2012-2013 Board of Directors

Claire Gulmi, Board Chair
Executive Vice President & CFO, AmSurg

Kasar Abdulla
Community Volunteer

Sue Atkinson
Chairman, Atkinson Public Relations

Esther Bailey-Bass
Corporate Support Representative, Nashville Public Radio

Council Member Megan Barry
Ethics and Compliance Officer, Premier, Inc.

Margaret Behm, Chair, Advocacy
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
Senior Manager, Total Rewards, Nissan

Connie Elder, Chair PR & Marketing
Founder & CEO, Connie Elder International

Ana L. Escobar, Esq.
Metropolitan Clerk, Metropolitan Nashville- Davidson County

Sarah Ann Ezzell
Director of Business Development, The Worth Collection, Ltd.

Gerry Gorman
Chief Information Officer, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation

Sheilah Griggs
Vice President, Point 3 Media

Virginia (Ginger) Hale
Consultant, Hale Consulting LLC

Yolanda Harris-Jackson
Spa Director, Relache Spa at Gaylord Opryland

Beverly Hedrick
President, WLA - Women Lawyers Alliance

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


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


Susan Short Jones, Board Secretary
Senior Corporate Counsel, HCA Healthcare

David Levy
President/CEO, Levy’s Inc.

Judge Peter Macdonald, Chair, Advancement
Retired District Judge, Commonwealth of Kentucky

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

Janet Miller
Chief Economic Diversity Officer, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

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
Owner, Ann Pruitt Ethics & Compliance Solutions
 
Gini Pupo-Walker
Director of Family Involvement and Community Services, Metro Nashville Public Schools
 
Yoli Redero
Asst. Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

Frances Roy
Vice President of Leadership & Organizational Development, HCA Healthcare
 
Denine Torr
Director, Community Initiatives, Dollar General
 
Mimi E. Vaughn
Senior VP, Strategy and Shared Services, Genesco

Beverly Watts, Chair, Racial Justice
Executive Director, Human Rights Commission, State of Tennessee

Nicky Weaver
Community Volunteer

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

Christie Wilson
Owner and President, The Wilson Group Real Estate Services

Theresa Markum Zuckowsky
Program Director ICD-10, MMHC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Informatics Center

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