacarra Sanderson Mauldin
Chief of Staff Memphis Area Transit Authority
Founder Young Wall Street, Inc.
Colby Midgett
Owner/Operator Premier Flowers
Cdr. Shaletha Moran
NPC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Special Assistant and Navy Human Resources Detailer Navy Personnel Command (NPC)
Tiffani Morrow-Smith Sr. Manager, MENTOR Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies Foundation
Capt. Michael C. Mosbruger
Commanding Officer
U.S. Navy - Naval Support Activity Mid-South
Sydney Naylor
Director of Staffing VACO
Ken E. Olds
Assistant Vice President/ Mortgage Loan Officer & CoOwner of Muggin Coffeehouse Truist Bank & Muggin Coffeehouse
Linda Parker
Senior Communications
Specialist
FedEx Global Citizenship
Erin Pattee
Vice President, Regional Services and Planning Le Bonheur Childresn’s Hospital
Dr. Samuel H. Pieh
Chief Operating Officer
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis
Laurie Powell
Chief Executive Officer Alliance Healthcare Services
Henry Reaves, Esq. Chief Executive Officer Reaves Law Firm
Jarmila Reed Financial Advisor Pinnacle Financial Partners
Jodi Reynhout
Vice President of Strategy and Operations
The Collective Blueprint
Frank Riley
Director, ITS Data & Analytics
ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Phyllis Grissom Robinson
Executive Director
CONVERGENCE Memphis Inc.
Ursula L. Roman
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Memphis Goodwill, Inc.
Capt. Anthony F. Scarpino Director, Distribution and Augmentation Division U.S. Navy
Abigail Sheridan
Chief Operating Officer
Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC)
Dr. Robert Shorty
Global Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Nike
Glenn Sigler
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analytics
ALSAC / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Keith Sisson Managing Director UMRF Ventures, Inc.
Kendrick Steele
Managing Partner
Confidential Business Intermediaries Memphis
Dr. Edward H. Stephens
Bishop
Golden Gate Cathedral
Manoucheka Thermitus
Chief Operating Officer Regional One Health
Cherry WhiteheadThompson Executive Director
Shelby County Community Services Agency
Lee Whitwell
Chief Litigation Attorney
Shelby County Government
Shellee Williams
Manager, Customer Experience & Market Analysis
Memphis Light, Gas and Water
Brian Wilson Tresurer AOC LLC
“Because the class is so diverse in terms of expertise and where people work and the kinds of professional expertise they have, it makes it possible for you to reach out and get anything you need.”
- Kimmie McNeil Vaulx(EP1999)
Director, Corporate Communications
Baptist Memorial Healthcare
“I am proud to align with Leadership Memphis as an alumni and Board Member to support their ongoing commitment to preparing and mobilizing leaders to work together for the good of the whole community. Like Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, Leadership Memphis is committed to creating an environment that values the individual differences and unique contributions of everyone touched by our organizations.”
- Sarah Colley (EP2016)
Sr. Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
“Leadership Memphis provided me with an opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and leaders in the city. As a group, we were armed with information about the organizations and individuals in our city working to make a positive impact. By the end of the executive classes, we were able to develop a deeper bond with Memphis and each other. Leadership Memphis was an invaluable experience that I highly recommend.”
- Williams Brack (EP2022) Manager of Business Development CBIZ MHM“In today’s competitive economy, a business’ competitive advantage lies in its ability to manage and succeed in a new environment that resembles a thriving ecosystem rather than the long-standing traditional methodology. Leadership Memphis provides that important element for the “leaders” of Memphis... from the collaboration of the other colleagues, innovative and competent sharing of relevant information... to the life-long partnerships that are created during the process. It is my honor to be a part of this great organization!”
- Shirley Ford (EP2019) Chief Financial OfficerCity of Memphis
Leadership Memphis’ tuition covers half our operating expenses, but the other half comes from corporate and annual sponsors. We rely on, and are incredibly grateful for, our annual sponsors that generously invest in Leadership Memphis.
Your tax-exempt sponsorship not only allows Leadership Memphis to continue developing the civic-minded leaders of tomorrow, but also includes certain donor benefits.
Each donor will be acknowledged in Leadership Memphis’ newsletters, e-newsletters, website, and social media. With the ongoing pandemic, Leadership Memphis is planning as if all signature events will be virtual. Alumni sponsors/donors will also receive special invitations to Leadership Memphis’ events and activities.
Many alumni have shared with us that they don’t give for the benefits, they give for Leadership Memphis. We are grateful for that mindset and want to continue providing value for our amazing sponsors!