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Meet the 2016 Leadership Nashville Class

Leadership Nashville takes in 44 of the city's leaders, from a judge to a restaurant group owner, to help further their roles in the community in its 2016 class.

 

Chosen from 215 applicants, these leaders will touch on issues from crime to health to entertainment in a nine-month program, beginning in September.

 

"We do not attempt to pass out solutions," Jerry B. Williams, executive director of the program, said in a statement.

 

"Instead, we expose them to various viewpoints on each issue, believing that Nashville will be stronger because decisions these leaders make in the future will come from a broadened, enlightened perspective."

The class includes:

Lawson C. Allen

President of Lee Danner & Bass Inc.

 

Jill Austin

Chief Marketing Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor of Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Grace Awh

Community Volunteer

 

William Biggs

Director of Affordable Housing with the Metropolitan Housing & Development Agency

 

Stephen Bland

CEO of Metropolitan Nashville Transit Authority

 

Sheila Calloway

Judge in the Juvenile Court of Davidson County

 

Dr. Ravi Chari

Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence at Hospital Corporation of America

 

Rene D. Copeland

Producing Artistic Director at Nashville Repertory Theatre

 

Elizabeth DeBauche

Commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference

 

Parag Desai

Senior Vice President of Strategy and Shared Services at Genesco

 

Kerry Dunn

President-Elect of Junior League of Nashville

 

Marjorie Eastman

President and COO of the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

 

Rod Essig

Vice President of the Creative Artists Agency

 

Paul Gilbert

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Lifepoint Health

 

Glenda B. Glover

PhD, President of Tennessee State University

 

Max R. Goldberg

Co-Owner of Strategic Hospitality

 

Linda Claire Guttery

President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce

 

S. Marcela Gomez

President of Hispanic Marketing Group

 

Charles K. Hannon, Jr.

Executive Vice President of Healthcare Banking at First Tennessee Bank

 

Danny J. Herron

President and CEO of the Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity

 

Daniel P. Hogan

President and CEO of Medalogix

 

Kelly S. Holmes

Senior Vice President and Commercial Team Leader at SunTrust Bank

Gordon G. Howey, Jr.

Captain of the Youth Services Division with the Metro Nashville Police Department

 

Jennifer L. Hutcheson

Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller at Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.

 

Jan D. Maddox

Director of Business Operations at Deloitte Services, LP

 

Charles Mader

Senior Vice President and Regional Mortgage Sales Manager at Regions Bank

 

Andrew Maraniss
Partner at McNeely Pigott & Fox

 

Shaka Mitchell

Regional Director for Tennessee at Rocketship Education

 

John Murfee

Private Client Adviser at Bank of America U.S. Trust

 

Anna-Gene O'Neal

President and CEO of Alive Hospice

 

Carolyn W. Schott

Shareholder at Sherrard & Roe

 

Bernard J. Sherry

President at Saint Thomas West & Midtown Hospitals

 

Joshua H. Smith

Owner of The Standard Club at Smith House

 

Kelly Miller Smith, Jr.

Pastor at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill

 

John R. Tarpley

Shareholder of Lewis Thomason King Krieg & Waldrop

 

Gatluak T. Thach

President and CEO at Nashville International Center for Empowerment

 

Wendy J. Thompson

Vice Chancellor on the Tennessee Board of Regents

 

Emilie M. Townes

Dean of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University

 

Doreen Wade

General Manager at WSMV-TV 4

 

Larry Whisenant

Senior Vice President and Client Services Manager at Pinnacle Financial Partners

 

Lisa Wiltshire

Director of Early Learning Innovation with Metro Nashville Public Schools

 

Matthew Wright

President at Disciplina Group

 

Helena W. Yarbrough

Associate General Counsel at Bridgestone America

 

Alan Young

President of Armor Concepts

To view the article on The Tennessean website.

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