Class IX
2022-2023

Blount County

• Bryan Coker, President, Maryville College

Davidson County

• Laurel Graefe, Regional Executive & Senior Officer, Federal Reserve Bank - Nashville 

• Blake Harris, President, Leverage Public Strategies

• Erin Merrick, Deputy Counsel to the Governor, State of Tennessee

• Mary Cypress Metz, Vice President of Strategy, SCORE

• Clifton Peay, Director, Customer Focused Government, State of Tennessee

• Terry Vo, External Affairs Manager, Comcast

Hamilton County

• Candy Johnson, President/CEO, Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

• Sharon Law, Business Development Manager, Thompson Engineering, Inc.

• James McKissic, President, ArtsBuild

• Dan Pratt, Sr. Vice President/Regional Relations, Tennessee Valley Authority

• Shannon Burger Stephenson, CEO, Cempa Community Care

• Tamara Steward, Chief Equity Officer, City of Chattanooga

• Nicole Watson, Partner/Attorney, Waller Law 

• Dalya Qualls White, SVP & Chief Communications Officer, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

• Charles Wood, VP, Economic & Talent Development, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce

Knox County

• Kimberly Ciukowski, Senior Vice President, Pinnacle Financial Partners

• Indya Kincannon, Mayor, City of Knoxville

• Matt Ryerson, President/CEO, United Way of Greater Knoxville

• Joshua Smith, Founder/CEO, Fourth Purpose Foundation

• Mark Mamantov, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC

Putnam County

• Les Dolente, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Safety

Shelby County

• Jen Andrews, CEO, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy

• Karen Camper, State Representative, Tennessee General Assembly

• Ursula Madden, Chief Communications Officer, City of Memphis

• David McKinney, VP Communications & Public Affairs, AutoZone

• Demar Roberts, SVP & Chief Growth Officer, First Choice Sales & Marketing Group Inc.

• Kandace Stewart, Sr. Director of External Affairs & Business Operations, Memphis Grizzlies

• Rory Thomas, President, Memphis Medical District Collaborative

• Russ Wigginton, President/CEO, National Civil Rights Museum

Sullivan County

• Vanessa Bennett, Executive Director Operations & Talent Development, Kingsport Chamber

• Paula Bulcao, Director, Global Public Affairs and Executive Director, Eastman Foundation

Sumner County

• James Pond, President, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation

Washington County

• Steve Darden, Managing Partner/Attorney, Hunter, Smith & Davis LLC

• Stephen Dixon, Senior Vice President, Bank of Tennessee

• Andy Dietrich, Owner/VP, Champion Chevrolet Cadillac

• Kimberly McCorkle, Provost/Senior VP, East Tennessee State University

Weakley County

• Melinda Goode, Executive Director, Northwest Tennessee Development District & Human Resource Agency

Williamson County

• Jeff Ballard, President, Delta Dental of Tennessee

• LaMel Bandy-Neal, Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Meharry Medical College'

• Dave Briggs, Tennessee Regional President, Fifth Third Bank

• Liz McLaurin, President/CEO, The Land Trust of Tennessee

• Ken Moore, Mayor, City of Franklin

• Tess Stovall, Executive Director, Tennessee Public Charter School Commission

Wilson County

• Kimberly McCormick, Executive Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, Tennessee Board of Regents