2011-2012 Board of Directors

Claire Gulmi, Board Chair
CFO, AmSurg

Kasar Abdulla
Director of Advocacy & Education, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Sue Atkinson
Chairman, Atkinson Public Relations

Esther Bailey-Bass
Corporate Support Representative, Nashville Public Radio

Margaret Behm, Secretary
Principal, Dodson, Parker, Behm & Capparella, PC

Lorrie K. Brouse, Chair, Program Implementation
Regional Counsel, Southern Region
Allstate Insurance

Susan Byrd
Vice President of Human Resources, Emdeon

Beth Chase, Chair, Technology
President/CEO, C3 Consulting

Cindy Dempsey, Chair, Human Resources
Operations Manager, Nissan

Connie Elder
Founder & CEO, Connie Elder International

Joann Ettien
Administrator & COO, Women’s Hospital
Centennial Medical Center

Sheilah Griggs
Vice President, Point 3 Media

Virginia (Ginger) Hale
Consultant, Hale Consulting LLC

Beverly Hedrick
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President, WLA - Women Lawyers Alliance

Patti Brown James
Vice President of Human Resources
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC


Nancy S. Jones, Chair, Advocacy
Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional Responsibility


Susan Short Jones
Senior Corporate Counsel, HCA

David Levy
President/CEO, Levy’s Inc.

Judge Peter Macdonald
Retired District Judge, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Patricia Matthews-Juarez
Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs & Development, Meharry Medical College

Rita Mitchell, Past Board Chair
Senior Vice President & Manager, First Tennessee Bank

Tom Negri
Managing Director, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

Anissa B. Nelson-Carlisle, Board Treasurer, Chair, Finance
Partner, Audit and Enterprise Risk Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Ann Pruitt, Board Chair-Elect/Chair, Nominating
Senior Managing Counsel, Dell, Inc.
Legal Department

Gini Pupo-Walker
Family and Community Engagement Specialist, Glencliff High School/ Metro Nashville Schools

Ralph Thompson
Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, Metro Nashville Public Schools
 
Denine Torr, Chair, Public Relations/Marketing
Director, Community Initiatives

Beverly Watts
Executive Director, Human Rights Commission, State of Tennessee

Nicky Weaver, Chair, Development
Community Volunteer

Gail Carr Williams
Associate Director, Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations
Vanderbilt University

Christie Wilson
Managing Broker/Owner, The Wilson Group Real Estate Services

Saralee Terry Woods
President, BookMan/BookWoman Books

Theresa Markum Zuckowsky
Administrator, Disaster Recovery, CBCP
Informatics Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Patricia Glaser Shea
President & CEO
YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee