CLASS I
2013 - 2014

Titles and organizations listed are current at time of participation.

Laura Adams
Executive Director
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy

Dr. Mary Lou Apple
President
Motlow State Community College

Rep. Joe Armstrong
Tennessee General Assembly
President, NBCSL

Janet Ayers
President
The Ayers Foundation

Steve Bares
President + Executive Director
Memphis Bioworks Foundation

Martha Perine Beard
Memphis Regional Executive
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Randy Boyd
President + CEO
Radio Systems Corporation

Michael Burcham
President + CEO
Nashville Entreprenuer Center

Mike Carpenter
Executive Director
Plough Foundation

MaryAnne Carter
President
MAC Research

Mayor Karl F. Dean
Metro Nashville - Davidson County

Stacey A. Garrett
Founding Member + Chair, Board of Directors
Bone McAllester Norton PLLC
VP Online & Professional Studies
Cumberland University

Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder
Department of Veterans Services
State of Tennessee

Jim Hobson
CEO
Memorial Health Care

Commissioner Rebecca Hunter
Department of Human Resources
State of Tennessee

A. Richard (Rick) Johnson
President + CEO
The Governor's Foundation for Health & Wellness

Raja Jubran
CEO
Denark Construction, Inc.

Dr. Thom Mason
Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mayor Kim McMillian
City of Clarksville

Dr. Candice McQueen
Dean, College of Education
Lipscomb University

David Ogle
President
Five Oaks Development

Dr. Claude O. Pressnell
President
Tennessee Independent Colleges & Universities

Jack Sammons
Chair
Memphis & Shelby County Airport Authority

Commissioner John Schroer
Department of Transportation
State of Tennessee

Renata Soto
Executive Director
Conexion Americas

Michael T. Strickland
Chairman
Bandit Lites

Blair Taylor
President
Memphis Tomorrow

J. Laurens Tullock
President
Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville

Todd Womack
Chief of Staff
Senator Bob Corker

Jamie Woodson
President + CEO
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE)